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Olympus BioScapes 2009 Winners Gallery

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By Barry Ritholtz - January 1st, 2010, 8:15AM

Fascinating micro-photography:

Dr. Jan Michels

Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, Institute of Zoology
Kiel, Germany
Specimen: Daphnia atkinsoni (Water Flea)
Technique: Confocal laser scanning microscopy

Dr. Chung-Ju Rachel Wang

University of California Berkeley, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Berkeley, CA, USA
Specimen: Synaptonemal complex
Technique: 3D-Structured Illumination

Charles Krebs

Issaquah, WA, USA
Specimen: Haematococcus pluvialis (Unicellular Algae)
Technique: Phase contrast

Dr. David Domozych

Skidmore College, Department of Biology
Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
Specimen: Penium
Technique: Confocal

Dr. Alvaro Migotto

University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Specimen: Physalia physalis (Portuguese Man o’ War)
Technique: Stereomicroscopy

Dr. Albert Pan

Cambridge, MA, USA
Specimen: Zebrafish tail sensory axons
Technique: Confocal

Dr. Heiti Paves

Tallinn, Estonia
Specimen: Arabidopsis thaliana
Technique: Confocal

Ms. Haruka Fujimaki

Bryant Pond, ME, USA
Specimen: Atlantic salmon embryos
Technique: Stereomicroscopy

Mr. Gist Croft and Ms. Mackenzie Weygandt

Columbia University and Project ALS
New York, NY, USA
Specimen: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis motor neurons
Technique: Epi-fluorescence

Full run of photos,and runners up here:

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2 Responses to “Olympus BioScapes 2009 Winners Gallery”

  1. Dugan Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 4:10 pm

    Wow, terrific photography — great find!

  2. FrancoisT Says:
    January 2nd, 2010 at 3:08 am

    BTW, these make awesome backgrounds for computer desktop. The images scale very well, and the colors are incredible.

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