Nikon’s Small World
![Eye of a Metapocyrtus subquadrulifer beetle, © Yousef Al Habshi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1st Place Eye of a Metapocyrtus subquadrulifer beetle, © Yousef Al Habshi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1st Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-1.jpg)
© Yousef Al Habshi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
1st Place
![Fern sorus (structures producing and containing spores), © Rogelio Moreno Gill, Panama, 2nd Place Fern sorus (structures producing and containing spores), © Rogelio Moreno Gill, Panama, 2nd Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-2.jpg)
© Rogelio Moreno Gill, Panama
2nd Place
![Spittlebug nymph in its bubble house, © Saulius Gugis, Naperville, Illinois, USA, 3rd Place Spittlebug nymph in its bubble house, © Saulius Gugis, Naperville, Illinois, USA, 3rd Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-3.jpg)
© Saulius Gugis, Naperville, Illinois, USA
3rd Place
![Peacock feather section, © Can Tunçer, İzmir, Turkey, 4th Place Peacock feather section, © Can Tunçer, İzmir, Turkey, 4th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-4.jpg)
© Can Tunçer, İzmir, Turkey
4th Place
![Parasteatoda tepidariorum (spider embryo) stained for embryo surface (pink), nuclei (blue) and microtubules (green), © Dr. Tessa Montague, Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 5th Place Parasteatoda tepidariorum (spider embryo) stained for embryo surface (pink), nuclei (blue) and microtubules (green), © Dr. Tessa Montague, Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 5th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-5.jpg)
© Dr. Tessa Montague, Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
5th Place
![Primate foveola (central region of the retina), © Hanen Khabou, Vision Institute, Department of Therapeutics, Paris, France, 6th Place Primate foveola (central region of the retina), © Hanen Khabou, Vision Institute, Department of Therapeutics, Paris, France, 6th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-6.jpg)
© Hanen Khabou, Vision Institute, Department of Therapeutics, Paris, France
6th Place
![Human tear drop, © Norm Barker, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 7th Place Human tear drop, © Norm Barker, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 7th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-7.jpg)
© Norm Barker, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Pathology & Art as Applied to Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
7th Place
![Portrait of Sternochetus mangiferae (mango seed weevil), © Pia Scanlon, Government of Western Australia, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 8th Place Portrait of Sternochetus mangiferae (mango seed weevil), © Pia Scanlon, Government of Western Australia, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 8th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-8.jpg)
© Pia Scanlon, Government of Western Australia, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
8th Place
![Security hologram, © Dr. Haris Antonopoulos, Athens, Greece, 9th Place Security hologram, © Dr. Haris Antonopoulos, Athens, Greece, 9th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-9.jpg)
© Dr. Haris Antonopoulos, Athens, Greece
9th Place
![Stalks with pollen grains, © Dr. Csaba Pintér, University of Pannonia, Georgikon Faculty, Department of Plant Protection, Keszthely, Hungary, 10th Place Stalks with pollen grains, © Dr. Csaba Pintér, University of Pannonia, Georgikon Faculty, Department of Plant Protection, Keszthely, Hungary, 10th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-10.jpg)
© Dr. Csaba Pintér, University of Pannonia, Georgikon Faculty, Department of Plant Protection, Keszthely, Hungary
10th Place
![Human fibroblast undergoing cell division, showing actin (gray), myosin II (green) and DNA (magenta), © Nilay Taneja, Dr. Dylan Burnette, Vanderbilt University, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 11th Place Human fibroblast undergoing cell division, showing actin (gray), myosin II (green) and DNA (magenta), © Nilay Taneja, Dr. Dylan Burnette, Vanderbilt University, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 11th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-11.jpg)
© Nilay Taneja, © Dr. Dylan Burnette, Vanderbilt University, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
11th Place
