Microphotograph contest 2025

Join the KNVM microphotography contest to celebrate the beauty of microbiology. The deadline for submission is February 28, 2025.

Microbiology can be beautiful! The KNVM wants to celebrate this beauty with a photography contest and give microbiologists the opportunity to showcase their work in a creative way.

The photographs:

must relate to microbiology. It can be anything related to microbiology, from a microscopic picture, art on a agarplate to a stack of plates.
must be your own artwork, i.e. you must own the copyright.
in .eps or .tiff format, minimal size 1200 pixels (width) and maximum 15Mb.

Three winning photographs are selected by the KNVM board. The three photos are exhibited on the Scientific Spring meeting of the KNVM and the ultimate winner is selected using the votes of the participants of the Spring meeting. The final winner will receive a gift card. The three winning photographs are also shown on the KNVM website.

Every participant can upload a maximum of two photographs, please use a separate form for each submission.

Please provide the following information to submit your entry for the KNVM Microphotograph contest 2025.

KNVM Microphotograph contest

First Name*

Last name*

E-mail*

Position*

PhD, postdoc, technician, professor etc.

University/Institute/Company*

Address*

KNVM member*

Yes No

Short title of the submitted microphotograph*

Max. 25 words

Description of the microphotograph*

Max. 150 words

Microscope/Camera *

Software used

If applicable.

Magnification

If applicable.

I confirm that I own the copyright of the submitted microphotograph.*

I consent with publication of my entry on the KNVM website and/or promotional material. *

File*

High resolution (>1200 pixels width), .tiff or .eps file, max. 15 MB.