Olympus BioScapes 2010 Image Thumbnails and Captions

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2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®
Winners, Technical Merit Awards and Honorable Mentions
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Prize Name
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Dr. Igor
Siwanowicz
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Mr. Thomas
Deerinck
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Mr. James
Nicholson
51mb
Solitary coral, Fungia sp. The tentacle tips, called acrospheres, are
visibly enhanced using a technique developed for doing
epifluorescence without a barrier filter. James Nicholson, Coral
Culture & Collaborative Research Facility, NOAA NOS NCCOS
Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular
Research, Fort Johnson Marine Lab, Charleston, SC, USA. Third
Prize, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.
4
Mr. Wolfgang
Bettighofer
8.2mb
Living Licmophora juergensii on red alga, together with the diatom
Cocconeis and filamentous cyanobacterial colonies. Licmophora
cells can move to locate a place with suitable light exposure.
They then produce a mucilaginous stalk for fixation on the
substratum. Multi-layer image captured using differential
interference contrast. Sample collected from Bodden, the
brackish waters lying between the isles of Hiddensee and Rugia
(German Baltic Sea). Wolfgang Bettighofer, Kiel, Germany.
Fourth Prize, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging
Competition®.
5
Dr. M. Reza
Dadpour
13mb
Primordium (bud) of the weedy flower Tribulus sp. at its final
stages of development. More than 100 z-stacks were combined
to produce the final image, which was captured using epiillumination. M. Reza Dadpour, University of Tabriz, Department
of Horticultural Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Fifth Prize, 2010 Olympus
BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.
www.olympusbioscapes.com
5.8mb
Eyes of Daddy Longlegs (Harvestman). A frontal section of
Phalangium opilio eyes. The lenses (two large ovals), retinas and
optic nerves are visible. The image is a depth color-coded
projection of a confocal image stack. Igor Siwanowicz, Max
Planck Institute for Neurobiology, Munich, Germany. First Prize,
2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.
5mb opens Rat hippocampus. Widefield multiphoton fluorescence image
to 29mb stained to reveal the distribution of glia (cyan), neurofilaments
(green) and cell nuclei (yellow). Thomas Deerinck, National
Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, University of
California, San Diego, CA, USA. 2nd Prize, 2010 Olympus
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Olympus BioScapes 2010
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Dr. Jerzy
Gubernator
13.8mb
Spirogyra. Brightfield and polarized light. Jerzy Gubernator, Faculty
of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland. Sixth
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Dr. Igor
Siwanowicz
15mb
Eye of a commmon blue damselfly. This projection of a series of
confocal microscope images shows the regular, crystal-like
architecture of the eye of the Enallagma cyathigerum, an active
visual predator and a swift flyer. The area covered in the photo
measures approximately 0.6 x 0.8mm; the image is a composite
of two overlapping confocal image stacks. Igor Siwanowicz, Max
Planck Institute for Neurobiology, Munich, Germany. Seventh
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Dr. Jan Michels
12mb
Beetle leg. Lateral view of the adhesive pad of the first leg of a
beetle (Clytus sp.), captured using autofluorescence. Jan Michels,
Department of Functional Morphology and Biomechanics,
Institute of Zoology, Christian Albrecht University of Kiel,
Germany. Eighth Prize, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging
Competition®.
9
Ms. Yanping Wang
12mb
Wildflower seeds. Image captured using brightfield reflected light.
Yanping Wang, Beijing, China. Ninth Prize, 2010 Olympus
10
Mr. Laurie Knight
10.3mb
Weevil (possibly Curculio nucum or Curculio glandium). Image
captured using episcopic illumination. Laurie Knight, Tonbridge,
Kent, UK. Tenth Prize, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging
Competition®.
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SPECIAL AWARDS FOR TECHNICAL MERIT
Tech Dr. Norman Shedlo
Merit
46.8mb
Paramecium surface. The image shows three water vacuoles
contracting. Specimen observed with differential interference
contrast microscopy at 100x. Norman Shedlo, Hyattsville,
Maryland, USA. Judges' Special Award for Technical Merit, 2010
Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.
