Les Wellcome Image Awards are a contest that pays tribute to science. Submitted pictures show several techniques from scientists but also the tools they use and that help them everyday. Winning pictures are chosen for their quality, visual impact and the technique.

Picture by Stephanie J Forkel and Ahmad Beyh, Natbrainlab, King’s College London; Alfonso de Lara Rubio, King’s College London.

Eric Clarke, Richard Arnett and Jane Burns, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Suchita Nadkarni, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London.

Collin Edington and Iris Lee, Koch Institute at MIT.

Gabriel Luna, Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara.

David Linstead.