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Photos: 2013 Nikon Small World winners

Published 10:02 AM EDT, Wed October 30, 2013
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Mr. Wim van Egmond; Micropolitan Museum; Chaetoceros debilis (marine diatom), a colonial plankton organism
2013 Nikon Small World winners —
Mr. Wim van Egmond; Micropolitan Museum; Chaetoceros debilis (marine diatom), a colonial plankton organism
Wim van Egmond/Nikon Small World
Dr. Joseph Corbo; Washington University School of Medicine; Chrysemys picta (painted turtle) retina
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Dr. Joseph Corbo; Washington University School of Medicine; Chrysemys picta (painted turtle) retina
Joseph Corbo/Nikon small world
Dr. Alvaro Esteves Migotto; Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Biologia Marinha; Marine worm
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Dr. Alvaro Esteves Migotto; Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Biologia Marinha; Marine worm
Alvaro Esteves Migotto/Nikon Small World
Mr. Rogelio Moreno Gill; Paramecium sp. showing the nucleus, mouth and water expulsion vacuoles
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Mr. Rogelio Moreno Gill; Paramecium sp. showing the nucleus, mouth and water expulsion vacuoles
Rogelio Moreno Gill/nikon small world
Dr. Kieran Boyle; University of Glasgow, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology; Hippocampal neuron receiving excitatory contacts
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Dr. Kieran Boyle; University of Glasgow, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology; Hippocampal neuron receiving excitatory contacts
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Miss Dorit Hockman; University of Cambridge; Chamaeleo calyptratus (veiled chameleon), embryo showing cartilage (blue) and bone (red)
2013 Nikon Small World winners —
Miss Dorit Hockman; University of Cambridge; Chamaeleo calyptratus (veiled chameleon), embryo showing cartilage (blue) and bone (red)
Dorit Hockman/nikon small world
Dr. Jan Michels; Institute of Zoology, Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel; Adhesive pad on a foreleg of Coccinella septempunctata (ladybird beetle)
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Dr. Jan Michels; Institute of Zoology, Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel; Adhesive pad on a foreleg of Coccinella septempunctata (ladybird beetle)
Jan Michels/nikon small world
Ms. Magdalena Turzańska; University of Wrocław; Barbilophozia sp. (a leafy liverwort, bryophyte plant) and cyanobacteria
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Ms. Magdalena Turzańska; University of Wrocław; Barbilophozia sp. (a leafy liverwort, bryophyte plant) and cyanobacteria
Magdalena Turzańska/nikon small world
Mr. Mark A. Sanders; University Imaging Centers, University of Minnesota; Insect wrapped in spider web
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Mr. Mark A. Sanders; University Imaging Centers, University of Minnesota; Insect wrapped in spider web
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Mr. Ted Kinsman; Department of Imaging and Photo Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology; Thin section of a dinosaur bone preserved in clear agate
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Mr. Ted Kinsman; Department of Imaging and Photo Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology; Thin section of a dinosaur bone preserved in clear agate
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Miss Vitoria Tobias Santos; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Evo Devo Group; Macrobrachium shrimp (ghost shrimp) eye
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Miss Vitoria Tobias Santos; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Evo Devo Group; Macrobrachium shrimp (ghost shrimp) eye
Vitoria Tobias Santos/nikon small world
Dr. Pedro Barrios-Perez; CPFC (nanofabrication), National Research Council of Canada/Information and Communication Technologies ; Silicon dioxide on polydimethylglutarimide-based resist
2013 Nikon Small World winners —
Dr. Pedro Barrios-Perez; CPFC (nanofabrication), National Research Council of Canada/Information and Communication Technologies ; Silicon dioxide on polydimethylglutarimide-based resist
Pedro Barrios-Perez/nikon small world
Dr. Michael Paul Nelson and Samantha Smith; Department of Pathology/Neuropathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Mouse vertebra section
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Dr. Michael Paul Nelson and Samantha Smith; Department of Pathology/Neuropathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Mouse vertebra section
Michael Paul Nelson/Samantha Smith/nikon small world
Mr. Zhong Hua; Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Peripheral nerves in E11.5 mouse embryo
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Mr. Zhong Hua; Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Peripheral nerves in E11.5 mouse embryo
Zhong Hua/nkon small world
Dr. Christian Q. Scheckhuber; Goethe University; Podospora anserina (fungus) filamentous tip cells
2013 Nikon Small World winners —
Dr. Christian Q. Scheckhuber; Goethe University; Podospora anserina (fungus) filamentous tip cells
Christian Q. Scheckhuber/nikon small world
Mr. Geir Drange; Pityohyphantes phrygianus (sheet weaver spider) with a parasitic wasp larva on the abdomen
2013 Nikon Small World winners —
Mr. Geir Drange; Pityohyphantes phrygianus (sheet weaver spider) with a parasitic wasp larva on the abdomen
Geir Drange/nikon small world
Dr. Alexandre William Moreau; Institute of Neurology, University College London; Pyramidal neurons and their dendrites visualized in the visual cortex of a mouse brain
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Dr. Alexandre William Moreau; Institute of Neurology, University College London; Pyramidal neurons and their dendrites visualized in the visual cortex of a mouse brain
Alexandre William Moreau/nikon small world
Mr. Christian Sardet; Department of Life Sciences, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Annelid larva
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Mr. Christian Sardet; Department of Life Sciences, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Annelid larva
Christian Sardet/nikon small world
Dr. David Ward; dgward.com; Nerve and muscle thin section
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Dr. David Ward; dgward.com; Nerve and muscle thin section
Dr. David Ward/nikon small world
Dr. James Burchfield; The Garvan Institute; The explosive dynamics of sugar transport in fat cells
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Dr. James Burchfield; The Garvan Institute; The explosive dynamics of sugar transport in fat cells
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