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Nature Cell Biology is proud to support fundamental cell biological studies. We look forward to continuing to publish impactful research that advances our understanding of cells in basic and applied contexts.

This month, we host a free, virtual Nature Conference with Nature Metabolism and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, ‘Metabolic Communication Across Biological Scales’, and highlight recent articles that enrich our understanding of cellular metabolism in health and disease.

Publicly shared metabolomics data may contain key answers to central questions in cell biology, but re-use of the data is complicated by the lack of standardized experimental and computational methods in the field. This Comment provides some tips to help ensure that shared metabolomics data are re-used appropriately.

For the past 40 years, minimal reconstituted systems have helped cell biologists to understand the mechanisms that underlie membrane traffic. Having progressed from minimal synthetic and cell-derived ensembles to direct comparison with living systems, reconstitution is poised for ever more precise and informative understanding of membrane biology.

We highlight the expanding world of noncoding RNA biology in a Collection of articles from Nature research journals that discuss recent technological advances, approaches and emerging models driving this rapidly advancing field.

The extracellular vesicle (EV) surface corona is emerging as a crucial mediator of EV functions. This Comment discusses the roles and biogenesis of the EV corona, as well as the importance of controls to determine whether a biological effect is attributable to the internal EV cargo or to the corona associated with the EV exofacial surface.

After earning a PhD in Molecular Systems Biology from ETH Zurich and studying cancer metabolism as a postdoctoral fellow at MIT, Sarah-Maria Fendt started an independent research group in 2013 in a joint appointment at the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) and the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium.

Pride holds a special place in the hearts of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual+ (LGBTQIA+) individuals as a time to celebrate the progress we have made, and advocate for the advances yet to come. Here, I highlight ways in which the scientific community has had a crucial role in driving this progress, and provide a personal perspective on the importance of being open and proud of my identity as a gay cell biologist.