We're a week behind, but excited to see so many Vanderbilt and CISR researchers with winning images in the 2025 #NikonSmallWorld contest! Congrats to James Hayes (4th, first image here), Dylan Burnette (10th), Zach Sanchez (20th), and Amy Engevik (IOD)! #FluorescenceFriday www.nikonsmallworld.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
We're a week behind, but excited to see so many Vanderbilt and CISR researchers with winning images in the 2025 #NikonSmallWorld contest! Congrats to James Hayes (4th, first image here), Dylan Burnette (10th), Zach Sanchez (20th), and Amy Engevik (IOD)! #FluorescenceFriday www.nikonsmallworld.com
Sea cucumbers are beautiful! 🥒
This image shows the skeleton of a baby sea cucumber. Very happy that it got awarded by #NikonSmallWorld 😊
👇 Check the preprint by @PranavVyas and @prakashlab.bsky.social if you want to learn more about skeleton development in these animals:
shorturl.at/J3g1h
This image shows the skeleton of a baby sea cucumber. Very happy that it got awarded by #NikonSmallWorld 😊
👇 Check the preprint by @PranavVyas and @prakashlab.bsky.social if you want to learn more about skeleton development in these animals:
shorturl.at/J3g1h
October 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Sea cucumbers are beautiful! 🥒
This image shows the skeleton of a baby sea cucumber. Very happy that it got awarded by #NikonSmallWorld 😊
👇 Check the preprint by @PranavVyas and @prakashlab.bsky.social if you want to learn more about skeleton development in these animals:
shorturl.at/J3g1h
This image shows the skeleton of a baby sea cucumber. Very happy that it got awarded by #NikonSmallWorld 😊
👇 Check the preprint by @PranavVyas and @prakashlab.bsky.social if you want to learn more about skeleton development in these animals:
shorturl.at/J3g1h
Para terminar o domingo, este vídeo espetacular de uma #flor que se #autopoliniza. O registro de Jay McClellan foi um dos vencedores do concurso #NikonSmallWorld. Um exemplo de resiliência da natureza, revelando uma das estratégias ocultas de algumas espécies para se sobreviver ➡️ buff.ly/AA3JME5
October 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Para terminar o domingo, este vídeo espetacular de uma #flor que se #autopoliniza. O registro de Jay McClellan foi um dos vencedores do concurso #NikonSmallWorld. Um exemplo de resiliência da natureza, revelando uma das estratégias ocultas de algumas espécies para se sobreviver ➡️ buff.ly/AA3JME5
🔬🦠🧫🧪 #MicroSky
This is the most fantatic video I've ever seen: a Tardigrade strolling on a Volvox by Penny Fenton #NikonSmallWorld #DarkField
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
This is the most fantatic video I've ever seen: a Tardigrade strolling on a Volvox by Penny Fenton #NikonSmallWorld #DarkField
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
A tardigrade moving around a volvox algae colony | 2025 Small World in Motion Competition
Penny Fenton - A tardigrade moving around a volvox algae colony
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October 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🔬🦠🧫🧪 #MicroSky
This is the most fantatic video I've ever seen: a Tardigrade strolling on a Volvox by Penny Fenton #NikonSmallWorld #DarkField
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
This is the most fantatic video I've ever seen: a Tardigrade strolling on a Volvox by Penny Fenton #NikonSmallWorld #DarkField
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
My entry for today’s #FluorescenceFriday: a pupal #Drosophila testis with muscles expressing
🔵 lifeact &
🔴 RFP-nls
Honored & grateful to receive an honorable mention at @healthcare.nikon.com Nikon Small World 🌍🔬✨
🔗 www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
#NikonSmallWorld #Microscopy #ScienceArt
🔵 lifeact &
🔴 RFP-nls
Honored & grateful to receive an honorable mention at @healthcare.nikon.com Nikon Small World 🌍🔬✨
🔗 www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
#NikonSmallWorld #Microscopy #ScienceArt
October 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
My entry for today’s #FluorescenceFriday: a pupal #Drosophila testis with muscles expressing
🔵 lifeact &
🔴 RFP-nls
Honored & grateful to receive an honorable mention at @healthcare.nikon.com Nikon Small World 🌍🔬✨
🔗 www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
#NikonSmallWorld #Microscopy #ScienceArt
🔵 lifeact &
🔴 RFP-nls
Honored & grateful to receive an honorable mention at @healthcare.nikon.com Nikon Small World 🌍🔬✨
🔗 www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
#NikonSmallWorld #Microscopy #ScienceArt
Very happy to share that my latest submission to the #NikonSmallWorld in Motion competition received an Honorable Mention this year! 🥳 #neuroscience 🧪
Huge congratulations to @axonsalex.bsky.social for his Honorable mention a the #NikonSmallWorld in Motion competition!
