Groundbreaking images of mouse brain tumor cells win top honor at international film festival 2024 Nikon Small World Competition. At first glance, this image (shown below) may look like a science fiction plant structure, but it’s actually actin, microtubules, and the nucleus of a cell. “This image reveals how disruption of a cell’s cytoskeleton – the structural frameworks and ‘highways’ known as microtubules – can lead to diseases such as Alzheimer’s and ALS. ” Explained in press release.
This image was taken by Dr. Bruno Cisterna in collaboration with Dr. Eric Vitriol. Capturing the images required a lot of patience for the Augusta University researchers. “We spent about three months perfecting the staining process to see the cells clearly,” Cisterna says. “After we left the cells to differentiate for five days, we needed to find the right field of view for the differentiated and undifferentiated cells to interact. To capture the right moment, we needed to see it precisely under the microscope. It took about three hours and many attempts,” and countless hours to get it just right. ”
1st place. Differentiated mouse brain tumor cells (actin, microtubules, nucleus). Credit: Dr. Bruno Cisterna & Dr. Eric Vitriol / Nikon Small World
The Nikon Small World Competition will be in its 50th year in 2024, with over 2,100 entries from 80 countries. Organizers call the awards “the leading forum for recognizing the art, craft and photographic excellence involved in photomicrography.”
(Click on the image to enlarge its beauty.)
11th place. Slime mold on a rotten twig with water droplets. Credit: Dr. Ferenc Halmos / Nikon Small WorldHonorable mention. Facial autofluorescence of the small red ladybird (Diomus notcens). Credit: Angus Rae / Nikon Small WorldHonorable mention. brine shrimp. Credit: Christopher Algar / Nikon Small WorldHonorable mention. A cross section of the rachis (stem) of the bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum). Credit: Dr. David Maitland / Nikon Small World David Maitland5th place. A mass of octopus (Octopus hummellinkki) eggs. Credit: Thomas Barlow & Connor Gibbons / Nikon Small World 2nd place. Electric arc between pin and wire. Credit: Dr. Marcel Clemens / nikon small world7th place. Cross section of a leaf of European beachgrass (Ammophila arenaria). Credit: Gerhard Vlcek / Nikon Small World 6th place. Cribraria cancellata, also known as Dictydium cancellatum, is a slime mold from Finland. Credit: Henri Koskinen / Nikon Small World19th place. Seeds of a plant called sirene. Credit: Alison Pollack / Nikon Small World Alison K. Pollack16th place. Two Daphnia (Daphnia spp.) with embryos (left) and eggs (right). Credit: Marek Miś / Nikon Small World 13th place. Eyes of a green crab spider (Diaea Dorsata). Credit: Paweł Błachowicz / Nikon Small Worldimage of differentiation. A ladybug (Lapidae) on a clover (Trifolium repens). Credit: Dr. Marco Pende / Nikon Small Worldimage of differentiation. Prototrichia metallica, an exceptionally mammalian slime mold fruiting body. Credit: Timothy Boomer / Nikon Small World timothy boomerimage of differentiation. Front part of palm weevil. Credit: Dr. Sherif Abdallah Ahmed / Nikon Small World
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