| 10 Avril 2012
The winners of The EMBO Journal Cover Contest 2012 are Martin Oeggerli for best scientific image and Eric Röttinger for best non-scientific image.
An image showing a water-repellent network on the surface of a mosquito egg (from Culex pipiens) won the scientific category. "Mosquito eggs are as much revolutionary as they are evolutionary - they are so fascinating, you think you must be dreaming," says science photographer Oeggerli.
The highest scores in the non-scientific category were for an image of a bivalve mollusc that swims by clapping its shells together.
To view the winning images and a gallery of the shortlisted pictures please visit: http://covercontest.embo.org/Winners_2012.html
This year, more than 1500 images were submitted to this annual contest. The winning images will be published on the front cover of the current and upcoming issues of The EMBO Journal.