Confocal micrograph of cyanobacteria (red) growing on rice plant roots (green). Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Competition®.

American Elm seed (Ulmus americana), captured using stereomicroscopy and polarized light. These seeds are also called samaras and have characteristic "wings" on their periphery. Honorable Mention, 2...

Confocal micrograph showing the complex connectivity at the neuromuscular junction of Drosophila (fruit fly). Muscle fibers shown in red and nerve fibers into neruomuscular junction shown in blue and ...

This image of dung (Coprophilous) fungi found on a cow pile is composed using 20 stacked images that were captured with epi-illumination. Honorable Mention, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digital Imaging Com...

Midsaggital section of rat cerebellum, captured using confocal imaging. Section shows inositol trisphosphate receptor (IP3R) labelled in green, DNA in blue, and synaptophysin in magenta. Honorable Me...

Confocal image stacks of Drosophila (fruit fly) larva with labeled dendrite arborization sensory neurons and epidermal cells. Green is dendrites of sensory neurons on the body wall and red is attachme...

Confocal image stacks of Drosophila (fruit fly) larvae with labeled dendrite arborization sensory neurons and epidermal cells. In the vertical larva, green is dendrites of sensory neurons on the body...

Widefield multiphoton fluorescence image of Rat hippocampus stained to reveal the distribution of glia (cyan), neurofilaments (green) and cell nuclei (yellow). 2nd Prize, 2010 Olympus BioScapes Digit...

Brighfield and polarized light of Spirogyra (a filamentous green algae). Spirogyra is unbranched with cellular cells connected end to end in long green filaments. Sixth Prize, 2010 Olympus BioScapes...

Fluorescently-labeled actin from chicken muscle. Actin is a protein involved in muscle contraction and cell movement. Purified actin can form loose bundles that self-organize into regular patterns...