Tech Dr. Michael Shribak
Merit and Dr. James
LaFountain
2.1mb
Crane fly sperm cell. Nephrotoma suturalis spermatocyte during
metaphase in meiosis. Image was captured using a newly
developed orientation-independent differential interference
contrast technique. Michael Shribak and James LaFountain,
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA. Judges'
Special Award for Technical Merit, 2010 Olympus BioScapes
Digital Imaging Competition®.
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HONORABLE MENTIONS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
HM Mr. Wolfgang
Bettighofer
2.7mb
Closterium costatum, a unicellar desmid. Every binary fission
creates a cross line on the cell wall. The single cross line seen
here indicates that this cell has only undergone its first binary
fission after developing from a zygote. Differential interference
contrast. Wolfgang Bettighofer, Kiel, Germany. Honorable
Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging
Competition®.
HM Mr. Dennis
Breitsprecher
3.55mb
Fluorescently-labeled actin from chicken muscle. Actin is a
protein involved in muscle contraction and cell movement.
Purified actin can form loose bundles that self-organize into
regular patterns. Image captured using total internal reflection
fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy. Dennis Breitsprecher, Hannover
Medical School, Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover,
Germany. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital
Imaging Competition®.
HM Dr. Timothy
Bromage and Dr.
Alejandro PerezOchoa
3.1mb
HM Dr. Changbin Chen
and Miss Sumaira
Mazhar
944kb
Scale detail of Tench fish (Tinca tinca) from Russian lakes. Image
was captured using oblique transmitted light. Timothy Bromage,
NYU College of Dentistry, New York, NY USA and Alejandro
Perez-Ochoa, LaSalle University, Madrid, Spain. Honorable
Competition®.
Cyanobacteria (red) growing on rice plant roots (green).
Changbin Chen, University of Minnesota Department of
Horticultural Science, St. Paul, MN, USA and Sumaira Mazhar,
Department of Microbiology, University of the Punjab, Lahore,
Pakistan. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital
HM Mr. Mike Crutchley
7.87mb
Dung fungi found on a cow pile. Image composed using 20
stacked images, captured with epi-illumination. Mike Crutchley,
Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus
HM Mr. Mike Crutchley
13.1mb
Hydra, imaged in darkfield. Mike Crutchley, Pembrokeshire, Wales,
UK. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital
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HM Dr. M. Reza
Dadpour
4mb
Spartium flower primordium (bud), captured using epiillumination. M. Reza Dadpour, University of Tabriz, Department
of Horticultural Sciences,Tabriz, Iran. Honorable Mention, 2010
HM Mr. Thomas
Deerinck
Opens to Mouse retina, captured using confocal imaging. Thomas Deerinck,
30mb
National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research,
University of California, San Diego, CA, USA. Honorable Mention,
HM Mr. Thomas
Deerinck
Opens to Midsaggital section of rat cerebellum, captured using confocal
31mb
imaging. Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and
Imaging Research, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging
Competition®.
HM Mr. Neil Egan
14mb
Common tree mushroom - underside magnified 11x, captured
using stereomicroscopy. Neil Egan, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Competition®.
HM Dr. Marna Ericson
20mb
Hypostome of deer tick, used like a barb to anchor the tick to
the host. Confocal imaging. Marna Ericson, University of
Minnesota, Department of Dermatology, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Competition®.
HM Mr. Fernán Federici
1.7mb
Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) seedling. Confocal imaging.
Fernán Federici, University of Cambridge, Plant Science
Department, Cambridge, UK. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus
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MOVIE
10.3mb
Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) seedling. Confocal imaging.
2.5mb
3D stereoscopic projection of a z-stack of confocal images of an
Arabidopsis thaliana plant embryo that was fixed, cleared and
stained. Red/Green 3D lenses required for stereoscopic view.
HM Mr. Frank Fox
9.4mb
Diatom from oamaru fossil. Darkfield illumination. Mr. Frank Fox,
Trier, Rheinland-Pflaz, Germany. Honorable Mention, 2010
HM Mr. Ralph Grimm
7.2mb
Fish scale. A sole's ctenoid scale, with its characteristic toothed
outer edge. Image captured using differential interference
contrast. Ralph Grimm, Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia.
Competition®.
