Plant
Dr. Igor Siwanowicz
2013
HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus
Ashburn, Virginia, United States
Specimen: Open trap of aquatic carnivorous plant, humped bladderwort Utricularia gibba, with single-cell organisms inside.
Technique: Confocal imaging, 100x
Mr. Daniel von Wangenheim
2011
Frankfurt Institute for Molecular Life Sciences
Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Specimen: Arabidopsis thaliana lateral root growing out of the primary root. A stack of images was recorded every 15 minutes over 75 hours
Technique: Digital scanned light-sheet microscope
Mr. Thomas Shearer
2008
Duluth, MN, USA
Specimen: Agatized Petrified Wood
Technique: Polarized Light
Dr. Igor Siwanowicz
2012
HHMI Janelia Farm Research Campus
Ashburn, Virginia, USA
Specimen: East-coast US fern, Polypodium virginianum, showing a cluster of spore-filled sporangia and specialized protective hairs called paraphyses.
Technique: Confocal microscopy
Dr. M. Reza Dadpour
2006
Department of Horticulture, University of Tabriz
Tabriz, Iran
Specimen: Zinnia Flower Primordium
Technique: Epi-illumination
Mr. Viktor Sýkora
2005
Institute of Pathophysiology, Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic
Specimen: Asteraceae
Technique: Stereomicroscopy, Darkfield Illumination
Mr. Spike Walker
2013
Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Specimen: Lily flower bud, transverse section.
Technique: Darkfield illumination, stitched images
Dr. Robert Markus
2006
Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Csongrád, Hungary
Specimen: Mirabilis jalapa Stamen
Technique: Confocal
Mr. Dr. M. Reza Dadpour
2010
Department of Horticultural Sciences, University of Tabriz
Tabriz, Iran
Specimen: Flower primordium of Tribulus sp
Technique: Epi-Illumination, 100 z-stacked images
Dr. Shirley Owens
2008
Flushing, MI, USA
Specimen: Silphium perfoliatum
Technique: Laser Scanning Confocal
Mr. Ron Oldfield
2004
Biology Department, Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Specimen: Hairs on Tilia americana (basswood)
Technique: Polarized light, 25x Objective
Mr. Oleksandr Holovachov
2014
Ekuddsvagen, Sweden
Specimen: Butter daisy (Melampodium divaricatum) flower at 2x magnification
Technique: Fluorescence
Mr. Edwin Lee
2012
Carrollton, Texas, USA
Specimen: Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) stamens anthers and filaments.
Technique: Phase contrast
Dr. Heiti Paves
2009
Tallinn, Estonia
Specimen: Arabidopsis thaliana
Technique: Confocal
Dr. Shirley Owens
2005
Center for Advanced Microscopy, Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, USA
Specimen: Thunbergia
Technique: Confocal, 20x Objective
Mrs. Masoumeh "Sahar" Khodaverdi
2012
University of Tabriz
Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran
Specimen: Delphinium seed. The image was acquired from multiple Z-stacked images.
Technique: Epi-fluorescence
Ms. Yanping Wang
2010
Beijing Planetarium
Beijing, China
Specimen: Seeds of wild flowers
Technique: Brightfield reflected light
Mr. Harold Taylor
2004
Kensworth, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, UK
Specimen: Poppy flowerhead showing immature seeds
Technique: Brightfield (in reverse), 40x Objective
Dr. M. Reza Dadpour
2007
Department of Horticulture,
University of Tabriz
Tabriz, Iran
Specimen: Leaf Primordia
Technique: Epi-illumination