Olympus BioScapes 2010 Winners

Congratulations to our 2010 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.



Dr. Igor Siwanowicz. Specimen: Frontal section of Phalangium opilio (Harvestman/Daddy longlegs) eyes

Mr. Thomas Deerinck. Specimen: Rat Hippocampus

Mr. James Nicholson. Specimen: Solitary coral, Fungia sp

Mr. Wolfgang Bettighofer. Specimen: Licmophora juegensii on red alga

Dr. M.R. Dadpour. Specimen: Flower primordium of Tribulus sp

Dr. Jerzy Gubernator. Specimen: Spirogyra

Dr. Igor Siwanowicz. Specimen: Eye of a common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)

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

Ms. Yanping Wang. Specimen: Seeds of wild flowers

Mr. Laurie Knight. Specimen: Weevil (poss. Curculio nucum or Curculio glandium)

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