Reviews & Analysis

Here the authors review how microbial metabolism could offer greener options for the synthesis and breakdown of plastic monomers and polymers.

Evidence for immune imprinting in humoral responses to SARS-CoV-2 is reviewed, together with implications for COVID-19 booster vaccine programmes.

Millions of people have died from SARS-CoV-2. This Review summarizes how autopsies have contributed to our understanding of disease pathology, discusses the advantages and limitations of autopsies, and outlines how they complement animal infection experiments and clinical studies.

Antigenic variation is used by pathogens to evade the host immune system. This Review describes the impact of nuclear organization on antigenic variation in protozoan parasites.

An overview of methods that can be used in high and maximum containment to study virus–host interactions in the infection microenvironment.

This review discusses the principles of phase separation and highlights how it impacts diverse processes in fungi.