Jessica Schiffman's award-winning image, compiled while researching chitin properties in the lab of Dr. Caroline Schauer, portrays the fanglike structures, 400 micrometers in diameter, that a squid uses to latch onto its prey. “They’re just tiny things, but they really keep the beast alive,” said Schiffman. Learn more about the research Jessica does in the Natural Polymers and Photonics lab group.