2023 Photomicrography Competition

Phoretic mites on the leg of a bumblebee

Dr. Amir Maqbool

Affiliation
Higher Education Department Jammu and Kashmir India
Department of Zoology
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Technique
Image Stacking
Magnification
3X (Objective Lens Magnification)

Geranium (Geraniaceae) stamen covered in pollen

Sébastien Malo

Location
Saint Lys, Haute-Garonne, France
Technique
Darkfield, Image Stacking, Reflected Light
Magnification
6.3X (Objective Lens Magnification)

Actin cytoskeleton of bovine pulmonary epithelial cells

Dr. Robert Markus

Affiliation
University of Nottingham
School of Life Sciences Imaging (SLIM)
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, USA
Technique
Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM)
Magnification
63X (Objective Lens Magnification)

Microscopic scaffolds made up of proteins called actin (grey) shape bovine pulmonary artery cells, the cell nuclei are stained and shown in purple.