Wim van Egmond
Micropolitan Museum Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
A freelance photographer and artist with a passion for aquatic microorganisms, Egmond captured the detail of this fragile helical chain in three-dimensions by using a 'partial image stack' of more than 90 pictures Photograph: Wim van Egmond
Dr Joseph Corbo
Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri, USA Photograph: Dr Joseph Corbo
Dr Alvaro Esteves Migotto
Universidade de São Paulo, Centro de Biologia Marinha São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Photograph: Dr Alvaro Esteves Migotto
Rogelio Moreno Gill
Panama City, Panama Photograph: Rogelio Moreno Gill
Dr Jan Michels
Institute of Zoology, Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Kiel, Germany Photograph: Dr Jan Michels
Dr Kieran Boyle
University of Glasgow, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology Scotland, UK Photograph: Dr Kieran Boyle
Dorit Hockman
University of Cambridge Cambridge, UK Photograph: Dorit Hockman
Vitoria Tobias Santos Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo Evo Devo Group
Macaé, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Photograph: Vitoria Tobias Santos
Dr Michael Paul Nelson and Samantha Smith
Department of Pathology/Neuropathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham USA Photograph: Dr Michael Paul Nelson and Samantha Smith
Geir Drange
Asker, Norway Photograph: Geir Drange
Zhong Hua
Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland, USA Photograph: Zhong Hua
Dr David Ward
dgward.com Oakdale, California, USA Photograph: David G Ward
Mark A Sanders
University Imaging Centers, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, USA Photograph: Mark A Sanders