Nikon is holding 'The Microscopic World - Illuminating the Future of Life -' in Tokyo, showcasing beautiful photographs of the microscopic world taken with a microscope.
Nikon is holding a contest called '
Nikon Small World / NIKON JOICO AWARD Exhibition 'The Microscopic World - Illuminating the Future of Life -' | JOICO 100th Anniversary | Nikon Solutions Inc.
https://www.microscope.healthcare.nikon.com/ja_JP/joico-100th/top
The exhibition will showcase the artistic microscopic world captured through microscopes, primarily featuring award-winning works from Nikon's Small World competition. It will also include displays of historical microscopes and artworks from the collections of Nikon and the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, along with easy-to-understand explanations of the various fields that microscopes have pioneered, including science, medicine, and industry.
Nikon kindly provided us with seven of the microscope images that will actually be on display.
2021 #1: 'Hair-like projections (white appendages) and stomata (purple pores) found on the leaves of a Southern Live Oak' (Photo by Jason Kirk, Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
©Jason Kirk, 2021
2nd Place in 2025: 'Colony algae Volvox swimming in a water droplet' (Photo taken by Dr. Jan Rosenbohm, Germany)
©Dr. Jan Rosenboom, 2025
14th place in 2023: 'Sunflower pollen attached to an acupuncture needle' (Photo by John-Oliver Dum, Medienbunker Produczion, Germany)
©John-Oliver Dum, 2023
4th place in 2022: 'Long, slender
©Dr. Andrew M. Posselt, 2022
2nd Place in 2020: 'Crown Anemonefish Embryogenesis Day 1, Day 3 (Morning and Evening), Day 5, Day 9' (Photographed by Daniel Knopp, Natur und Tier, Germany)
©Daniel Knop, 2020
2019 #1: 'Fluorescent turtle embryo' (Campbell Hall, USA, photographed by Teresa Zgoda and Teresa Kugler)
©Teresa Zgoda and Teresa Kugler,2019
Ranked 7th in 2025: 'Fluorescently labeled tubulin and actin-derived sensory neurons from iPS cells' (Photo by Stella Whitaker, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, USA)
©Stella Whittaker, 2025
The 'Nikon Small World / NIKON JOICO AWARD Exhibition 'The Microscopic World - Illuminating the Future of Life -'' will be held from July 25th to August 23rd, 2026, in the exhibition room on the first basement floor of the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. Admission fees are 700 yen for adults (tax included), 500 yen for students and those 65 and older, and free for high school students and younger. July 25th, 2026 is Nikon's founding anniversary, and admission will be free on that day.
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