{"id":262,"date":"2022-12-01T14:44:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T14:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2023-05-03T13:03:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:03:13","slug":"micrographs-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/micrographs-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Micrographs Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-left: 15%; margin-right: 15%;\">\n<time datetime=\"2023-05-23\" class=\"icon\"><year>2023<\/year><month>May<\/month><day>23<\/day><\/time> <\/div>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color:#D2421B;\">** The Micrograph submission is NOW CLOSED **<\/div>\n\n \n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[jbutton icon=\"forum\" link=\"#Micrograph-form\" size=\"large\" newpage=\"no\"]Micrograph Submission - Click Here[\/jbutton]<\/br>\n<\/br><span style=\"font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; color: black; background-color: yellow\">&nbsp;Micrographs Submission Deadline: March 30, 2023&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n\n--><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-width: 0px; border-bottom: 2px solid #D2421B;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #d2421b;\">Micrographs Competition :<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The image competition is a unique opportunity to share with the community the beautiful worlds revealed by your kind of microscopy technique. As the emphasis is on the visually appealing rather than on the scientific aspect of the images, micrographs submitted to the competition can be colorized and manipulated. You are encouraged to be free and playful!<\/p>\n<p>The winning micrograph will be posted on the ISM website and, if found suitable, may\u00a0be used as a decoration for the next ISM meeting.<\/p>\n<p>ISM will provide a hard copy of the image and present it during the meeting. <strong>You are free to take the hard copy after the meeting!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By applying to the competition all rights for using the images are given to ISM according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism-website-terms-of-use\/\">ISM website terms of use<\/a>, including the right to use the image on ISM&#8217;s site as part of its design (credit will be given).<\/p>\n<p><!--Required information:\n\n\n<ul>\n \t\n\n<li>Recommended image resolution: minimum 300 DPI at final size of A4 in digital format (jpg).<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Title - does not have to be scientific.<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Name &amp; affiliation<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>Short scientific description and context.<\/li>\n\n\n \t\n\n<li>A calibrated scale bar is mandatory.<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\nPlease see example below. \n\nISM will provide a hard copy of the image and present it during the meeting. <strong>You are free to take the hard copy after the meeting!<\/strong>\n\nBy applying to the competition all rights for using the images are given to ISM according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism-website-terms-of-use\/\">ISM website terms of use<\/a>, including the right to use the image on ISM's site as part of its design (credit will be given).\n\n[divider top=\"no\" text=\"Go to top\"]\n\n\n<p style=\"font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px;\">EXAMPLE:<\/p>\n\n\n<b>Pop art guanine and POPC vesicles<\/b>\n\nDvir Gur, Department of Structural Biology Weizmann Institute of Science Rehovot, Israel\n\nThis image shows a multilamellar POPC vesicle with guanine between some of its lamellas. The vesicle was prepared in a try to mimic the micro environment of guanine crystals present in some spices of fish and spiders, both of which make use of anhydrous guanine crystal plates to produce structural colors. The image was taken with a scanning electron microscope on Cryo mode. Cryo-SEM sample preparation and imaging allows the samples to remain hydrated, avoiding the drying effects of conventional sample preparation. The sample was prepared using high pressure freezing and freeze fracture techniques.\n\n<b>The final image printed by ISM (compressed format):<\/b>\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height: 170%; margin-left: 20pt; margin-right: 20pt; font-size: 14px; text-align: center; text-shadow: 0px 1px 0px #ffffff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2016\/files\/2015\/04\/Slide6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1122\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2016\/files\/2015\/04\/Slide6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Slide6\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-id=\"1122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- <span id=\"Micrograph-form\"><\/span>\n\n\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-width: 0px; border-bottom: 2px solid #D2421B;\">\n\n\n<tbody>\n\n\n<tr>\n\n\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #d2421b;\">Micrograph Submission Form :<\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n<\/tbody>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\n[contact-form-7 id=\"462\" title=\"ISM2023 Micrograph Competition\"] --><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-width: 0px; border-bottom: 2px solid #D2421B;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #d2421b;\">The 2023 Micrographs :<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-10\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">1<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/01_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"870\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/01_a-262x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-870\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/01_a-262x300.png 262w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/01_a-131x150.png 131w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/01_a.png 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">STREAM OF FLOWERS<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Hadar Nasi<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Weizmann Institute of Science<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nMetal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on a nickel(II) metal salt with a tetragonal pyridine-based ligand assemble under solvothernal conditions. Scanning Electron Microscopy image after 2 days reaction time, combining Photoshop editing.<br \/>\nGraphic design: Neta Varsano.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">2<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/02_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"869\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/02_a-297x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-869\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/02_a-297x300.png 297w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/02_a.png 704w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">NATURAL MERCEDES<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Olga Krichevsky, Natalia Litvak, Matan Oren, Keren Davidov, Shlomo Izhar<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Ariel University<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSRIATELLA UNIPUNCTATA<br \/>\nTescan MAIA3.