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Tsinghua’s Dr. Ning Xu Wins Nikon Small World Video Contest

By Drooid · Sep 17, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC · How we work

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Dr. Ning Xu of Tsinghua University won first place in 16th Nikon Small World in Motion contest.
Xu’s video showed abnormal airway-cilia beating in a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia.
The footage was captured using diffractive super-resolution microscopy that precisely shaped illumination.
The contest received 347 entries from 40 countries and was judged by microscopy specialists.
Nguyen Nam Nhat took second place for a video of a roundworm and Dileptus.

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Dr. Ning Xu of Tsinghua University won first place in 16th Nikon Small World in Motion contest.
Xu’s video showed abnormal airway-cilia beating in a child with primary ciliary dyskinesia.
The footage was captured using diffractive super-resolution microscopy that precisely shaped illumination.
The contest received 347 entries from 40 countries and was judged by microscopy specialists.
Nguyen Nam Nhat took second place for a video of a roundworm and Dileptus.