2010 Olympus BioScapes Winners

    Olympus America Inc. is in the eighth year of sponsoring a dynamic international photo competition that honors the world's most extraordinary microscope images of life science subjects. Entry deadline is September 30, 2011, and First Prize is the winner's choice of Olympus microscope or camera equipment valued at $5,000. Nine additional winners will also receive valuable prizes from Olympus, and many more will receive recognition as honorable mentions.




    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
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