Results of the Nikon Small World Competition are out! BPoD is delighted to feature a selection of those images coming from the world of biomedicine
In 1st Place Hassanain Qambari & Jayden Dickson of The Lions Eye Institute Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia with their image of a rodent optic nerve head showing astrocytes (yellow), contractile proteins (red) and retinal vasculature (green) made using confocal fluorescence microscopy 20X objective lens magnification with image stacking
BPoD stands for Biomedical Picture of the Day. Managed by the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences until Jul 2023, it is now run independently by a dedicated team of scientists and writers. The website aims to engage everyone, young and old, in the wonders of biology, and its influence on medicine. The ever-growing archive of more than 4000 research images documents over a decade of progress. Explore the collection and see what you discover. Images are kindly provided for inclusion on this website through the generosity of scientists across the globe.
BPoD is also available in Catalan at www.bpod.cat with translations by the University of Valencia.