Fluorescence Technique

Mr. James Nicholson

2010

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

Dr. Andy Fischer

2007

Columbus, Ohio, USA

Specimen: Chicken Retina

Technique: Epi-fluorescence Widefield

Dr. Albert Pan

2008

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA, USA

Specimen: Larval "Brainbow" Zebrafish

Technique: Fluorescence

Mr. James Nicholson

2012

NOAA/NOS/NCCOS Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular Research

Fort Johnson Marine Lab, Charleston, SC, USA

Specimen: Live mushroom coral Fungia sp. Close-up of mouth during expansion.

Technique: Autofluorescence

Mr. Oleksandr Holovachov

2014

Ekuddsvagen, Sweden

Specimen: Butter daisy (Melampodium divaricatum) flower at 2x magnification

Technique: Fluorescence

Mr. Gunnar Newquist

2011

University of Nevada

Reno, Nevada, USA

Specimen: Drosophila ovaries and uterus

Technique: Fluorescence

Dr. Neal Melvin

2008

Dallas, TX, USA

Specimen: Adult Mouse Hippocampus

Technique: Fluorescence

Dr. Jan Michels

2010

Christian Albrecht University of Kiel, Institute of Zoology

Kiel, Germany

Specimen: Adhesive pad of the first leg of a beetle (Clytus sp.)

Technique: Autofluorescence

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

Dr. Jan Schmoranzer

2007

New York, NY, USA

Specimen: Mouse Embryonic Fibroblasts

Technique: Fluorescence

Mr. Gist Croft

2009

Columbia University and Project ALS

New York, NY, USA

Specimen: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis motor neurons

Technique: Epi-fluorescence

Co-prizewinners: Mackenzie Weygandt

Dr. Petr Znachor

2008

Institute of Hydrobiology

Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Specimen: "Star-like" Colonial Diatom

Technique: Fluorescence