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As the world came to a standstill in the spring of 2020, so did the work on our Focus issue on exercise metabolism and health, which was originally scheduled for publication to coincide with the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has posed one of the greatest scientific challenges to our society in a century. The accompanying disruption will have a disproportionally large effect on the careers of early-stage investigators and will require concrete action to preserve a generation of scientists.
As we celebrate 1 year at Nature Metabolism, we are grateful for the positive reception from our research community, and we reflect on the past 12 months and on what lies ahead.
