2017 Small World In Motion Competition

Cholesteric liquid crystal shells encapsulating water droplets

Lisa Tran

Affiliation
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Physics
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Technique
Polarized Light
Magnification
10x (objective lens magnification)

Purified filamentous microtubules (cyan) and kinesin motor proteins (magneta) forming bundles

Bezia Lemma

Affiliation
Harvard University
Department of Physics
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Technique
Fluorescence
Magnification
4x

Melanoma (skin-cancer) non-adhered cells under confinement expressing endoplasmic reticulum (green) and actin (red)

Dr. Gregory Adams Jr.

Affiliation
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Technique
Confocal
Magnification
2745x