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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) outline 17 interconnected grand challenges that represent areas where urgent action is required to safeguard the well-being of all people and the planet. Biotechnology is at the heart of many of these goals - from sustainably producing products for feeding, fueling and healing to combating environmental pollution and climate change. Biotechnology is increasingly poised to accelerate the transition from a petroleum-based linear economy to a sustainable and circular economy. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
One carbon assimilation
Biomanufacturing of chemicals or materials, particularly using renewable feedstocks
Waste management, including recycling, valorisation and bioremediation
Bioenergy, including biofuels and bioelectricity
We are also interested in computational methodology development related to all of the above fields.
All participating journals invite submissions of original research, with Nature Communications and Communications Biology also considering Reviews, Perspectives and Comments which fall within the scope of the collection. All submissions will be subject to the same peer review process and editorial standards as other articles submitted to the participating journals.