Oct 29, 2014 6:30 AM

Gallery: 40 Years of the World's Best Microscope Photos

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__2013 Winner:__ Wim van Egmond, Micropolitan Museum Rotterdam, The Netherlands __Subject:__ *Chaetoceros debilis* (marine diatom), a colonial plankton organism __Technique:__ Differential Interference Contrast, Image Stacking __Magnification:__ 250x
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__2012 Winner:__ Jennifer L. Peters & Michael R. Taylor, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital __Subject:__ The blood-brain barrier in a live zebrafish embryo __Technique:__ Confocal __Magnification:__ 20x

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__2011 Winner:__ Igor Siwanowicz Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany __Subject:__ Portrait of a *Chrysopa sp.* (green lacewing) larva __Technique:__ Confocal __Magnification:__ 20x
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__2010 Winner:__ Jonas King Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee __Subject:__ *Anopheles gambiae* (mosquito) heart __Technique:__ Fluorescence __Magnification:__ 100x

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__2009 Winner:__ Heiti Paves, Tallinn University of Technology __Subject:__ *Arabidopsis thaliana* (thale cress) anther __Technique:__ Confocal __Magnification:__ 20x
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__2008 Winner:__ Michael Stringer, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom __Subject:__ *Pleurosigma* (marine diatoms) __Technique:__ Darkfield and Polarized Light __Magnification:__ 200x

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__2007 Winner:__ Gloria Kwon, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Insititute __Subject:__ Double transgenic mouse embryo, 18.5 days __Technique:__ Brightfield, Darkfield, Fluorescence (GFP and RFP) __Magnification:__ 17x
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__2006 Winner:__ Paul L. Appleton, University of Dundee, UK __Subject:__ Mouse colon __Technique:__ 2-Photon __Magnification:__ 740x

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__2005 Winner:__ Charles B. Krebs, Charles Krebs Photography, Issaquah, Washington __Subject:__ Muscoid fly (house fly) __Technique:__ Reflected light __Magnification:__ 6.25x
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__2004 Winner:__ Seth A. Coe-Sullivan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology __Subject:__ Quantum dot nanocrystals deposited on a silicon substrate __Technique:__ Polarized reflected light __Magnification:__ 200x

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__2003 Winner:__ Torsten Wittmann, The Scripps Research Institute __Subject:__ Filamentous actin and microtubules (structural proteins) in mouse fibroblasts (cells) __Technique:__ Fluorescence __Magnification:__ 100x
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__2002 Winner:__ Thomas J. Deerinck, University of California, San Diego __Subject:__ Sagittal section of rat cerebellum __Technique:__ Fluorescence and Confocal __Magnification:__ 40x

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__2001 Winner:__ Harold TaylorKensworth, UK __Subject:__ Fresh water rotifer feeding among debris __Technique:__ Darkfield __Magnification:__ 200x
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__2000 Winner:__ Daphne Zbaeren-Colbourn, Bern, Switzerland __Subject:__ *Avicennia marina* (mangrove) leaf __Technique:__ Fluorescence and Differential Interference Contrast __Magnification:__ 40x

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