1st Prize - Michael Stringer
Westcliff-on-Sea - Essex, United Kingdom
Specimen: Pleurosigma (marine diatoms) (200x)
Technique: Darkfield and Polarized Light
2nd Prize - Paul Marshall
National Research Council Canada - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Specimen: Carbon nanotubes, post growth (30x)
Technique: Stereomicroscopy
3rd Prize - Albert Tousson
High Resolution Imaging Facility - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Specimen: Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley) (1300x)
Technique: Confocal
4th Prize - Dr. Matthew Springer
University of California, San Francisco - San Francisco, California, United States
Specimen: Differentiation of unicellular Dictyostelium discoideum into multicellular slugs (100x)
Technique: Stereomicroscopy
5th Prize - Charles Kazilek
Arizona State University - Tempe, Arizona, United States
Specimen: Japanese specialty paper fibers (Sugixawa Tenjyo) (100x)
Technique: Confocal
6th Prize - Klaus Bolte
Stittsville, Ontario, Canada
Specimen: Chrysolina fastuosa (Micro leaf beetle) on a pin head (40x)
Technique: Stereomicroscopy
7th Prize - Dr. Margaret Oechsli
Jewish Hospital, Heart & Lung Institute - Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Specimen: Mitomycin (anti-cancer drug) (10x)
Technique: Polarized light
8th Prize - John Hart
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - University of Colorado - Boulder, Colorado, United States
Specimen: Crystallized mixture of resorcinal, methylene blue, and sulphur (13x)
Technique: Polarized transmitted light
9th Prize - David Walker
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Specimen: Compact disc case detail (5x)
Technique: Polarized light
10th Prize - Harold Taylor
Kensworth, Dunstable, United Kingdom
Specimen: Orchestia gammarella (sand hopper) (10x)
Technique: Darkfield
11th Prize - Wim van Egmond
Micropolitan Museum - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Specimen: Diatoms on red alga (100x)
Technique: Darkfield
12th Prize - Charles Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography - Issaquah, Washington, United States
Specimen: Rear leg section of Water Boatman (Hemiptera corixidae) (200x)
Technique: Rheinberg illumination
13th Prize - Milan Kosanovic
Belgrade, Serbia
Specimen: Recrystallized Vitamin C (10x)
Technique: Polarized light
14th Prize - Charles Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography - Issaquah, Washington, United States
Specimen: Closterium, diatoms and Spirogyra (40x)
Technique: Polarized light
15th Prize - Wim van Egmond
Micropolitan Museum - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Specimen: Radiolarians, fossil shells (160x)
Technique: Differential interference contrast
16th Prize - Richard Bulgin
Imperial College London - London, United Kingdom
Specimen: Transfected fibroblast with lamellipodia (100x)
Technique: Fluorescence
17th Prize - Monica Pons
Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC)- Barcelona, Spain
Specimen: Arabidopsis thaliana root (10x)
Technique: Confocal
18th Prize - Dr. Tamily Weissman
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Specimen: “Brainbow” transgenic mouse hippocampus (40x)
Technique: Confocal
19th Prize - Eric Kalkman
Laboratory of Phytopathology - Wageningen University - Wageningen, The Netherlands
Specimen: Hyperbranching of the fungus Neurospora crassa (bread mold) exposed to Latrunculin B (200x)
Technique: Confocal
20th Prize - Solvin Zankl
Solvin Zankl Images - Kiel, Germany
Specimen: Sergestes larva (deep-water decapod crustacean) (30x)
Technique: Darkfield
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Westcliff-on-Sea - Essex, United Kingdom
Specimen: Pleurosigma (marine diatoms) (200x)
Technique: Darkfield and Polarized Light
2nd Prize - Paul Marshall
National Research Council Canada - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Specimen: Carbon nanotubes, post growth (30x)
Technique: Stereomicroscopy
3rd Prize - Albert Tousson
High Resolution Imaging Facility - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Specimen: Convallaria majalis (Lily of the Valley) (1300x)
Technique: Confocal
4th Prize - Dr. Matthew Springer
University of California, San Francisco - San Francisco, California, United States
Specimen: Differentiation of unicellular Dictyostelium discoideum into multicellular slugs (100x)
Technique: Stereomicroscopy
5th Prize - Charles Kazilek
Arizona State University - Tempe, Arizona, United States
Specimen: Japanese specialty paper fibers (Sugixawa Tenjyo) (100x)
Technique: Confocal
6th Prize - Klaus Bolte
Stittsville, Ontario, Canada
Specimen: Chrysolina fastuosa (Micro leaf beetle) on a pin head (40x)
Technique: Stereomicroscopy
7th Prize - Dr. Margaret Oechsli
Jewish Hospital, Heart & Lung Institute - Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Specimen: Mitomycin (anti-cancer drug) (10x)
Technique: Polarized light
8th Prize - John Hart
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences - University of Colorado - Boulder, Colorado, United States
Specimen: Crystallized mixture of resorcinal, methylene blue, and sulphur (13x)
Technique: Polarized transmitted light
9th Prize - David Walker
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Specimen: Compact disc case detail (5x)
Technique: Polarized light
10th Prize - Harold Taylor
Kensworth, Dunstable, United Kingdom
Specimen: Orchestia gammarella (sand hopper) (10x)
Technique: Darkfield
11th Prize - Wim van Egmond
Micropolitan Museum - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Specimen: Diatoms on red alga (100x)
Technique: Darkfield
12th Prize - Charles Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography - Issaquah, Washington, United States
Specimen: Rear leg section of Water Boatman (Hemiptera corixidae) (200x)
Technique: Rheinberg illumination
13th Prize - Milan Kosanovic
Belgrade, Serbia
Specimen: Recrystallized Vitamin C (10x)
Technique: Polarized light
14th Prize - Charles Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography - Issaquah, Washington, United States
Specimen: Closterium, diatoms and Spirogyra (40x)
Technique: Polarized light
15th Prize - Wim van Egmond
Micropolitan Museum - Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Specimen: Radiolarians, fossil shells (160x)
Technique: Differential interference contrast
16th Prize - Richard Bulgin
Imperial College London - London, United Kingdom
Specimen: Transfected fibroblast with lamellipodia (100x)
Technique: Fluorescence
17th Prize - Monica Pons
Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (CSIC)- Barcelona, Spain
Specimen: Arabidopsis thaliana root (10x)
Technique: Confocal
18th Prize - Dr. Tamily Weissman
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology - Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Specimen: “Brainbow” transgenic mouse hippocampus (40x)
Technique: Confocal
19th Prize - Eric Kalkman
Laboratory of Phytopathology - Wageningen University - Wageningen, The Netherlands
Specimen: Hyperbranching of the fungus Neurospora crassa (bread mold) exposed to Latrunculin B (200x)
Technique: Confocal
20th Prize - Solvin Zankl
Solvin Zankl Images - Kiel, Germany
Specimen: Sergestes larva (deep-water decapod crustacean) (30x)
Technique: Darkfield
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