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    This collection welcomes submissions investigating mechanisms of TAD formation and maintenance, chromatin looping and gene regulation, impact of 3D genome on transcriptional landscapes and high-throughput methods for studying genome organisation.

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    This Collection seeks original research across the field of medical implants, with a focus on surface engineering technologies and soft implants.

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    In this joint collection between Communications Biology, Nature Communications, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, and Scientific Reports, we invite submissions containing new methods for the prediction of structure of macromolecules such as proteins, peptides and RNA.

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    With this cross-journal Collection, the editors at Nature Communications, Communications Physics and Scientific Reports invite manuscripts that advance the fundamental physics of CMOS-compatible semiconductor qubits, tackle scalability issues, and showcase practical applications in quantum computing, communication, and simulation.

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    In this cross-journal Collection, we invite research into the complex signalling pathways of innate immunity, emphasising the activation and regulation of pattern recognition receptors in response to microbial and endogenous triggers.

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    This Collection invites original research on the development, mechanisms, and application of microbiome-based therapies, including engineered microbial interventions, live biotherapeutics, pro-, pre-, and synbiotics.

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    This cross-journal Collection between Nature Communications, Nature Computational Science, Communications Physics, and Scientific Reports brings together the advances in Physics-Informed Machine Learning.

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    This Scientific Reports Collection invites original research on the application of real-time GIS in disaster prevention, management, and recovery, including, but not limited to, extreme event monitoring, evacuation planning, resource allocation, or hazard mapping.

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    This Collection brings together original research on the mechanistic understanding of Rydberg atom interactions and their applications, including electric field sensing, cold plasmas, and quantum information/optics.

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    With this cross-journal Collection, the editors at Nature Communications, Communications Biology and Scientific Reports invite manuscripts that highlight innovative methods for visualising and detecting RNA molecules and modifications in vivo, and studies that use these tools to uncover RNA-based regulatory mechanisms.

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    This Collection invites original research articles on polarised light, looking at the latest developments in polarisation generation and control, its impact on optical systems, and its integration into emerging technologies.

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    This interdisciplinary Collection welcomes original research from across the spectrum of astrobiology research.

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