Algae Sex and Amoeba Smackdown - Best Microscopy Videos of the Year

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By Annalee Newitz, 8:00 AM on Wed Nov 18 2009, 13,822 views
Ever wonder what it looks like when algae have sex? Now you'll find out in this winning video from the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Contest. More winning entries in our gallery, which includes an amoeba vs. yeast cell smackdown.

Every year, the Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Contest invites imaging experts and amateurs to submit their best examples of microscopy - in still and video form. The results, as you can see, are incredible.

The top prize is $5,000 worth of Olympus imaging equipment. In addition, twenty-two of the 2009 winning and Honorable Mention images will also be displayed in a winners' tour that will travel to San Diego, California, New York City; suburban Washington DC; Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other cities. Additional exhibits of BioScapes images will simultaneously be touring cities across the U.S. and Canada throughout 2009-10.

You can see more winners and honorable mentions on the BioScapes page.

videos here:

http://io9.com/5407219/algae-sex-and-amoeba-smackdown-+-best-microscopy-videos-of-the-year/gallery/


Some great images- some examples:


Mr. Olivier Leroux
Ghent University, Biology - Pteridology Research Group
Ghent, Belgium
Specimen: Transverse vibratome section of Lycopodium squarrosum (Lycophyte)
Technique: Confocal



Dr. Jan Michels
Christian-Albrechts-University, Institute of Zoology
Kiel, Germany
Specimen: Daphnia atkinsoni (Water Flea)
Technique: Confocal laser scanning microscopy



Mr. Charles Krebs
Issaquah, WA, USA
Specimen: Haematococcus pluvialis (Unicellular Algae)
Technique: Phase contrast

[Odin2005]

1. OMG, that is AWESOME!!!

I think that Amoeba was trying to bite off more than it could chew! :rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

2. It's always about porn.

:P