2024 Small World in Motion Competition

Crystallization of magnesium sulfate (MgSO₄) salt crystals

Cora A. Harris

Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Technique
Polarized Light
Magnification
10X (Objective Lens Magnification)

Dynamic trafficking of mitochondria and lysosomes along microtubule tracks of neuronal highways

Dr. Saikat Ghosh

Affiliation
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
NICHD
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Technique
Confocal
Magnification
63X (Objective Lens Magnification)

Human fibroblast climbing a 3D 'rope' of extracellular matrix (gray) by squeezing the nucleus (cyan) through tight spaces. Actin cytoskeleton (orange).

Bre Hewitt

Affiliation
Drexel University
Department of Biology
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Technique
Confocal, Fluorescence
Magnification
60X (Objective Lens Magnification)