2011 Small World In Motion Competition

Live specimen of Fungia sp., single polyped stony coral, showing the oral region and surrounding array of septal ridges and tentacles

James H. Nicholson

Affiliation
Coral Culture and Collaborative Research Facility
NOS NOAA CEHBR, HML
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Technique
Epifluorescence Microscopy
Magnification
5x

Circulating blood cells of the fruit fly larva (Drosophila melanogaster)

Dr. Robert Markus

Affiliation
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Biological Research Center
Szeged, Hungary
Technique
Fluorescence
Magnification
50x

Micrasterias sp. (desmid) dividing (Non dividing cells measure about 170 microns across)

Dr. Jeremy Pickett-Heaps

Affiliation
University of Melbourne
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Technique

Time-lapse Video Microscopy