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">3<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/03_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"868\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/03_a-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-868\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/03_a-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/03_a-106x150.png 106w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/03_a.png 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">HEXAGONAL SEAHORSE<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Sapir Rappoport<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe cryo-TEM micrograph shows a hexagonal structure complex of DNA and quaternized poly(2-(dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate)-b-poly(oligo(ethyleneglycol) methyl ether methacrylate) (QPDMAEMA-b-POEGMA). This is a diblock-copolymer with positively charged and neutral blocks. The charge ratio between the copolymer and the DNA is 4. This complex can be used as non-viral vector in gene therapy. The image was taken using cryogenic transmission electron microscopy with Volta phase plate for image contrast enhancement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">4<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/04_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"867\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/04_a-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-867\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/04_a-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/04_a-106x150.png 106w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/04_a.png 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">LEOPARD VESICLES<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Sapir Rappoport<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe cryo-TEM micrograph shows vesicles of the two polyelectrolytes- quaternized poly(2-(dimethylamino ethyl methacrylate)-b-poly(oligo(ethyleneglycol) methyl ether methacrylate) (QPDMAEMA-b-POEGMA) and sodium poly(acrylic) acid (NaPAA). NaPAA is negatively charged, and QPDMAEMA-b-POEGMA is a diblock-copolymer with positively charged and neutral blocks. The charge ratio between the two polyelectrolytes is 1. The image was taken using cryogenic transmission electron microscopy with Volta phase plate for image contrast enhancement<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">5<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/05_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"866\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/05_a-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-866\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/05_a-212x300.png 212w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/05_a-106x150.png 106w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/05_a.png 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">UNDER THE SEA<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Sapir Lifshiz-Simon<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe cryo-TEM micrograph shows a \u201csea\u201d environment in a specimen of sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) with KCl at a salt-to-surfactant molar ratio of 4. The \u201cwaves\u201d are elongated nano-aggregates of the surfactant in the presence of the salt, and the \u201cbubbles\u201d are radiation damage artifacts. The specimen was prepared in a controlled environment vitrification system and imaged using cryo-transmission electron microscopy with Volta phase-plate for image contrast enhancement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">6<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/06_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"865\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/06_a-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-865\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/06_a-300x212.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/06_a-768x542.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/06_a-150x106.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/06_a.png 841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">Sea anemone<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Sapir Lifshiz-Simon<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe cryo-TEM micrograph shows a \u201csea anemone\u201d nanostructure of sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) with NaCl at a salt-to-surfactant molar ratio of 4. This shear-induced nanostructure was formed after an insufficient on-the-grid relaxation of 90 seconds. The specimen was prepared in a controlled environment vitrification system and imaged using cryo-transmission electron microscopy with Volta phase-plate for image contrast enhancement.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">7<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/07_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"864\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/07_a-290x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-864\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/07_a-290x300.png 290w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/07_a-145x150.png 145w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/07_a.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">A HEART-SHAPED \"TREE RING\" STRUCTURE GROWS FROM THE POROUS STARCH<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Hongxiang Liu, Inbal Ionita, Dganit Danino<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe image presented depicts a controlled hydrolysis starch granule with porous structures distributed from the surface to the core. Porous starch is a modified starch that serves as a non-toxic and cost-effective adsorbent, which is widely utilized in various applications such as food, pharmaceutical, and environmental industries. The internal multilayered pores exhibit an inner growth ring structure, revealing the alternating amorphous and crystalline layers that ensure the continuity of hydrolysis. The powder sample was affixed to a conductive tape with an Au\/Pd coating and analyzed by a scanning electron microscope in room temperature mode. Both the InLens and SE2 detectors were employed, with the former providing details of the holes and the latter showing the surface features.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">8<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/08_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"863\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/08_a-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-863\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/08_a-300x226.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/08_a-768x579.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/08_a-150x113.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/08_a.png 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">PHYTOSTEROLS SUNFLOWERS<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Inbal Ionita<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nLight Microscopy image of Phytosterols crystals, a plant sterol who spontaneously assembled into flower resemble structures, we therefore colored them inspired by the Van Gogh \"sunflowers\" famous painting.