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Composite background image: a selection of finalist images from five Microscopy Today Micrograph Awards competitions. Image credits and subject identifications may be found in the July issues for 2019-2023.

2024 Micrograph Award Finalist Gallery

Composite background image: a selection of finalist images from five Microscopy Today Micrograph Awards competitions. Image credits and subject identifications may be found in the July issues for 2019-2023.

2024 Finalists

To see each image/video in full, including information about the image and its submitter, click on its thumbnail below.
Winners will be announced at M&M 2024 and will be available in the September issue of the Microscopy Today magazine.

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Mouse intestine

June 27, 2024

Murine small intestine showing various cellular villi features. Antibodies were used to identify the apical membrane (p…

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Vitamin C

June 28, 2024

Crystalline ascorbic acid showing patterns of crystals that form when powdered ascorbic acid is dissolved in water and…

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Stomata

June 28, 2024

Stomata in the underside of a fresh leaf of Spathiphyllum sp. Stomata are pores in the epidermis of leaves that control…

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Oribatid mite

June 27, 2024

Platyliodes sp. nov. showing mineralized cuticle. Oribatid mites are distinguished from other mites by their sclerosed…

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Ant ovaries

June 27, 2024

Immunostained ant ovarioles showing cells undergoing mitosis. Blue fluorescence delineates F-actin structures and red s…

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Pseudoscorpion and mite

June 27, 2024

Two microscopic animals from the floor of a forest. Scanning electron microscopy. Image by Bernd Podratzke, Frankfurt a…

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Carpet beetle

June 28, 2024

Ventral side of Anthrenus verbasci showing slots for legs. They minimize their surface area by tucking their legs into…

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Colonial diatoms

June 27, 2024

Phytoplankton Licmophora flabellata are colonial diatoms. Phytoplankton produces around 50% of all oxygen on earth by p…

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Oat leaf

June 27, 2024

Cross-section of beach oat leaf showing vascular bundles and xeromorphic adaptations to the particular location, especi…

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Butterfly wing

June 27, 2024

Scales on the wing of the butterfly Papilla palinurus. Light microscopy. Image by Dariusz Pawlik, photography enthusias…

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Intestinal blood vessels

June 27, 2024

Within the small intestine blood vessel network of a mouse pup, the intestinal tube is surrounded by the submucosa and…

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Miniature iron meteorite

June 27, 2024

Micrometeorite collected from a flat roof with a permanent magnet. Scanning electron microscopy. Image by Bernd Podratz…

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Zooplankton

June 27, 2024

Water flea Chydorus sphaericus carrying an egg. Light microscopy. Image by Jan van IJken, Leiden, Netherlands

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Mouse colon

June 27, 2024

Imunofluorescence image of mouse colon tissue section showing the complex spatial structure of nuclei, cytoplasm, and c…

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Bee brain

June 27, 2024

3D reconstruction of the head of the orchid bee Euglossa dilemma. The head capsule is shown in green and blue, meant to…

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