HM Mr. Ralph Grimm
MOVIE
46.4mb
Video of a water bear walking on a glass slide. Ralph Grimm,
Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia. Honorable Mention, 2010
HM Dr. Antonio
Guillén
4.9mb
Desmid Micrasterias, a chlorophyceae alga of extraordinary
beauty, beginning to divide. Image captured using darkfield and
polarized light. Antonio Guillén, La Rioja, Spain. Honorable
Competition®.
HM Dr. Chun Han
3.7mb
Drosophila (fruit fly) larvae with labeled dendrite arborization
sensory neurons and epidermal cells. Confocal image with image
stacks. Chun Han, University of California, San Francisco, CA,
USA. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital
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HM Dr. Chun Han
590kb
Drosophila (fruit fly) larva with dendrite arborization sensory
neurons labeled in green, and muscle attachment sites on the
epidermis in red. Confocal image with image stacks. Chun Han,
University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. Honorable
Competition®.
HM Mr. Christopher B.
Jackson
6mb
Diatom with tiny bits of shell from other diatoms on it. Image
captured using differential interference contrast. Christopher B.
Jackson, Berne, Switzerland. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus
HM Mr. Laurie Knight
2.6mb
Wing scales of Sunset moth (Uranea ripheus). Episcopic
illumination. Laurie Knight, Tonbridge, Kent, UK. Honorable
Competition®.
2.5mb
Yellow dung fly (Scathophaga stercoraria). Episcopic illumination.
Laurie Knight, Tonbridge, Kent, UK. Honorable Mention, 2010
19.2mb
Ectemnius sp. solitary wasp. Episcopic illumination. Laurie Knight,
Tonbridge, Kent, UK. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus
HM Mr. Charles Krebs
800kb
Stephanitis pyrioides (Azalea lace bug). A 120-image z-stack,
captured using reflected illumination. Charles Krebs, Issaquah,
WA, USA. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital
HM Mr. Robert Lavigne
2.9mb
Polycystine radiolarian. Oblique illumination with deconvolution.
Robert Lavigne, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Honorable Mention,
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HM Mr. Robert Lavigne
3.4mb
Diatom Cymbella aspera. Oblique illumination with deconvolution.
Robert Lavigne, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Honorable Mention,
HM Mr. Edwin Lee
4.7mb
American Elm seed (Ulmus americana), captured using
stereomicroscopy and polarized light. Edwin Lee, Carrollton, TX,
HM Mr. Edwin Lee
5.3mb
Lamium amplexicaule stamens, captured using polarized light.
Edwin Lee, Carrollton, TX, USA. Honorable Mention, 2010
HM Dr. Steve Lowry
1.8mb
Red wine with crystals of potassium bitartrate, visualized in
polarized light. Steve Lowry, School of Biomedical Sciences,
University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK. Honorable Mention, 2010
HM Miss Madelyn May
10.3mb
Rat cerebral cortex, confocal imaging. Madelyn May, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA. Honorable Mention,
HM Dr. Rodrigo Méxas
and Dr. Pedro
Paulo
11mb
EDTA, used in making breads and food derivatives, in
endodontics and as an anticoagulant. Differential interference
contrast. Rodrigo Méxas and Pedro Paulo, Oswaldo Cruz
Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Honorable Mention, 2010
HM Dr. Alvaro Migotto
656kb
Living lancelet mouth with buccal cirri as protective sieve,
captured using stereomicroscopy with darkfield illumination.
Alvaro Migotto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Competition®.
HM Mr. Marek Mis
8.9mb
Fresh water plant Elodea canadensis imaged using polarized light.
Marek Mis, Suwalki, Poland. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus
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HM Dr. Timothy Mosca
7.4mb
Complex connectivity at the neuromuscular junction of
Drosophila (fruit fly). Confocal imaging. Timothy Mosca,
Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
Competition®.
HM Dr. Somayeh
Naghiloo
5.7mb
Primordium (bud) of flower cluster, Astragalus compactus.
Epi-illumination, 80 z-stacked images. Somayeh Naghiloo,
Department of Plant Biology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.
Competition®.
HM Dr. Stephen Nagy
3mb
Diatom Didymosphenia geminata. Image captured using
interference microscopy. Stephen S. Nagy, Helena, MT, USA.
