Nikon has been hosting the International Small World Photomicrography Competition for over 35 years, profiling the beauty of things that can only be seen through a microscope. In 2011, probably on the assumption that movies are worth a thousand pictures, the competition announced they will be opening a new category for videos called Small World in Motion Photomicrography Competition. This year the first winners have been announced and the grand prize goes to Dr. Olena Kamenyeva of the National Institute of Health’s NIAID – Laboratory of Immunoregulation for a video that “shows the immune response in the lymph node of a mouse, when activated by a laser. Specifically, it shows an efficient innate immune reaction in the lymph node, which typically has been studied for the development of adaptive immune response”:
Check out all the winning entries of 2012 Small World in Motion…