1993 Photomicrography Competition

Squamous skin cell differentiating in culture

Dr. Nancy Kedersha

Affiliation
ImmunoGen, Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Technique
Immunofluorescence, triple exposure
Magnification
187x

Cultured hippocampal cells (astrocytes and neurons)

John Jensen

Affiliation
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Oregon, USA
Technique
Fluorescence
Magnification
1000x

Plumatella fungosa (a Phylactolaemata bryozoan) found growing on an empty potato chip bag

Dr. Stephen Lowry

Affiliation
University of Ulster
Coleraine, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Technique
Incident darkfield flash illumination
Magnification
10x