Web collection on HIV

This collection combines Reviews and Research articles recently published across several Nature journals and aims to bring renewed attention to the latest developments in HIV research and how they are affecting efforts towards HIV prevention, treatment and cure.

Nature Microbiology

Launched in January 2016, Nature Microbiology covers all aspects of microorganisms be it their evolution, physiology and cell biology, their interactions with each other, with a host, with an environment, or their societal significance.

Microbiology conferences

A calendar of forthcoming meetings and workshops in microbiology.

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Nature Reviews Microbiology Poster on CRISPR–Cas

Nature Reviews Microbiology invites you to download a CRISPR–themed poster that presents the molecular mechanism of CRISPR–Cas interference and highlights the use of specifically engineered guide RNAs and the Cas9 nuclease for the editing of virtually any desired genome, in addition to other applications such as imaging in live cells and the regulation of gene expression. The poster is freely available thanks to support from OriGene.

Microbiome

One of the most revolutionary advances in the biological sciences in recent years has been the realization that microbial communities occupy virtually every environment and have central roles in human health and disease, as well as in the biogeochemical processes that sustain life on our planet. Moving beyond cataloguing the species and genes that are present in these diverse environments, the microbiome field is now focusing on defining the mechanisms underpinning the interactions between microorganisms and their environment. One of the main goals is to elucidate how the composition and functions of the human microbiota influence the initiation and progression of important human diseases, such as diabetes and cancer, with a view towards improving their diagnosis and treatment. Progress in the field has been driven by multi'omic technologies, combined with new computational tools and models to interpret the vast complexity of this fascinating research area.
In this series of articles, Nature Reviews Microbiology explores the latest developments in the study of environmental and host-associated microbiomes, highlighting the tools and methods that are propelling the field forward, the novel mechanistic insights into the composition and functions of these microbial communities, and the complex interplay between the microbiota and its surroundings.

New technologies: methods and applications

The study of microbiology is undergoing a renaissance owing to the development and application of a diverse range of new technologies. A little more than a decade ago, the visualization of fundamental subcellular structures and processes was almost impossible; now, following the successful marriage of biophysics and microbiology, the number of single-molecule studies in living cells is growing at a rapid pace. Increasingly sophisticated sequencing approaches, coupled with improved analytical and computational tools, allow us to rapidly indentify pathogens, track infectious disease outbreaks and identify links between microorganisms and disease. Furthermore, innovative micro-scale engineering has facilitated the simulation of microbial environments with remarkable precision and has opened the door to understanding microbial heterogeneity at an unprecedented level of detail. In this series of articles, Nature Reviews Microbiology explores some of the most recent technological developments and their applications, highlighting the ways in which this powerful toolkit is changing the face of modern-day microbiology.

Temporal variation selects for diet–microbe co-metabolic traits in the gut of Gorilla spp

Andres Gomez, Jessica M Rothman, Klara Petrzelkova, Carl J Yeoman, Klara Vlckova, Juan D Umaña, Monica Carr, David Modry, Angelique Todd, Manolito Torralba, Karen E Nelson, Rebecca M Stumpf, Brenda A Wilson, Ran Blekhman, Bryan A White and Steven R Leigh

ISME J advance online publication, August 28, 2015; doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.146