Underage mutant ninja turtle, and other heroes in cells

This tiny embryo proves that science and art can intersect in spectacular fashion. The fluorescent turtle took first place at this year’s Nikon Small World 2019 - dedicated to the world’s best photomicrography.

October 22, 2019 - 2:30AM

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1/20Nikon Small World 2019 1st Place - Fluorescent turtle embryo, Teresa Zgoda Teresa Kugler, Campbell Hall, New York, USA

Nikon Small World 2019 2nd Place - Depth-color coded projections of three stentors (single-cell freshwater protozoans) Dr. Igor Siwanowicz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Janelia Research Campus Ashburn, Virginia, USA

2/20Nikon Small World 2019 2nd Place - Depth-color coded projections of three stentors (single-cell freshwater protozoans) Dr. Igor Siwanowicz, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Janelia Research Campus Ashburn, Virginia, USA

Nikon Small World 2019 3rd Place - Alligator embryo developing nerves and skeleton Daniel Smith Paredes Dr. Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, Yale University Department of Geology and Geophysics New Haven, Connecticut, USA

3/20Nikon Small World 2019 3rd Place - Alligator embryo developing nerves and skeleton Daniel Smith Paredes Dr. Bhart-Anjan S. Bhullar, Yale University Department of Geology and Geophysics New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Nikon Small World 2019 15th Place - Pregnant Daphnia magna (small planktonic crustacean) Marek Miś Marek Miś Photography Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland

4/20Nikon Small World 2019 15th Place - Pregnant Daphnia magna (small planktonic crustacean) Marek Miś Marek Miś Photography Suwalki, Podlaskie, Poland

Nikon Small World 2019 19th Place - Octopus bimaculoides embryo Martyna Lukoseviciute Dr. Carrie Albertin, University of Oxford Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

5/20Nikon Small World 2019 19th Place - Octopus bimaculoides embryo Martyna Lukoseviciute Dr. Carrie Albertin, University of Oxford Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

6/20Nikon Small World 2019 13th Place - Cuprite (mineral composed of copper oxide) Dr. Emilio Carabajal Márquez, Madrid, Spain

7/20Nikon Small World 2019 4th Place - Male mosquito Jan Rosenboom Universität Rostock Rostock, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany

8/20Nikon Small World 2019 7th Place - Chinese red carnation stamen, Dr. Guillermo López López Alicante, Spain

9/20Nikon Small World 2019 5th Place - Snowflake Caleb Foster Photography Jericho, Vermont, USA

10/20Nikon Small World 2019 9th Place - Tulip bud cross section Andrei Savitsky Cherkassy, Ukraine

11/20Nikon Small World 2019 4th Place - Male mosquito Jan Rosenboom Universität Rostock Rostock, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany

Nikon Small World 2019 20th Place - Blood vessels of a murine (mouse) heart following myocardial infarction (heart attack) Simon Merz, Lea Bornemann & Sebastian Korste University Hospital Essen Institute for Experimental Immunology & Imaging Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

12/20Nikon Small World 2019 20th Place - Blood vessels of a murine (mouse) heart following myocardial infarction (heart attack) Simon Merz, Lea Bornemann & Sebastian Korste University Hospital Essen Institute for Experimental Immunology & Imaging Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

13/20Nikon Small World 2019 17th Place - Vitamin C Karl Deckart Eckental, Bavaria, Germany

Nikon Small World 2019 10th Place - BPAE cells in telophase stage of mitosis Jason M. Kirk Baylor College of Medicine Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core Houston, Texas, USA

14/20Nikon Small World 2019 10th Place - BPAE cells in telophase stage of mitosis Jason M. Kirk Baylor College of Medicine Optical Imaging & Vital Microscopy Core Houston, Texas, USA

15/20Nikon Small World 2019 6th Place - Small white hair spider Javier Rupérez Almáchar, Málaga, Spain

Nikon Small World 2019 14th Place - Female Oxyopes dumonti (lynx) spider Antoine Franck CIRAD - Agricultural Research for Development Saint Pierre, Réunion Female Oxyopes dumonti (lynx) spider

16/20Nikon Small World 2019 14th Place - Female Oxyopes dumonti (lynx) spider Antoine Franck CIRAD - Agricultural Research for Development Saint Pierre, Réunion Female Oxyopes dumonti (lynx) spider

Nikon Small World 2019 18th Place - Cristobalite crystal suspended in its quartz mineral host E. Billie Hughes Lotus Gemology Bangkok, Thailand

17/20Nikon Small World 2019 18th Place - Cristobalite crystal suspended in its quartz mineral host E. Billie Hughes Lotus Gemology Bangkok, Thailand

18/20Nikon Small World 2019 8th Place - Frozen water droplet Garzon Christian Quintin, Cotes-d’Armor, France

Nikon Small World 2019 11th Place - A pair of ovaries from an adult Drosophila Dr. Yujun Chen Dr. Jocelyn McDonald Kansas State University Department of Biology Manhattan, Kansas, USA

19/20Nikon Small World 2019 11th Place - A pair of ovaries from an adult Drosophila Dr. Yujun Chen Dr. Jocelyn McDonald Kansas State University Department of Biology Manhattan, Kansas, USA

20/20Nikon Small World 2019 12th Place - Mosquito larva Anne Algar Hounslow, Middlesex, United Kingdom

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