Professor Derek Walsh is the guest editor of our new special issue Cell Biology of Host-Pathogen Interactions. In an interview, Derek tells us about his work in the field of DNA viruses, the impact of the pandemic on virology and what his role as Guest Editor taught him.

How to improve your scientific writing

"If you are a scientist and you want to succeed, you must become a writer."

How do scientists become master storytellers? We called on our journal Editors, proofreaders and contributors to our community sites for their advice on how to improve your scientific writing.

Meet the preLighters: Jennifer Ann Black

Following the theme of our latest special issue, postdoc Jennifer Ann Black studies replication stress and genome plasticity in Leishmania in Professor Luiz Tosi’s lab in Sao Paolo. We caught up with Jenn (virtually) to hear about her relocation to Brazil mid-pandemic, her research on parasites and what she enjoys about ‘preLighting’.

In our special issue, Chandrakar et al. and Rosazza et al. present their latest work on Leishmania.

Mole – The Corona Files

“There are millions of people around the world who continue to believe that the Terrible Pandemic is a hoax.”

Mole continues to offer his wise words to researchers on how to manage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

JCS and COVID-19

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