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    Synthetic and medicinal chemists are at the forefront of drug discovery and development. This collection showcases some of the most recent advances in organic synthesis, biocatalysis and -chemistry geared towards discovery and improvement of bioactive compounds, which have been published in Nature Communications.

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    This interdisciplinary collection showcases recent Nature Communications articles that provide new insights into microbial interactions, competition and coexistence dynamics, community assembly, and contributions to ecosystem function.

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    In this collection we highlight recent plasma research from Nature Communications, including fundamental processes relevant to astrophysical events, energy transfer from lasers to particles during acceleration, material development for plasma confinement and nuclear reactions in plasma fusion devices, plus much more.

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    This Nature Communications collection showcases the latest opinion pieces, reviews articles and original research on polar ice sheets, their internal dynamics, and their interaction with and impact on the wider Earth-climate system. This collection, curated by the Earth science editorial team, will be continually updated and seeks to provide a useful resource for the Antarctic and Arctic ice sheets community.

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    A collection of original research articles published by Nature Communications showcasing complexity research across a breadth of topics.

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    This collection highlights the experimental work published in Nature Communications on redesigning the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome, an international project known as Sc2.0. It showcases the advances and applications of this ambitious synthetic biology project along with commentary from the community about the potential implications of this work for synthetic biology, biotechnology and our understanding of the genome.

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    Organoids are 3D organ models with remarkable potential in basic and translational research. This collection showcases research articles, reviews and protocols from across the Nature journals to highlight the striking advances made.

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    This collection highlights developmental biology research published in Nature Communications focusing on embryonic and tissue development. It showcases advances in early embryonic development, organ development, stem cell biology and regeneration.

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    This collection brings together multi-disciplinary, open-access articles published in Nature Communications on forest research in the Anthropocene, an epoch characterised by humanity’s impact on our planet. It showcases some of the latest advances and opinion pieces across the fields of ecology, social and Earth sciences and aims to provide a unified resource for researchers in this increasingly interdisciplinary field.

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    This collection brings together important, open-access research in sea-level rise published in Nature Communications since the last report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Sea-level research is a vigorous and dynamic field of study, and this evolving collection aims to provide a unified resource to support scientists and policymakers alike in keeping up with the rapid developments in the field.

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    Nature Milestones in Antibodies, presented by Nature Immunology, Nature Reviews Immunology, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology and Nature Communications, highlights some of the most influential developments in the history of antibody research.