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">9<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/09_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"862\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/09_a-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-862\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/09_a-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/09_a-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/09_a.png 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">LIFE. SCIENCE. AVOCADO<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Irina Davidovich<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nCryo-SEM of the human leucocyte. The patient is suffers from hemoglobin S\/beta-thalassemia disease and hypersplenism. The blood sample was incubated with sodium metabisulfite for 2 hours on the glass slide to provide hypoxia conditions. The specimen was prepared by high-pressure freezing (HPF) and imaged at cryogenic conditions by a Zeiss Ultra Plus HR-SEM equipped with a Schottky field-emission electron gun. We used the Everhart-Thornley (ET) detector and in-the-lens (InLens) detector to produce the mixed SE signal with 60% of ET signal. Acceleration voltage = 1.2 kV, working distance = 4 mm.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">10<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/10_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"861\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/10_a-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-861\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/10_a-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/10_a-768x512.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/10_a-150x100.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/10_a.png 866w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">DIVE INTO DOLPHIN DREAMS<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Irina Davidovich<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nCryo-SEM of a human sickled erythrocyte. The patient suffers from hemoglobin S\/beta-thalassemia disease, which causes symptoms similar to those of sickle-cell disease. The blood sample was incubated with sodium metabisulfite overnight to stimulate cell sickling in hypoxia conditions. The specimen was prepared by high-pressure freezing (HPF), and imaged at cryogenic conditions by a Zeiss Ultra Plus HR-SEM equipped with a Schottky field-emission electron gun. We used the Everhart-Thornley (ET) detector to collect the SE signal. Acceleration voltage = 1.2 kV, working distance = 5 mm.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">11<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/11_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"860\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/11_a-300x259.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-860\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/11_a-300x259.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/11_a-150x130.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/11_a.png 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">HEART OF CHROMIUM<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Roei Broneschter<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nBackscattered electron SEM micrograph of micro-metered sized Chromium particles dispersed in fine alumina powder after sintering in a microwave for 10 minutes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">12<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/12_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"859\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/12_a-300x208.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-859\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/12_a-300x208.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/12_a-768x531.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/12_a-150x104.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/12_a.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">DREAM CITY<\/span> <br \/>\n<b>Shashanka Indri<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Ben Gurion University of the Negev<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSEM micrograph of Guanine crystals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">13<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/13_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"858\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/13_a-300x206.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-858\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/13_a-300x206.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/13_a-768x526.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/13_a-150x103.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/13_a.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">THE MIRACLE OF LIFE<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Maria Koifman Khristosov<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nCs2AgInCl6 perovskite nanoplates on silicon wafer. Taken using Zeiss Ultra-Plus HR-SEM. Samples prepared by Sasha Khalfin, Prof. Yehonadav Bekenstein lab. <br \/>\nPhotoshop by Victor Khristosov.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">14<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/14_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"857\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/14_a-300x208.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-857\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/14_a-300x208.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/14_a-768x531.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/14_a-150x104.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/14_a.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">THE SECRET LIFE OF BIRDS<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Maria Koifman Khristosov<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nCrystals of Aspartic acid. Taken using Zeiss Ultra-Plus HR-SEM. <br \/>\nPhotoshop by Victor Khristosov.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">15<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/15_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"856\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/15_a-300x247.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-856\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/15_a-300x247.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/15_a-768x633.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/15_a-150x124.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/15_a.png 779w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">ISRAELI NANO-ASTRONAUT ON A CNC COMET<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Einat Zelinger and Daniel Voignac<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Hebrew University of Jerusalem<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nCellulose Nano Crystals (CNC) self-assemble in highly organised nano-layers upon evaporation from an aqueous suspension. This micrograph is a cross-section image of such a self-assembled film. An anomaly which could be either a defect or a titanium carbide flake from the preparation sat on top of the film with a shape reminding of a suited astronaut in space. The image was taken by Dr. Einat Zelinger and Daniel Voignac at the Robert H. Smith faculty of agriculture, food and environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem on a JEOL 7800 high resolution SEM. The cross-section was prepared by fracturing a 30\u00b5m film in liquid nitrogen. The Israeli flag was added in Microsoft Powerpoint.