Gallery: Best Microscope Photos of the Year Bring Tiny, Amazing Worlds to Light
0101-25002-Egmond-Chaetoceros-debilis
__1st Place: Wim van Egmond__, Micropolitan Museum, Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands __Subject:__ *Chaetoceros debilis* (marine diatom), a colonial plankton organism __Technique:__ Differential Interference Contrast, Image Stacking __Magnification:__ 250x
0202-24744-Corbo-retina-image-1000px
__2nd Place__: __Joseph Corbo__, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri __Subject:__ *Chrysemys picta* (painted turtle) retina __Technique:__ Differential Interference Contrast __Magnification:__ 400x
ALVARO MIGOTTO0303-24880-marine worm
__3rd Place: Alvaro Esteves Migotto__, Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Biologia Marinha São Paulo, Brazil __Subject:__ Marine worm __Technique:__ Stereomicroscopy, Darkfield __Magnification:__ 20x
Rogelio Moreno Gill04Paramecium
__4th Place: Rogelio Moreno Gill__, Panama City, Panamá __Subject:__ *Paramecium sp.* showing the nucleus, mouth and water expulsion vacuoles __Technique:__ Differential Interference Contrast __Magnification:__ 40x
0505-24503-Entry-21710-K Boyle 1
__5th Place: Kieran Boyle__, University of Glasgow, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Scotland __Subject:__ Hippocampal neuron receiving excitatory contacts __Technique:__ Fluorescence and Confocal __Magnification:__ 63x
0606-24617-DoritHockman-Chameleon
__6th Place: Dorit Hockman__, University of Cambridge, England __Subject:__ *Chamaeleo calyptratus* (veiled chameleon), embryo showing cartilage (blue) and bone (red) __Technique:__ Brightfield
0707-25128-Jan-Michels-Image-3
__7th Place: Jan Michels__, Institute of Zoology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany __Subject:__ Adhesive pad on a foreleg of *Coccinella septempunctata* (ladybird beetle) __Technique:__ Confocal, Autofluorescence __Magnification:__ 20x
0808-24474-Turzanska-1
__8th Place: Magdalena Turzańska__, Institute of Experimental Biology, University of Wrocław, Poland __Subject:__ *Barbilophozia sp.* (a leafy liverwort, bryophyte plant) and cyanobacteria __Technique:__ Epi-autofluorescence under UV light, z-stack reconstruction __Magnification:__ 50x
0909-25089-spiderbug007-1000px
__9th Place: Mark A. Sanders__, University Imaging Centers, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis __Subject:__ Insect wrapped in spider web __Technique:__ Confocal, Autofluorescence, Image Stacking __Magnification:__ 85x
Photographer:Ted Kinsman1010-24240-dino-bone12-09-24-203703-M=B-R=18-S=2
__10th Place: Ted Kinsman__, Department of Imaging and Photo Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York __Subject:__ Thin section of a dinosaur bone preserved in clear agate __Technique:__ Focus Stacking __Magnification:__ 10x
1111-24953-VitoriaTSantos04
__11th Place: Vitoria Tobias Santos__, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil __Subject:__ *Macrobrachium shrimp* (ghost shrimp) eye __Technique:__ Stereomicroscopy __Magnification:__ 140x
1212-23972-Oxide on LOR
__12th Place: Pedro Barrios-Perez__, CPFC (nanofabrication), National Research Council of Canada/Information and Communication Technologies, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada __Subject:__ Silicon dioxide on polydimethylglutarimide-based resist __Technique:__ Bright field microscopy __Magnification:__ 200x
1313-24523-Mouse Vertebra Large Stitched Extended DOF fluorescence border with scale
__13th Place: Michael Paul Nelson and Samantha Smith__, Department of Pathology/Neuropathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham __Subject:__ Mouse vertebra section __Technique:__ Focus Stacking __Magnification:__ 200x
1414-24535-Mouse Embryo 3Color
__14th Place: Zhong Hua__, Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland __Subject:__ Peripheral nerves in E11.5 mouse embryo __Technique:__ Confocal __Magnification:__ 5x
1515-24290-Scheckhuber-3
__15th Place: Christian Q. Scheckhuber__, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany __Subject:__ *Podospora anserina* (fungus) filamentous tip cells __Technique:__ Fluorescence __Magnification:__ 630x
1616-24217-Pityohyphantes phrygianus 5x 30um 73
__16th Place: Geir Drange__, Asker, Norway __Subject:__ *Pityohyphantes phrygianus* (sheet weaver spider) with a parasitic wasp larva on the abdomen __Technique:__ Reflected Light, Focus Stacking __Magnification:__ 5x
1717-23448-L5PC-tryptic
__17th Place: Alexandre William Moreau__, Institute of Neurology, University College London, England __Subject:__ Pyramidal neurons and their dendrites visualized in the visual cortex of a mouse brain __Technique:__ 2-Photon, Focus Stacking, Fluorescence, Patch clamp __Magnification:__ 40x
1818-23953-IMG-2095-Annelid-Larvae-
__18th Place: Christian Sardet__, Department of Life Sciences, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France __Subject:__ Annelid larva __Technique:__ Darkfield __Magnification:__ 100x
David G. Ward19Motor neuron and skeletal muscle
__19th Place: David Ward__, [dgward.com](http://dgward.com), Oakdale, California __Subject:__ Nerve and muscle thin section __Technique:__ Brightfield, Image Stacking __Magnification:__ 40x
Imaris x64 6.1.4 [Jul 31 2008]20Imaris Snapshot
__20th Place: James Burchfield__, The Garvan Institute, Sydney, Australia __Subject:__ The explosive dynamics of sugar transport in fat cells __Technique:__ Live Cell Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence __Magnification:__ 1,000,000X