![Urania ripheus (butterfly) wing scales, © Luciano Andres Richino, Punto NEF Photography, Ramos Mejia, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, 12th Place Urania ripheus (butterfly) wing scales, © Luciano Andres Richino, Punto NEF Photography, Ramos Mejia, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, 12th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-12.jpg)
© Luciano Andres Richino, Punto NEF Photography, Ramos Mejia, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
12th Place
![Balanus glandula (acorn barnacle), © Charles B. Krebs, Charles Krebs Photography, Issaquah, Washington, USA, 13th Place Balanus glandula (acorn barnacle), © Charles B. Krebs, Charles Krebs Photography, Issaquah, Washington, USA, 13th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-13.jpg)
© Charles B. Krebs, Charles Krebs Photography, Issaquah, Washington, USA
13th Place
![African green monkey cell (COS-7) stained for actin and microtubules, © Andrew Moore, © Dr. Erika Holzbaur, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 14th Place African green monkey cell (COS-7) stained for actin and microtubules, © Andrew Moore, © Dr. Erika Holzbaur, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, 14th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-14.jpg)
© Andrew Moore, © Dr. Erika Holzbaur, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
14th Place
![Varroa destructor (mite) on the back of Apis mellifera (honeybee), © Antoine Franck, CIRAD - Agricultural Research for Development, Saint Pierre, Réunion Island, France, 15th Place Varroa destructor (mite) on the back of Apis mellifera (honeybee), © Antoine Franck, CIRAD - Agricultural Research for Development, Saint Pierre, Réunion Island, France, 15th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-15.jpg)
© Antoine Franck, CIRAD – Agricultural Research for Development, Saint Pierre, Réunion Island, France
15th Place
![Mouse oviduct vasculature, © Dr. Amanda D. Phillips Yzaguirre, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA, 16th Place Mouse oviduct vasculature, © Dr. Amanda D. Phillips Yzaguirre, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA, 16th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-16.jpg)
© Dr. Amanda D. Phillips Yzaguirre, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California, USA
16th Place
![Breast tissue in lactation: Milk filled spheres (red) surrounded by tiny muscle cells that squeeze out milk (yellow) and immune cells that monitor for infection (blue), © Caleb Dawson, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Stem Cells and Cancer, Melbourne, Australia, 17th Place Breast tissue in lactation: Milk filled spheres (red) surrounded by tiny muscle cells that squeeze out milk (yellow) and immune cells that monitor for infection (blue), © Caleb Dawson, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Stem Cells and Cancer, Melbourne, Australia, 17th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-17.jpg)
© Caleb Dawson, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Department of Stem Cells and Cancer, Melbourne, Australia
17th Place
![Amino acid crystals (L-glutamine and beta-alanine), © Justin Zoll, Justin Zoll Photography, Ithaca, New York, USA, 18th Place Amino acid crystals (L-glutamine and beta-alanine), © Justin Zoll, Justin Zoll Photography, Ithaca, New York, USA, 18th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-18.jpg)
© Justin Zoll, Justin Zoll Photography, Ithaca, New York, USA
18th Place
![Vespa velutina (Asian hornet) with venom on its stinger, © Pierre Anquet, La Tour-du-Crieu, Ariège, France, 19th Place Vespa velutina (Asian hornet) with venom on its stinger, © Pierre Anquet, La Tour-du-Crieu, Ariège, France, 19th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-19.jpg)
© Pierre Anquet, La Tour-du-Crieu, Ariège, France
19th Place
![Human retina, © Dr. Nicolás Cuenca, © Isabel Ortuño-Lizarán, University of Alicante, Department of Physiology, Genetics and Microbiology, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain, 20th Place Human retina, © Dr. Nicolás Cuenca, © Isabel Ortuño-Lizarán, University of Alicante, Department of Physiology, Genetics and Microbiology, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain, 20th Place, Nikon’s Small World - Photomicrography Competition](https://pixcontests.com/wp-content/uploads/nikon-small-world-2018-20.jpg)
© Dr. Nicolás Cuenca, © Isabel Ortuño-Lizarán, University of Alicante, Department of Physiology, Genetics and Microbiology, San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
20th Place
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