{"id":134,"date":"2025-11-24T15:39:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2026-05-03T18:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T18:07:37","slug":"micrographs-competition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/micrographs-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Micrographs Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-left: 15%; margin-right: 15%;\">\n<time datetime=\"2026-05-14\" class=\"icon\"><year>2026<\/year><month>May<\/month><day>14<\/day><\/time> <\/div>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-left: 15%; margin-right: 15%;\">\n<time datetime=\"2026-04-15\" class=\"icon\"><year>2026<\/year><month>April<\/month><day>15<\/day><\/time> <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[button size=\"5\" icon=\"icon: pencil-square-o\" url=\"#Micrograph-form\" style=\"default\"] Micrograph Submission - Click Here [\/button]<\/br>\n<\/br><span style=\"font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; color: black; background-color: yellow\">&nbsp;Micrographs Submission Deadline: April 15, 2026&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[add-to-calendar-button name=\"ISM2026 - Micrographs Submission Deadline\" inline=\"true\" buttonStyle=\"round\" size=\"2\" options=\"'Apple','Google','iCal','Outlook.com','Microsoft 365','Yahoo'\" startDate=\"2026-04-15\"]<\/div>\n\n\n&nbsp;\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=\"vertical-align: bottom; padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #d2421b;\" width=\"70%\">Micrographs Competition :<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n<td style=\"padding: 2px 0px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px;\" align=\"right\" width=\"30%\"><!-- [lightbox src=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2025\/files\/2025\/05\/ISM2025-Micrographs-competition.pdf\"]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2015\/files\/2014\/12\/print-icon.png\" alt=\"print ISM2025 meeting program\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" data-id=\"1616\" \/>[\/lightbox]<\/td>\n\n\n<\/tr>\n\n\n<\/tbody>\n\n\n<\/table>\n\n\nThe 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!\n\nThe winning micrograph will be posted on the ISM website and, if found suitable, may\u00a0be used as a decoration for the next ISM meeting.\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\nRequired 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\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\n\n<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=\"9936ec1\" title=\"ISM2026 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 2026 Micrographs :<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-9\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-9\">\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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"599\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture1.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">Phloem transfer cell \u2013 a microcosmos of organelles<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Zohar Eyal<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Eastern R&amp; D Center, Ariel University <\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nTEM image of a phloem transfer cell of Ifloga spicata, a small sand-trapping plant native to Israel. Phloem transfer cells are highly specialized parenchyma cells designed for intensive short-distance transport of sugars into or out of sieve elements of the phloem. They are distinguished by extensive cell wall ingrowths, which greatly increase membrane surface area to support high rates of transmembrane transport.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"600\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture2-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture2-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture2.jpg 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">CANNUKAH MENORAH IN A MANGO  (MANGIFERA INDICA) LATERAL BUD<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Tamara Brider, Avishai Londner, Ilana Shtein<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Ariel University<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe image was taken with a TESCAN Maia3 microscope, using an SE detector. Before testing, the sample was prepared according to a standard method and dried by CPD.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"601\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture3-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture3.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">GOLF ON SAGE LEAF<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Olga Krichevsky<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Ariel University<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nGlandular and non-glandular trichomes on a sage (Salvia) leaf.<br \/>\nSage (Salvia) leaf exhibits several types of glandular trichomes that act as \"bio-factories\" for essential oils and metabolites and offer chemical defense against herbivores. In addition, non-glandular defensive trichomes offer mechanical protection to the leaf. The sample was dried in CPD and gold coated. UHR MAIA 3 FE-SEM (Tescan), SE detector, Scale bar 100 micrometer.<br \/>\nAvishai Londner , Ilana Shtein lab<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"617\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture4-265x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture4-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture4-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture4.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">SILKEN THORNS<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Mariia Rodionova<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Weizmann Institute of Science<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis image shows a silk nanofibrillar network. The sample was prepared from a regenerated silk solution for characterization of an experimental attempt to mimic a nanofibrillar solution of native silk fibroin, found in the final part of the gland of Bombyx mori silkworm. The image was obtained using Atomic Force Microscopy with a JPK Nanowizard 4 and processed in Gwyddion software. The sample was drop-cast onto a silica wafer, which was previously activated with oxygen plasma to improve hydrophilicity.