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| International Photography Exhibit Opens August 24 at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center |
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| Friday, 17 August 2007 | |
 ATHENS, Texas-- Nikon’s Small World winning image emerges from blackness to reveal the delicate, blue pebbly texture of the cell nuclei of a mouse colon as seen through the microscope. The winning image is the work of Dr. Paul Appleton, a researcher from the Division of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Dundee in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1974 to recognize excellence in photography through the microscope, Nikon’s Small World competition is the leading forum for celebrating the beauty and complexity of objects seen through the light microscope. This year’s winning photographs will be on display at TFFC from August 24 through October 28. “Nikon’s Small World gives us a glimpse into a world that few people ever see,” said Lee Shuett, executive vice president, Nikon Instruments. “With today’s digital imaging capability we can not only see the smallest objects, we can also study how different objects interact and change over time. Never before in human history have we had this powerful imaging capability to see and analyze so much information about human biology.” “Digital microscopy generates tremendous amounts of quantitative information which is used to measure changes in normal cells,” said Dr. Appleton. “This imaging capability makes an enormous difference in the amount and quality of the information we are able to collect and analyze.” Appleton’s research represents two new fields of science called Genomics and Bioinformatics. Genomics is the study of the flow of information in a cell, while Bioinformatics is the application of computing to make sense of the huge amount of data coming from Genomics. The top three images include Dr. Paul Appleton’s image of a mouse colon, Mr. Raul Galzalez’s image of an aquatic bacteria photographed next to a diatom—a common phytoplankton that generates its energy through photosynthesis—and Jens Rüchel’s photomicrograph of an aquatic worm which lives in shallow coastal regions. Each year, Nikon makes the winning images accessible to the public through the Nikon Small World calendar, a national museum tour, and an electronic gallery featured at www.nikonsmallworld.com. Images submitted by Nikon Small World winners’ were selected from over 1,700 photomicrographs sent to Nikon by scientists and artists from around the globe and judged by a panel of experts. The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition is open to anyone with an interest in photomicrography. Participants may submit their images in traditional 35mm format, or upload digital images directly at MicroscopyU on the Nikon Web site (www.nikonusa.com). The first and second of twenty prizewinners will receive a selection of Nikon products and equipment worth $3,000 and $2,000 respectively. For additional information, contact Nikon Small World, Nikon Instruments Inc., 1300 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, NY 11747, USA or phone (631) 547-8569. |
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Toyota Texas Bass Classic announces changes
The Toyota Texas Bass Classic announced a monumental partnership with the Professional Anglers Association to be the championship event of the inaugural PAA Tournament Series. The PAA Tournament Series is a three-event competition that brings the best anglers from all professional levels together. The TTBC will now be held October 16 – 18 on Lake Conroe, as the culmination of this historic event. “This is a very exciting adjustment for our 2009 event as it positions the TTBC as the world championship of the newly-created PAA Tournament Series,” said TTBC Co-Founders Dan Friedkin and Donato Ramos. “These modifications will make the TTBC one of the most prestigious titles in the world of professional bass fishing and create a year-long buzz heading into next October.”
The PAA Tournament Series will begin January 12 – 17 in Lake Toho in Kissimmee, Florida. The second leg will take place April 6 – 11 at Neely Henry in Gadsen, Alabama. Toledo Bend in Hemphill, Texas will play host to the third event, October 5 – 10. Following the three PAA Tournament Series events, the TTBC will be in the national spotlight to see which of the elite will take home the first world title.
“The PAA is thrilled to have the Toyota Texas Bass Classic positioned as the championship of the PAA Tournament Series,” said PAA president Tim Horton. “In two short years the TTBC has grown to be an angler and crowd favorite and now, for the first time ever, the best of the best will compete for the rights to be the Toyota Texas Bass Classic world champion.”
