2006 Small World Competition Winners
- 1st Prize - Dr. Paul L. Appleton
Specimen: Mouse colon
- 2nd Prize - Raul M. Gonzalez
Specimen: Nostoc cyanobacteria and diploneis diatom
- 3rd Prize - Jens Rüchel
Specimen: Spirorbis sp. (aquatic worm) (a rotifer)
- 4th Prize - Charles J. Kazilek
Specimen: Lomandra longifolia (Spiny-head mat rush)
- 5th Prize - Dr. Heiti Paves
Specimen: Transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana (tobacco)
- 6th Prize - Thomas J. Deerinck
Specimen: Rat retina astrocytes and blood vessels
- 7th Prize - Viktor Sykora
Specimen: Seed of a Clematis vitalba shrub (a.k.a. Traveller's Joy)
- 8th Prize - Dr. Carlos A. Munoz
Specimen: Green algae
- 9th Prize - Charles B. Krebs
Specimen: Wing scales of a Urania ripheus (Sunset Moth)
- 10th Prize - Melissa K. Santala
Specimen: Two m-plane sapphire substrates
- 11th Prize - Alex H. Griman
Specimen: Pupil of a Macrobrachium amazonicum (freshwater prawn)
- 12th Prize - Annette Bergter
Specimen: 7 day old Enchytraeus coronatus (annelid worm) embryo
- 13th Prize - Paul C. Blainey
Specimen: Microchannel for flow-stretching DNA
- 14th Prize - Dr. John M. Huisman
Specimen: Microdictyon umbilicatum (seaweed)
- 15th Prize - Albert Tousson and Tomek Szul
Specimen: Anterior spiracles (respiratory openings) of a fruit fly larvae
- 16th Prize - Melissa K. Santala
Specimen: Two m-plane sapphire substrates
- 17th Prize - Harold Taylor
Specimen: Diatom
- 18th Prize - Harold Taylor
Specimen: Copepod lophoura (crustacean)
- 19th Prize - Raul M. Gonzalez
Specimen: Condylostoma sp. (protozoan)
- 20th Prize - Dr. Oleg D. Lavrentovich
Specimen: Thin nematic film (liquid crystals)
- 8th Prize - Dr. Carlos A. Munoz
Prize Winners
- Dr. Paul L. Appleton
Villi in a mouse small intestine
- Andrew Childs
Oil/water/surfactant mixture
- M.R. Dadpour
Plant materials
- Thomas J. Deerinck
HeLa (cancer) cells
- Stephen M. Harvey
Grey Flake cast iron, polished and etched
- Dr. John H. Henson
Sea Urchin embryo in metaphase
- Dr. Peter Robin Hiesinger
Photoreceptor neuron projection in the brain of a Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)
- Jan C. Kros
Mahogany stem, transverse section
- Kevin Mackenzie
Water on the lid of a Petri dish
- Dr. Stephen S. Nagy
Floral bud of a Ranunculus acris (meadow buttercup)
- Dr. Michi Nakata
Ferroelectric liquid crystal domains nucleating from isotropic liquid of P10PIMB (known as "bent-core" liquid crystal material)
- Dr. Alan Prescott
Cells expressing localized heat shock protein
- Dr. Gloria Romero
Flower
- Viktor Sykora
Daucus carota (carrot) seeds
- Katrin Volkmann
Zebrafish scale
- Dr. Bo Zheng
Section of human skeletal muscle
Honorable Mentions
- David Almquist
Polyester, rayon and metallic thread
- Tracy Anderson
Selaginella strobilus
- Dr. Sondra Barrett
White wine drops
- Steve Beats
Pleurosigma angulatum from a diatom test slide
- Dr. Howard Berg
Rose of Sharon pollen grain
- Eric Bischoff
Rat mammary gland artrey
- Dylan Burnette
Neuronal growth cones of Aplysia californica (Sea hare)
- Katie Cadwell
Nematic liquid crystal
- Andrew Childs
Oil and water with surfactant
- Susan DeVictor
Pelagic amphipod
- Dr. Seth Donahue
Trabecular bone
- Lars Engstrom
Convallaria
- Jedidiah Gaetz
Fluorescent microtubules
- Christian Gautier
Caterpillar's hairs (Argya antiqua)
- Dr. Jacinthe Gingras
Donkey serum
- Dr. Hieronim Golczyk
Collenchyma from stem of Petasites
- David Harris
Hibiscus flower
- Dr. Patrick Hickey
Hydroid medusa
- Charles Kazilek
Silk fibers from mold-made paper
- Dr. Stephen Kempf
Veliger larva
- Dr. Peter Kitin
Wood of Kalopanax pictus (Araliaceae)
- Dr. Michael Klein
Lumbar vertebral body macerated (Marrow removed)
- Charles Krebs
Feather of a Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
- Robert Lavigne
Bamboo Stem
- Karine Leblanc
Marine diatom (Asterionellopsis)
- Kevin Mackenzie
Saturated solution of Vitamin C
- Shannon McCook
48 hour chick embryo
- Shannon McCook
Cracked mounting medium
- Claire Medine
Rat pancreatic islet
- Shaun Merrigan
Tantalum metal
- Rodrigo Méxas
Megabalanus azoricus
- Dr. Marian Miller
Mouse glandular gastric mucosa
- Dr. Bradley Molyneaux
Neonatal mouse brain
- Dr. Kuruganti Murti
Fluorescent antibody precipitate
- Kathleen Newell
Diatom (Chaetoceros debilis)
- Dr. Gregor Overney
Lilac leaf (Syringa paradermal)
- Dr. Gurkan Ozturk
Dried poly D-lysin crystals
- Krystian Polak
Water
- Dr. Evelyn Ralston
Human skeletal muscle biopsy
- Jose Almodovar Rivera
Parafine cuts of a plant
- Jose Almodovar Rivera
Parafine cuts of a plant
- Jens Rüchel
Spirorbis sp. (Annelida, Polychaeta)
- Dr. Carlo Sala
Hippocampal neuron
- Neal Scruggs
Ferroelectric liquid crystal
- Samuel Silberman
Wild flower stamen
- Pavel Škaloud
Marine diatom (Thalassiosira)
- Marriner Skelly
Pteridium rhizome cross section
- Marriner Skelly
Amphioxus pharynx and gonad cross section
- Viktor Sykora
Asclepias syriaca (seeds)
- David Van Der Beek
Colloidal gibbsite platelets
- Wim van Egmond
Leaf stomata, nailvarnish cast
- Dr. Julio Vazquez
Sea urchin embryo
- Dr. Julio Vazquez
Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)
- Dr. Julio Vazquez
Gills of a flame scallop
- Spike Walker
Head and mouthparts of female flea
- Spike Walker
Shells of a foraminiferan (Elphidium crispum)
- Dr. Ben Whittle
Air bubbles in a gelatine-set
- Dr. Caroline Wilson
Planktonic copepod (Labidocera sp.)
- Daphne Zbaeren-Colbourn
Strand of grass (Spinifex littoreus)
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Freshwater planktonic dinoflagellate (Ceratium hirundinella)