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"602\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture5-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture5-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture5-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture5.png 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">FROM KERTINOCYTES TO FEATHERS<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Susanna Feldman<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Oncology, Shamir Medical Center<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis image merges immunofluorescence microscopy with a familiar display from the animal world. Human skin keratinocytes were stained for the immune checkpoint ligand OX40L (green) and counterstained with DAPI (blue), revealing a cellular architecture that immediately reminded us of a peacock\u2019s tail fan. Coincidentally, a real male peacock has been wandering around our hospital grounds for several years, delighting staff and patients and earning the name \u201cYossi.\u201d Inspired by this local celebrity, we photographed Yossi displaying his magnificent tail and replaced the feathers with our microscopic \u201cpeacock.\u201d The result connects similar patterns across biological scales, turning immune signaling into feathers and reminding us that scientific discovery often comes with unexpected moments of beauty\u2014and a touch of humor\u2014from the natural world.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"603\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture6-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture6.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">SPACE-TIME FOAM<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Alexandra Tsitrin &amp; Yael Cohen<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Ilse Kats Institute of Nanoscale Science and Technology, <br \/>\nBen Gurion University of the Negev<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nSuper resolution microscopy (SIM2), x20 magnification<br \/>\nObject: synthetic peptide polymerization and formation of micro bubbles<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"604\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture7-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture7-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture7-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture7.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">HOOKE\u2019S FLEA, 360 YEARS LATER (HOMAGE TO ROBERT HOOKE)<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Alexandra Tsitrin<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Ilse Kats Institute of Nanoscale Science and Technology, <br \/>\nBen Gurion University of the Negev<br \/>\n<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nConfocal microscopy of chitin autofluorescence.<br \/>\nCtenocephalides felis, the common cat flea, was first depicted in detail by Robert Hooke in his groundbreaking book Micrographia (1665). This illustration is considered one of the earliest truly scientific images of a microscopic animal in human history. It set new standards for accuracy, observation, and visual communication, helping to establish scientific illustration as a powerful tool for both research and the popularization of science. More than 360 years later, modern imaging allows us to revisit the same tiny organism and discover its intricate beauty from entirely new perspectives\u2014bridging centuries of scientific curiosity and technological progress.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"605\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture8-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture8-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture8.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">COSMIC SEED<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Etty Grad<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Bar Ilan University<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nDelivery of Exogenous GFP (DNA) to Arabidopsis thaliana wild type seed via Hydrogel nano-particles.<br \/>\nVladislav Rapaport, Gad Miller's lab.<br \/>\nPlease include in the legend that the scale bar represents 50 \u00b5m and that the image was taken using a 20\u00d7 objective.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"606\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture9-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture9.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY!<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Irit Shoval<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Bar Ilan University <\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nFom-1 promoter:GUS constructs was introduced into Agrobacteriumtumefaciens and stable transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plants were generated. Tissue cross sections of leaf petiole were stained for GUS activity and observed under the Leica M205 Streoscope.<br \/>\nDr. Amalia Bar-Ziv from Prof. Rafael Perl-Treves lab<br \/>\nscale bar=500um.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"607\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture10.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">A BONE TO PICK<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Avital Wagner <\/b><br \/>\n<i>Radboud University Medical Center<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nBright-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) image of a thin bone lamella prepared using a focused ion beam\/scanning electron microscope (FIB\/SEM). In the image the two main components of bone are visible: a scaffold of collagen fibrils with their characteristic 67 nm banding pattern and intrafibrillar 4 nm-wide calcium phosphate mineral platelets.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"608\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture11-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture11-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture11-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture11.png 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">NANOCRYSTALLINE CLOUDS AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Anastasiya Reveguk<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Tel Aviv University<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nA fragment of dark-field TEM orientation map of a nanocrystalline Fe3Si thin film. The coloring is based on angular positions of the {110} and {211} reflections (color wheel in the insert).<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"609\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture12-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture12-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture12.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">PLANKTON PARTY<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Irit Shoval<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Bar Ilan University<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nDiatoms produce about 1\/5 of the oxygen we breath. Different growing conditions (resource limitation, viral predation) of Chaetoceros tenuissimus, a single-cell diatom species, results in different morphologies.