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Nikon has finally announced the 2007 winners of their ‘Small World’ micro-photography contest! My sincere congratulations go out to First Place winner Gloria Kwon of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute.

Her entry, seen left, is titled “Double transgenic mouse embryo, 18.5 days (17x).” The image details state that she used “Brightfield, Darkfield, Fluorescence (GFP and RFP)” microscopy techniques to create the image.

My two personal favourites actually wound up being the first and second place winners of the popular vote, but were deemed an ‘image of distinction’ and 14th place, respectively. The bright colours in Christian Gautier’s photo “Cedrus Atlantica (cedar) leaf crosscut (200x)” really jumped out at me; I gave it my vote for top honors and it came 14th overall, 2nd in popular vote.

Marc Van Hove took the top honor of the popular vote with his image “Crystalized solgel chemical (50x)” and earned the ‘image of distinction’ label as well. The oil-slick rainbows and light green parts that looked (to me) like plant cellular structure really drew my eyes.

Entries are already being accepted for the 2008 Small World competition. If you missed your chance in 2007, get a jump on next year’s contest and submit your microscopy photos now.

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