Olympus Life Science Microscopy Awards

Evident Image of the Year Award 2022

Nervous system of a juvenile sea star (Patiria miniata) about 1 cm wide by American Laurent Formery

Global Image of the Year Scientific Light Microscopy Awards

One of the joys in making photographs is illuminating the world in images that take our breath away. The recent award-winners in microscopy are exemplars of this skillful inquiry.

Here are a few selected images from the competition, the entirety of which can be viewed here.

A diatom imaged by American Michael Shribak. Diatoms are unicellular organisms, which can be found in the oceans, waterways, and soils of the world.

Scutellum of a tiger beetle 20:1 by German Thorben Danke