Research highlights

In this issue, we highlight four new research papers that span the breadth of The FEBS Journal's scope and demonstrate that the molecular life sciences field remains as vibrant as ever. Within their diversity, all four papers carry a metabolism component: Giannoni et al. provide a translationally relevant link between cancer cell metabolism and sex-determined immune responses in melanoma. Logan and team solve the structure of a bacterial transcriptional repressor that functions as a flexible nucleotide sensor. Kappel and colleagues probe signalling pathways in soil fungi, providing important insights into the dynamics of soil communities. Finally, Bortoluci's group describes a glycolysis-linked caspase-11-dependent mechanism that suppresses Zika virus replication in astrocytes.