The Wellcome Trust is one of the world's premier biomedical research and education organizations. As such, it has amassed a staggering collection of images, many of which it has made available for public use.

The image collecting isn't a thing of the past; it's an ongoing effort that brings new pictures in each year. And every year, the Trust convenes a panel of experts to choose the best images of the previous year. Each year features a mixture of objects from the sub-microscopic to the human-scaled, all focused on various aspects of biology and health.

Below, you'll find a selection of 2016's images that have been chosen for recognition.

Paula Alexandre, UCL. Wellcome Images

RCSB Protein Data Bank. Wellcome Images



Wellcome Images. Wellcome Images

Frank Acquaah. Wellcome Images

Alfred Anwander, MPI-CBS. Wellcome Images

Macroscopic Solutions. Wellcome Images

Macroscopic Solutions. Wellcome Images

Thermal Vision Research. Wellcome Images

Wellcome Photo Library. Wellcome Images

Dr Peter Maloca. Wellcome Images

Wellcome Photo Library. Wellcome Images

Dr Khuloud T. Al-Jamal. Wellcome Images

Nicholas Evans, University of Cambridge

Listing image by Alfred Anwander, MPI-CBS. Wellcome Images