2012 BioScapes Winners

2^nd Place

Dr. Arlene Wechezak

Anacortes, Washington, USA

Specimen: Red algae Scagelia, showing reproductive tetraspores and golden diatoms.

Technique: Darkfield

3^rd Place

Dr. Igor Siwanowicz

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

4^th Place

Dr. Christian Sardet

The Plankton Chronicles Project

Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Specimen: Claw of crustacean amphipode Phronima sp. Muscles and rows of pigment cells (melanocytes) are visible.

Technique: Darkfield

Co-prizewinners: Sharif Mirshak

5^th Place

Mr. Rogelio Moreno Gill

Biomarcell Station Zoologique

Panama City, Panama

Specimen: Unicellular green alga Micrasterias from lake sample. 22 stacked images.

Technique: Differential interference contrast

6^th Place

Mr. James Nicholson

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

7^th Place

Dr. Christian Klämbt

University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Specimen: Beta-tubulin expression of a Drosophila third instar larval brain, with attached eye imaginal discs.

Technique: Confocal microscopy

Co-prizewinners: Imke Schmidt

8^th Place

Mr. Edwin Lee

Carrollton, Texas, USA

Specimen: Henbit (Lamium amplexicaule) stamens anthers and filaments.

Technique: Phase contrast

9^th Place

Mrs. Masoumeh "Sahar" Khodaverdi

University of Tabriz

Tabriz, East Azerbaijan, Iran

Specimen: Delphinium seed. The image was acquired from multiple Z-stacked images.

Technique: Epi-fluorescence

10^th Place

Mr. Charles Krebs

Issaquah, Washington, USA

Specimen:

Technique: Diffused reflected illumination