1st Place - Dr. Igor Siwanowicz
Dr. Igor Siwanowicz
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology
Munich, Germany
Specimen: Frontal section of Phalangium opilio (Harvestman/Daddy longlegs) eyes
Technique: Confocal
2nd Place - Dr. Thomas Deerinck
Mr. Thomas Deerinck
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California, USA
Specimen: Rat Hippocampus
Technique: Multiphoton
3rd Place - Mr. James Nicholson
Mr. James Nicholson
Coral Culture & Collaborative Research Facility, Fort Johnson Marine Lab
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Specimen: Solitary coral, Fungia sp
Technique: Reflected illumination/epifluorescence without barrier filter
4th Place - Mr. Wolfgang Bettighofer
Mr. Wolfgang Bettighofer
Kiel, Germany
Specimen: Licmophora juegensii on red alga
Technique: Differential interference contrast
5th Place - Dr. M.R. Dadpour
Dr. M.R. Dadpour
Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Tabriz
Tabriz, Iran
Specimen: Flower primordium of Tribulus sp
Technique: Epi-Illumination, 100 z-stacked images
6th Place - Dr. Jerzy Gubernator
Dr. Jerzy Gubernator
Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw
Wroclaw, Poland
Specimen: Spirogyra
Technique: Brightfield
7th Place - Dr. Igor Siwanowicz
Dr. Igor Siwanowicz
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology
Munich, Germany
Specimen: Eye of a common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Technique: Confocal, series projection
8th Place - Dr. Jan Michels
Dr. Jan Michels
Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, Institute of Zoology
Kiel, Germany
Specimen: Adhesive pad of the first leg of a beetle (Clytus sp.)
Technique: Autofluorescence
9th Place - Ms. Yanping Wang
Ms. Yanping Wang
Beijing Planetarium
Beijing, China
Specimen: Seeds of wild flowers
Technique: Brightfield reflected light
10th Place - Mr. Laurie Knight
Mr. Laurie Knight
Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom
Specimen: Weevil (poss. Curculio nucum or Curculio glandium)
Technique: Episcopic illumination