<br \/>\nAutofluoresecnce chlorophil (red) and Diatome silica wall was stained with PDMPO (green). Images were acquired on Leica Stellaris 5 confocal microscope using the 63x oil objective. Scale bar = 10um.<br \/>\nOri Zucker and Yael Tennenbaum-Azulai, Kranzler lab.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"610\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture13-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture13-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture13.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Irit Shoval<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Bar Ilan University<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis image shows kidney cells expressing different mutations in the renin protein, a key regulator of blood pressure and kidney physiology. To highlight cellular architecture, the Golgi apparatus was labelled with GFP, while the nucleus was labelled with mScarlet. The cells were imaged live using a confocal spinning disk microscope (Opera Phenix Plus High Content Screening System) with a 40\u00d7 water-immersion objective. The fluorescent labelling reveals clusters of Golgi structures surrounding brightly marked nuclei, creating a pattern reminiscent of a field of strawberries. Scale bar: 25 \u00b5m.<br \/>\nNarkis Arbeli, Moran Dvela Levitt Lab.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"618\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture14-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture14-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture14-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture14.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">NEURONAL POP ART<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Pratibha Ahirwal<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nCorticospinal neurons in the mouse motor cortex labeled via retro-AAV tdTomato injection into the spinal cord (C6\u2013C8). The image was acquired using spinning-disk confocal microscopy with a 60\u00d7 objective, 560 nm laser excitation at 20% power, and 200 ms exposure. It is presented as a maximum intensity projection with uniform contrast adjustment.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"611\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture15-300x223.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture15-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture15-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture15.png 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">A LIVING SCAFFOLD VESICLES WEAVING THE SKELETON<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Prashant Tewari<\/b><br \/>\n<i>University of Haifa<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nA bright, sea urchin spicule runs through the center, while small glowing vesicles in skeletogenic cells move around it. These vesicles are moving in the cells along the structure and especially near the tip, where growth is happening. The image shows how skeletogenic cells come together to build a larger, stable structure.<br \/>\nSample: Sea urchin skeletogenic cell culture with spicule.<br \/>\nMicroscopy: Spinning Disc Confocal Microscope.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"612\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture16-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture16-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture16-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture16.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">NANO-FABRIC OF LIFE<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Ellina Kesselman<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThis cryo-TEM image shows bacteriophages released from bacterial isolates after treatment with mitomycin C, which was used to trigger prophages inside the bacteria. The scale bar is 50 nm. The sample was filtered, concentrated, and vitrificated to preserve the natural structure of the viruses. The image was taken by Dr. Ellina Kesselman, Technion Center for Electron Microscopy of Soft Matter, The Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion. The research was performed by Vibhaw Shrivastava, PhD Candidate, guided by Prof. Naama Lang-Yona, in the Atmospheric &amp; Environmental Microbiology Lab of the Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering Faculty, Technion.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"613\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture17-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture17-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture17-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture17.jpg 462w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">NANO-WORLD PARTY<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Ellina Kesselman<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThese cryo-TEM images show bacteriophages released from bacterial isolates after treatment with mitomycin C, which was used to trigger prophages inside the bacteria. The scale bar is 50 nm. The samples were filtered, concentrated, and vitrificated to preserve the natural structure of the viruses. The images were taken by Dr. Ellina Kesselman, The Technion Center for Electron Microscopy of Soft Matter, The Wolfson Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion. The research was performed by Vibhaw Shrivastava, PhD Candidate, guided by Prof. Naama Lang-Yona in the Atmospheric &amp; Environmental Microbiology Lab of the Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering Faculty, Technion.<\/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\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"614\"  src=\"http:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture18-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture18-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture18-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/files\/2026\/05\/Picture18.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; color: blue;\">A SPEEDY DELIVERY AT 11,000x<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<b>Shivani Pundir<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology<\/i><br \/>\n<br \/>\nFive cap cells unwrapped within a shared ECM from Drosophila Melanogater's lateral pentascolopidial organ.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-9 from cache -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026May14 The 2026 Micrographs :<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/micrographs-competition\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":594,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ismicroscopy.org.il\/ism2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}