Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
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Bridging the Southern gap: why Ocean sciences need a fairer future
Although most of the ocean lies in the Southern Hemisphere, it remains underrepresented in microbiome research. In Ocean Microbiology, 85 researchers call to end parachute science and promote fair, collaborative partnerships with equal participation from low- and middle-income countries.
Spatial and Contextual Disparities of Influential Factors of Adult Obesity among Communities in Chicago
Adult obesity, expressed as a function of a Body Mass Index (BMI) (i.e., > 30 kg/m²), is a pressing global public health challenge of the 21st-century built environment, such as Chicago, which experiences higher rates aggravated by disparities shaped by racial segregation & socioeconomic inequality
Learning how to exploit bacterial competition to target harmful strains
Bacteria living in microbial communities naturally compete for resources. We show that by understanding how bacteria compete, we can repurpose natural competition and target harmful species from within a community, like the human gut microbiome.
Published in Nature Microbiology.
Discovering a molecular protective shield in a prebiotic environment
We show that AMP enables specific, mineral-assisted reduction of the redox coenzyme NAD. In a prebiotic context, this means that the non-functional AMP handle could have served a pre-enzymatic purpose.
