Thanks to everyone who took part in the inaugural Naturejobs photo competition
This week in Nature, we announce the winners of the Naturejobs #ScientistAtWork photo competition. Here are the photos that won. You can also check out Nature‘s podcast for a further interview with the final winner of the competition, Kseniia Ashastina. You can also check out Nature India‘s own excellent photo competition here.

Kseniia Ashastina’s winning entry — a researcher collects samples from a permafrost outcrop {credit} Kseniia Ashastina {/credit}

Timo Palo’s entry — the Artic Ocean (“a roof on our planet,” he says) as seen from the Xue Long. {credit} Timo Palo {/credit}

Volker Diekamp’s entry — researchers and sailors struggle to pull measurement equipment aboard their vessel, Meteor. {credit} Volker Diekamp {/credit}

Timo Kohler’s colleague, David Schnettler Fernández, inspecting a microfluidic chip {credit} Timo Kohler {/credit}

Bacteria on blood agar conspire to spoof a tree in this image, taken by Mehmet Davrandi {credit} Mehmet Davrandi {/credit}
We’ll be running another photo competition next year, so stay tuned. And next time you see something cool when going about your scientific day, take a picture so we can all see it.
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