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