2024 Small World in Motion Competition

Chemical reactions within a single drop of water

Benedikt Pleyer

Location
Kirchberg, Bavaria, Germany
Technique
Darkfield
Magnification
25X - 50X (Objective Lens Magnifications)

White blood cells in menstrual blood consuming uterus mucosa cells

Benedikt Pleyer

Location
Kirchberg, Bavaria, Germany
Technique
Differential Interference Contrast (DIC)
Magnification
60X (Objective Lens Magnification)

Time-lapse of canine kidney cells, precisely arranged by photopatterned DNA tethers, creating a replica of Vermeer's painting, “Girl with a Pearl Earring”

Catherine Porter Aria Huang, Hunter Nichols, Dr. Alex Hughes

Affiliation
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Bioengineering
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Technique
Confocal, Fluorescence
Magnification
4x (Objective Lens Magnification)