The increased number of global infectious diseases outbreaks including the recent COVID-19 pandemic 1, together with the increasing burden of antimicrobial resistance 2, call for a more coordinated ...

The microbiome, the vast, tangled ecosystem of bacteria, fungi and other microbes that live in and on us, is increasingly recognised as a major factor in health, nutrition and drug response. A new ...

Mathematical models can distil complex systems into their key components, posit theories that spark experimental research and forecast future events. We discuss the power of models to address pressing ...