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">16<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/16_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"855\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/16_a-300x245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-855\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/16_a-300x245.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/16_a-768x627.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/16_a-150x122.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/16_a.png 783w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">SURFING ON CNC<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Daniel Voignac and Einat Zelinger<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Hebrew University of Jerusalem<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis image is a cross-section of a 30\u00b5m thin self-assembled Cellulose Nano Crystal film (CNC). CNC self-assembles in strong, flexible, transparent, degradable films. The cross-section was prepared by fracturing a 30\u00b5m film in liquid nitrogen. In this film, a straight fracture was not obtained, but the brittle, tilted aspect provided unique view points on the self-assembled layers reminding waves breaking on a shore.The image was taken by Dr. Einat Zelinger and Daniel Voignac at the Robert H. Smith faculty of agriculture, food and environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem on a JEOL 7800 high resolution SEM. The image was then partially recolorised in FIJI and further edited on Microsoft Powerpoint.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">17<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/17_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"854\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/17_a-300x259.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-854\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/17_a-300x259.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/17_a-150x130.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/17_a.png 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">THE LITTLE PRINCE<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Zipora Lansky<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Weizmann Institute of Science<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe sample contains Stephanopyxis turris diatoms that were cryo-preserved by plunge freezing. This SEM image was taken in a FIB-SEM microscope after milling the sample with the FIB to expose a cross section of the diatoms. The image was then colored in photoshop, and the little prince and the fox from the novel \"The Little Prince\" were added, each on its own diatom \u201cplanet\u201d overgrown with its diatom cell wall \u201cflora\u201d.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">18<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/18_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"853\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/18_a-300x212.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-853\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/18_a-300x212.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/18_a-768x543.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/18_a-150x106.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/18_a.png 841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">BREAKING EVEN<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Alina Kolpakova<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Weizmann Institute of Science<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe image depicts two Drosophila male germ cells at the final stage of meiotic division. Immediately after meiosis all the mitochondria aggregate and fuse to a giant spherical mitochondrion called Nebenkern. We discovered that that the mechanism involves robust fusion of the mitochondria already during the second meiotic division. Left panel: schematic representation of a dividing spermatocyte. Middle panel: 3D reconstruction based on the image obtained using standard expansion microscopy method (mitochondria in magenta and nuclei in cyan). Right panel: cross section through the meiotic cells (pan-stained with NHS-Ester, Pan-Expansion microscopy method). The micrographs were taken using Dragonfly Spinning Disc microscope. Calibrated scale bar: 5 microns.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">19<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/19_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"852\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/19_a-218x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-852\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/19_a-218x300.png 218w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/19_a-109x150.png 109w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/19_a.png 603w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">LEFT V\/S RIGHT. NO MATTER THE CONTROVERSY, WE COME FROM THE SAME DNA. REFLECTIONS ON CELL DIVISION\u2026<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Sushmita Chatterjee<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Tel Aviv University<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nImage represents a cancer cell showing cell division during metaphase and progressing towards anaphase. Cell was stained with anti-human mouse alpha tubulin primary antibody and anti-mouse Alexa 488 secondary antibody. Cell were further counterstained with DAPI. Image was captured with Zeiss 810 LSM confocal microscope at 60x magnification with 6x zoom.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:1em\">20<\/span><\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/20_a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"851\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/20_a-300x213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-851\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/20_a-300x213.png 300w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/20_a-768x544.png 768w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/20_a-150x106.png 150w, http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2023\/files\/2023\/05\/20_a.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">BACTERIAL SEAHORSE<\/span><br \/>\n <br \/>\n<b>Noa Mizrahi<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Ben-Gurion University of the Negev<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nE. coli bacteria containing GFP proteins and DNA with hoechst staining. This was a control experiment, as part of a research project of Asgard ESCRTs in bactrial cells. The living bacteria were in a liquid solution on a flat surface, and the image was taken using confocal microscopy. It was the first time I got to see the margins of the liquid, and then noticed all kinds of special shpes it created. Here we can see a beautiful seahorse, filled with green and blue colors.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-10 from cache -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023May23 &nbsp; Micrographs Competition : The image competition is a unique opportunity to share with the community the beautiful worlds revealed by your kind of microscopy technique. 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