His movie shows axonal growth of chicken dorsal root ganglia neurons using our SPY555-FastAct probe to stain actin.
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
#FluorescenceFriday
His movie shows axonal growth of chicken dorsal root ganglia neurons using our SPY555-FastAct probe to stain actin.
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
#FluorescenceFriday
In vitro growth of chick sensory neurons | 2025 Small World in Motion Competition
Alexandre Dumoulin - In vitro growth of chick sensory neurons, shown in gold using a dye marking their internal structure (18 hour time lapse)
www.nikonsmallworld.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Very happy to share that my latest submission to the #NikonSmallWorld in Motion competition received an Honorable Mention this year! 🥳 #neuroscience 🧪
Huge congratulations to @axonsalex.bsky.social for his Honorable mention a the #NikonSmallWorld in Motion competition!
His movie shows axonal growth of chicken dorsal root ganglia neurons using our SPY555-FastAct probe to stain actin.
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
#FluorescenceFriday
His movie shows axonal growth of chicken dorsal root ganglia neurons using our SPY555-FastAct probe to stain actin.
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
#FluorescenceFriday
In vitro growth of chick sensory neurons | 2025 Small World in Motion Competition
Alexandre Dumoulin - In vitro growth of chick sensory neurons, shown in gold using a dye marking their internal structure (18 hour time lapse)
www.nikonsmallworld.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Huge congratulations to @axonsalex.bsky.social for his Honorable mention a the #NikonSmallWorld in Motion competition!
His movie shows axonal growth of chicken dorsal root ganglia neurons using our SPY555-FastAct probe to stain actin.
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
#FluorescenceFriday
His movie shows axonal growth of chicken dorsal root ganglia neurons using our SPY555-FastAct probe to stain actin.
www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
#FluorescenceFriday
Sea urchin metamorphosis is maybe one of the most radical event in developmental biology. In just about an hour, these little pluteus larvae completely reorganize their entire body plan.
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
September 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Sea urchin metamorphosis is maybe one of the most radical event in developmental biology. In just about an hour, these little pluteus larvae completely reorganize their entire body plan.
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
Very happy that this video got awarded an honorable mention by #NikonSmallWorld 😃
oh NEAT! WATER BEAR ON VOLVOX ACTION! via the #NikonSmallWorld #microscopy competition! youtu.be/kotgHnqIKqc?...
A tardigrade moving around a volvox algae colony | 2025 Nikon Small World
YouTube video by Nikon Microscope Solutions
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September 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
oh NEAT! WATER BEAR ON VOLVOX ACTION! via the #NikonSmallWorld #microscopy competition! youtu.be/kotgHnqIKqc?...
🎉 🔬 We’re thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s #NikonSmallWorld in Motion video #Microscopy competition: bit.ly/4mtjUk7
🥇 1st place goes to Jay McClellan of Saranac, Michigan (USA) for his video capturing self-pollination in a thymeleaf speedwell flower.
#Microscope #SciArt #SciComm
🥇 1st place goes to Jay McClellan of Saranac, Michigan (USA) for his video capturing self-pollination in a thymeleaf speedwell flower.
#Microscope #SciArt #SciComm
September 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🎉 🔬 We’re thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s #NikonSmallWorld in Motion video #Microscopy competition: bit.ly/4mtjUk7
🥇 1st place goes to Jay McClellan of Saranac, Michigan (USA) for his video capturing self-pollination in a thymeleaf speedwell flower.
#Microscope #SciArt #SciComm
🥇 1st place goes to Jay McClellan of Saranac, Michigan (USA) for his video capturing self-pollination in a thymeleaf speedwell flower.
#Microscope #SciArt #SciComm
Another entry for the #growthconecontest, this classic from @Interstellate_ that also got distinction at @NikonSmallWorld 2017. Check those bad boys! Actin is orange, microtubules are cyan
December 31, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Another entry for the #growthconecontest, this classic from @Interstellate_ that also got distinction at @NikonSmallWorld 2017. Check those bad boys! Actin is orange, microtubules are cyan
Yeah you know, this year is Olympics year... I'm concentrating on @NikonSmallWorld...
December 31, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Yeah you know, this year is Olympics year... I'm concentrating on @NikonSmallWorld...
Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest #Science #Biology #Zoology #NikonSmallWorld #NaturePhotography #RiceWeevil
Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest
A stunning image of a rice weevil on a single grain of rice has won the 2025 Nikon Small World photomicrography contest, yielding valuable insight into the structure and behavior of—and providing a...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest #Science #Biology #Zoology #NikonSmallWorld #NaturePhotography #RiceWeevil
OK things getting real @NikonSmallWorld
December 28, 2024 at 4:49 PM
OK things getting real @NikonSmallWorld
The @NikonSmallWorld calendar? Oh I prefer the Japanese import #hipsterscience
December 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM
The @NikonSmallWorld calendar? Oh I prefer the Japanese import #hipsterscience
This year's winners of @NikonSmallWorld get a tour of Nikon glass & lens facility in Japan! I'm definitely applying https://nikonsmallworld.magnet.fsu.edu
December 28, 2024 at 4:05 PM
This year's winners of @NikonSmallWorld get a tour of Nikon glass & lens facility in Japan! I'm definitely applying https://nikonsmallworld.magnet.fsu.edu
📜 Learn the history of #NikonMicroscopy as told by Uli Koch, likely the most passionate and knowledgeable collector of Nikon microscopes in the world.
🔗 This #NikonSmallWorld featured article includes a video interview with Uli: bit.ly/479zk9j
🙏 Thank you Uli!
🔗 This #NikonSmallWorld featured article includes a video interview with Uli: bit.ly/479zk9j
🙏 Thank you Uli!
August 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
📜 Learn the history of #NikonMicroscopy as told by Uli Koch, likely the most passionate and knowledgeable collector of Nikon microscopes in the world.
🔗 This #NikonSmallWorld featured article includes a video interview with Uli: bit.ly/479zk9j
🙏 Thank you Uli!
🔗 This #NikonSmallWorld featured article includes a video interview with Uli: bit.ly/479zk9j
🙏 Thank you Uli!
RT @nelas: 2 fotos minhas lá!!! RT @NikonSmallWorld Vote is now live! Rate the top images from this year’s competition. <a href="http://migre.me/6JRJ" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://migre.me/6JRJ
September 10, 2009 at 6:15 PM
RT @nelas: 2 fotos minhas lá!!! RT @NikonSmallWorld Vote is now live! Rate the top images from this year’s competition. <a href="http://migre.me/6JRJ" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://migre.me/6JRJ
Missed this! @NikonSmallWorld should add Twitter handles on their website 😉 https://twitter.com/MicroSnaps/status/1097987276787892231
December 30, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Missed this! @NikonSmallWorld should add Twitter handles on their website 😉 https://twitter.com/MicroSnaps/status/1097987276787892231
Beautiful!!! WP: Under the microscope with the big winners of Nikon's annual Small World contest http://wapo.st/1tl2s3U#6e83d9a719 @NikonSmallWorld
March 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Beautiful!!! WP: Under the microscope with the big winners of Nikon's annual Small World contest http://wapo.st/1tl2s3U#6e83d9a719 @NikonSmallWorld
Congrats to all winners! Stunning images all around. Well done @calebadawson @NadiaEfimova3 @iceflon for making it into the calendar! https://twitter.com/NikonSmallWorld/status/1579834979080892416
January 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Congrats to all winners! Stunning images all around. Well done @calebadawson @NadiaEfimova3 @iceflon for making it into the calendar! https://twitter.com/NikonSmallWorld/status/1579834979080892416
Another one from Siwanovicz, @NikonSmallWorld 3rd place in 2015: Intake of a humped bladderwort (Utricularia gibba), a freshwater carnivorous plant (confocal)
December 30, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Another one from Siwanovicz, @NikonSmallWorld 3rd place in 2015: Intake of a humped bladderwort (Utricularia gibba), a freshwater carnivorous plant (confocal)
The @NikonSmallWorld winners are out! Congrats to all 🎉 As a jury member, it was a blast (and a lot of hard, fun work) to look at all these beauties and select the best ones https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2020-photomicrography-competition
January 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The @NikonSmallWorld winners are out! Congrats to all 🎉 As a jury member, it was a blast (and a lot of hard, fun work) to look at all these beauties and select the best ones https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2020-photomicrography-competition
Você tem alguma ideia do que exatamente é essa #foto? Palpites?! A imagem, uma das vencedoras do concurso #NikonSmallWorld, mostra nos mínimos detalhes uma folha de uma planta de #cannabis. Incrível, não? Veja quem foram os demais ganhadores da competição de fotomicrografia aqui ➡️ buff.ly/3UbgQOr
October 27, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Você tem alguma ideia do que exatamente é essa #foto? Palpites?! A imagem, uma das vencedoras do concurso #NikonSmallWorld, mostra nos mínimos detalhes uma folha de uma planta de #cannabis. Incrível, não? Veja quem foram os demais ganhadores da competição de fotomicrografia aqui ➡️ buff.ly/3UbgQOr
2017 @NikonSmallWorld winners announced 🔬 Congrats to all 👍 My neurons got a shout out! http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/photo/2017-photomicrography-competition
December 28, 2024 at 6:03 PM
2017 @NikonSmallWorld winners announced 🔬 Congrats to all 👍 My neurons got a shout out! http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/photo/2017-photomicrography-competition