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published October 5, 2007

Discover Presents: Nikon Small World Finalists, 2007

1st Place Gloria Kwon

2nd Place Michael Hendricks

3rd Place Wim van Egmond

4th Place Charles Krebs

5th Place Peter Parks

6th Place Charles Krebs

7th Place Michael Klymkowsky

8th Place Vera Hunnekuhl

9th Place Shamuel Silberman

10th Place Dr. Stephen Nagy

11th Place Dr. Robert Markus

12th Place Annette Bergter

13th Place Dr. Stephen Lowry

14th Place Christian Gautier

15th Place Rodrigo Mexas

16th Place Steven Valley

17th Place Dr. Jeffery Bowen

18th Place Klaus Bolte

19th Place Viktor Sykora

20th Place Dr. Matthew Hooge

<p>Every year, Nikon gives awards to the people behind the best microphotographs of the year. The winners come from academia, research-based corporations, and photo agencies. Here are the 20 finalists from the 2007 contest, starting with the winning picture: a 17-times magnified view of a double-transgenic mouse embryo by Gloria Kwon of the Memorial-Sloan Kettering Institute in New York.</p>

<p>Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute</p><p>New York, New York</p><p>Double transgenic mouse embryo, 18.5 days (17x)</p><p>Brightfield, darkfield, fluorescence microscopy (GFP, RFP)</p>

<p>Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory</p><p>National University of Singapore</p><p>Kent Ridge, Singapore</p><p>Zebrafish embryo midbrain and diencephalon (20x)</p><p>Confocal microscopy</p>

<p>Micropolitan Museum</p><p>Rotterdam, The Netherlands</p><p>Testudinella patina (a rotifer) (400x)</p><p>Differential interference contrast microscopy</p>

<p>Charles Krebs Photography</p><p>Issaquah, Washington, USA</p><p>Marine diatoms attached to Polysiphonia (red algae) (100x)</p><p>Differential interference contrast microscopy</p>

<p>Imagequestmarine.com</p><p>Witney, Oxon, UK</p><p>Sea water with mixed zooplankton and needle eye (20x)</p><p>Reflected light microscopy</p>

<p>Charles Krebs Photography</p><p>Issaquah, Washington, USA</p><p>Hydrophilidae sp. (water scavenger beetle) larva (100x)</p><p>Brightfield microscopy with crossed polarization</p>

<p>MCD Biology </p><p>University of Colorado at Boulder</p><p>Boulder, Colorado, USA</p><p>Xenopus (frog) embryos (20x)</p><p>Stereomicroscopy</p>

<p>Department of Zoology</p><p>University of Osnabruck</p><p>Osnabruck, Germany</p><p>Erpobdella octoculata (fresh water leech) (25x)</p><p>Confocal microscopy</p>

<p>Ramat Gan, Israel</p><p>Papaver subpiriforme (corn poppies) flower bud (20x)</p><p>Fiber-optic illumination microscopy</p>

<p>Montana Diatoms</p><p>Helena, Montana, USA</p><p>Antique microscope slide featuring thin section of diseased ivory (15x)</p><p>Polarized light microscopy</p>

<p>Institute of Genetics</p><p>Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences</p><p>Szeged, Hungary</p><p>Opening stamen of Mirabilis jalapa (flower) (125x)</p><p>Confocal microscopy</p>

<p>Zoology Division</p><p>University of Osnabr??ck</p><p>Osnabr??ck, Germany</p><p>Ophryotrocha diadema (marine worm) embryo, showing nervous </p><p>system and cilia (25x)</p><p>Confocal microscopy</p>

<p>University of Ulster</p><p>Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK</p><p>Coiled radula of Patella vulgaris (mollusk) (20x)</p><p>Polarized light microscopy</p>

<p>BIOS/PHONE Photo Agency</p><p>Avignon, France</p><p>Cedrus atlantica (cedar) leaf crosscut (200x)</p><p>Polarized light microscopy</p>

<p>Oswaldo Cruz Foundation</p><p>Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</p><p>Trematode sp. (parasitic worm) (400x)</p><p>Differential interference contrast microscopy</p>

<p>Oregon Department of Agriculture, Plant Division</p><p>Salem, Oregon, USA</p><p>Mimetidae sp. (spider) egg case (30x)</p><p>Stereomicroscopy</p>

<p>Bridgewater State College</p><p>Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA</p><p>Kaleidofly of a Halloween Pennant (dragonfly) (1x)</p><p>Stereomicroscopy</p>

<p>Natural Resources Canada</p><p>Ottawa, Ontario, Canada</p><p>Amisega floridensis (parasitic wasp) (90x)</p><p>Stereomicroscopy</p>

<p>Institute of Pathophysiology, First Medical Faculty</p><p>Charles University</p><p>Prague, Czech Republic</p><p>Epilobium parviflorum (small-flowered willowherb) seeds (10x)</p><p>Stereomicroscopy, darkfield</p>

<p>Portland, Oregon, USA</p><p>Clione sp. (planktonic mollusk) larva (40x)</p><p>Differential interference contrast microscopy</p>

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