Microphotograph contest 2025

Join the KNVM microphotography contest to celebrate the beauty of microbiology. The deadline for submission was 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 to five winning photographs are selected by the KNVM board. These 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 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.


Submissions are now closed.

Voting is open during the Scientific Spring Meeting of the KNVM/NVMM (April 1 & 2, 2025). Please cast you vote HERE.

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Nominees Microphotography Contest 2025