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Nikon's Small World Gallery
2006 Competition Prize Winners
Images of specimens entered into the 2006 Small World contest included insects, recrystallized chemicals and biochemicals, fluorescently labeled tissue sections, insects, plants, various microorganisms, liquid crystals, and fibers. Judges for the 32nd annual contest were Sir Harold W. Kroto (Florida State University), Cristina Scalet (Time Magazine), Vladimir I. Gelfand (Northwestern University), and J. D. Talasek (National Academy of Sciences).
First Prize
Dr. Paul L. Appleton
Division of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Dundee
Dundee, UK
Mouse colon (740x)
2-Photon Second Prize
Raul M. Gonzalez
Raul Gonzalez Estudio
Mexico City, Mexico
Nostoc cyanobacteria and diploneis diatom (100x)
Brightfield Third Prize
Jens Rüchel
Department of Zoology
University of Osnabrück
Osnabrück, Germany
Spirorbis sp. (aquatic worm) (10x)
Confocal Fourth Prize
Charles J. Kazilek
The Paper Project / W. M. Keck Bioimaging Laboratory
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, USA
Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-head mat rush) (100x)
Confocal (3-laser) Fifth Prize
Dr. Heiti Paves
Tallinn University of Technology
Tallinn, Estonia
Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana (tobacco) (10x)
Fluorescence Sixth Prize
Thomas J. Deerinck
National Center for Microscopy & Imaging Research
University of California - San Diego
La Jolla, California, USA
Rat retina astrocytes and blood vessels (160x)
Fluorescence and Confocal Seventh Prize
Viktor Sykora
Institute of Pathophysiology
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
Seed of a Clematis vitalba shrub (a.k.a. Traveller's Joy) (2x)
Darkfield Eighth Prize
Dr. Carlos A. Munoz
Department of Biology
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Green algae (60x)
Confocal Ninth Prize
Charles B. Krebs
Charles Krebs Photography
Issaquah, Washington, USA
Wing scales of a Urania ripheus (Sunset Moth) (6.25x)
Reflected light Tenth Prize
Melissa K. Santala
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California
Berkeley, California, USA
Two m-plane sapphire substrates (100x)
Darkfield Eleventh Prize
Alex H. Griman
Alex Kawazaki Photography
São Paulo, Brazil
Pupil of a Macrobrachium amazonicum (freshwater prawn) (20x)
Stereomicroscopy Twelfth Prize
Annette Bergter
Department of Zoology
University of Osnabrück
Osnabrück, Germany
7 day old Enchytraeus coronatus (annelid worm) embryo (25x)
Confocal Thirteenth Prize
Paul C. Blainey
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Microchannel for flow-stretching DNA (10x)
Darkfield Fourteenth Prize
Dr. John M. Huisman
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
Microdictyon umbilicatum (seaweed) (20x)
Brightfield Fifteenth Prize
Albert Tousson and Tomek Szul
High Resolution Imaging Facility, Department of Cell Biology
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Anterior spiracles (respiratory openings) of a fruit fly larvae (1500x)
Fluorescence Sixteenth Prize
Melissa K. Santala
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of California
Berkeley, California, USA
Two m-plane sapphire substrates (200x)
Brightfield Seventeenth Prize
Harold Taylor
Kensworth, UK
Diatom (100x)
Heine Phase Contrast Eighteenth Prize
Harold Taylor
Kensworth, UK
Copepod lophoura (crustacean) (4x)
Darkfield and top lighting Nineteenth Prize
Raul M. Gonzalez
Raul Gonzalez Estudio
Mexico City, Mexico
Condylostoma sp. (protozoan) (100x)
Brightfield Twentieth Prize
Dr. Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Liquid Crystal Institute
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio, USA
Thin nematic film (liquid crystals) (200x)
Polarized light Honorable Mentions
Honorable Mention
Dr. Paul L. Appleton
Division of Cell and Developmental Biology
University of Dundee
Dundee, UK
Villi in a mouse small intestine (1100x)
2-Photon Honorable Mention
Andrew Childs
Disperse Group
Guildford, UK
Oil/water/surfactant mixture (400x)
Brightfield Honorable Mention
M.R. Dadpour
Department of Horticulture
Tabriz University
Tabriz, Iran
Plant materials (20x)
Fluorescence Honorable Mention
Thomas J. Deerinck
National Center for Microscopy & Imaging Research
University of California – San Diego
La Jolla, California, USA
HeLa (cancer) cells (220x)
2-Photon Honorable Mention
Stephen M. Harvey
Alcoa
Kwinana, Australia
Grey Flake cast iron, polished and etched (200x)
Brightfield Honorable Mention
Dr. John H. Henson
Department of Biology
Dickinson College
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
Sea Urchin embryo in metaphase (1000x)
Confocal Honorable Mention
Dr. Peter Robin Hiesinger
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, USA
Photoreceptor neuron projection in the brain of a Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) (100x)
Confocal Honorable Mention
Jan C. Kros
Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Mahogany stem, transverse section (100x)
Brightfield Honorable Mention
Kevin Mackenzie
EM and Imaging Facility, Institute of Medical Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, UK
Water on the lid of a Petri dish (20x)
Transmitted light Honorable Mention
Dr. Stephen S. Nagy
Montana Diatoms
Clancy, Montana, USA
Floral bud of a Ranunculus acris (meadow buttercup) (23.625x)
Brightfield Honorable Mention
Dr. Michi Nakata
Department of Physics
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Ferroelectric liquid crystal domains nucleating from isotropic liquid of P10PIMB (known as "bent-core" liquid crystal material) (120x)
Polarized light Honorable Mention
Dr. Alan Prescott
CHIPs, School of Life Sciences
University of Dundee
Dundee, UK
Cells expressing localized heat shock protein (100x)
Confocal Honorable Mention
Dr. Gloria Romero
Ciudad Universitaria
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Botogá D.C., Colombia
Flower (0.5x)
Stereomicroscopy Honorable Mention
Viktor Sykora
Institute of Pathophysiology
Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
Daucus carota (carrot) seeds (2x)
Darkfield Honorable Mention
Katrin Volkmann
GSF - National Research Center for Environment and Health
Neuherberg, Germany
Zebrafish scale (30x)
Fluorescence Honorable Mention
Dr. Bo Zheng
University of Pittsburgh and Children's Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Section of human skeletal muscle (200x)
Fluorescence 2006 IMAGES OF DISTINCTION
The Nikon Small World Competition is open to anyone with an interest in photography through the microscope. Truly international in scope, entries have been received from the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Winners have included both professionals and hobbyists.
The subject matter for this year's contest is unrestricted and any type of light microscopy technique is acceptable, including phase contrast, polarized light, fluorescence, interference contrast, darkfield, confocal, deconvolution, and mixed techniques. Entries submitted to Nikon are then judged by an independent panel of experts who are recognized authorities in the area of photomicrography and photography. These entries are judged on the basis of originality, informational content, technical proficiency and visual impact.
Entries may be submitted either on film (in 35 millimeter transparency format) or uploaded digitally through your web browser. The links below provide options for entering the contest.
Digital Entries - Entrants may enter Nikon's Small World Competition by uploading digital images directly to our servers. Before you begin, read the Contest Rules and prepare your images for uploading according to the instructions. You may also download a 2008 Competition Entry Form in portable document format for submission of entries by mail.
Prize List - Winners will receive one of 20 prizes, sorted according to rank in the competition. First place is a vacation trip valued at $3000 (US) or the equivalent amount of photographic, scientific, or industrial equipment and accessories at their suggested retail selling prices in the USA. Honorable mention winners will receive an 16 x 20-inch print of their entries.
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