Competition®.
HM Dr. Stephen Nagy
2.4mb
Leaf of Deutzia plant, imaged using polarized light. Stephen S.
Nagy, Helena, MT, USA. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus
HM Mr. James
Nicholson
Opens to Colonial coral, Acropora chesterfieldensis, captured using
8.6mb
simultaneous brightfield and fluorescence imaging. James
Nicholson, Coral Culture & Collaborative Research Facility,
NOAA NOS NCCOS Center for Coastal Environmental Health
& Biomolecular Research, Fort Johnson Marine Lab, Charleston,
SC, USA. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital
HM Dr. Hideo Otsuna
1.2mb
Five-day-old zebrafish, lateral view, captured using confocal
imaging. Hideo Otsuna, University of Utah Medical Center,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus
HM Dr. Shirley Owens
12.1mb
Aerial root of the orchid Phalaenopsis sp. Image captured using
confocal imaging. Shirley Owens, Flushing, Michigan, USA.
Competition®.
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HM Mr. Nathan Pallace
34.3mb
Darkfield image of algae. Nathan Pallace, Rochester, NY, USA.
Competition®.
HM Dr. Dominik
Paquet
23.4mb
Confocal image of a week-old transgenic Alzheimer zebrafish
head. The fish is producing the human protein tau in its neurons;
tau is the protein that aggregates in deposits in human
Alzheimer's Disease patients. Dominik Paquet, Ludwig
Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. Honorable Mention,
HM Mr. Fabrice Parais
11.8mb
Black fly Dipterous simuliini sp.Captured using stereomicroscopy.
Fabrice Parais, Bougy, Lower Normandy, France. Honorable
Competition®.
HM Dr. Gerhard
Rohringer
220kb
Live, unstained protozoan Epistylis plicatilis with stalk. Differential
interference contrast. Gerhard Rohringer, Santa Barbara, CA,
HM Dr. Gerhard
Rohringer
404kb
Head and thorax of an Argentine ant (Linepithema humile).
Stereomicroscopy, 44 stacked images. Gerhard Rohringer
Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus
HM Mr. Mike
Samworth
10.8mb
Melonin sterile wound dressing, captured using polarized light.
Mike Samworth, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, UK.
Competition®.
HM Dr. Michael Shribak
10.5mb
Diatom arachnoidiscus. Polarized light. Michael Shribak, Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA. Honorable
Competition®.
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14.1mb
Pleurosigma diatoms. Polarized light. Michael Shribak, Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA. Honorable
Competition®.
and Dr. Irina
Arkhipova
9.7mb
Rotifer Philodina roseola, a microscopic freshwater invertebrate,
captured using video-enhanced polarized polychromatic light.
Michael Shribak and Irina Arkhipova, Marine Biological
Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA. Honorable Mention, 2010
HM Mr. Viktor Sýkora
4mb
Bituminaria bituminosa seeds. Stereomicroscopy. Viktor Sýkora,
Institute of Pathophysiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles
University, Prague, Czech Republic. Honorable Mention, 2010
HM Mr. David Walker
6.8mb
Pygidium of a flea, captured in phase contrast with inverted
colors. David Walker, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK.
Competition®.
HM Mr. Spike Walker
260kb
Suckers on the tarsus of the front leg of a male Dytiscus beetle.
Rheinberg illumination. Spike Walker, Penkridge, Staffordshire, UK.
Competition®.
HM Mr. Spike Walker
144kb
Prosthogonimus macrorchis, a flatworm poultry parasite. Rheinberg
illumination. Spike Walker, Penkridge, Staffordshire, UK.
Competition®.
HM Mr. Juyong Yoon
16.23mb
Mouse embryonic spinal cord, captured using confocal imaging.
Juyong Yoon, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Competition®.
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HM Mr. Tong Zhang
16mb
Confocal image of a Convallaria majalis (lily of the valley) stem.
Tong Zhang, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Honorable
Competition®.
HM Dr. Petr Znachor
2.8mb
Potentially toxic filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaenopsis.
Differential interference contrast imaging. Petr Znachor, Institute
of Hydrobiology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Honorable
Competition®.
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Olympus BioScapes 2010 Image Thumbnails and Captions

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