Fungal pathogens are ubiquitous and are equally proficient in infecting both plants and animals raising the constant concern for public health as well as the economic impacts on agricultural production. Among the huge ...

Dengue is a major public heath disease with over 390 million people at risk annually across 110 countries. Dengue control options mainly rely on vector control strategies, mostly through the application of insecticides for ...

Artificial light at night is one of the most pervasive and least recognised anthropogenic pollutants. Its extent and intensity is expanding globally, at an estimated rate of 2.2% per annum, such that many urban and peri-urban ...

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have increased from pre-industrial levels of 280 ppm to a current level of 406 ppm and are predicted to reach 550 ppm by the year 2050. The rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide is ...

The ecological success of coral reef ecosystems is dependant on their obligate endosymbiosis with dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae. This symbiosis does not occur in isolation; a diverse community of bacteria ...

Global impacts of climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances are causing massive declines in coral reef ecosystems. As reef-forming scleractinian corals provide essential resources to a large part of the population, ...

Over the past century, artificial light has dramatically transformed our environment. Light at night is increasing globally, to the extent that in many places, true darkness no longer exists. As the timing of light can ...

Next-generation sequencing is increasingly used to diagnose patients with suspected genetic disease. Yet, even after exome or whole genome sequencing, many patients remain undiagnosed. In many cases a genetic diagnosis is ...

Seagrass perform critical provisioning, regulating, cultural and supporting ecological functions and services humans rely on worldwide. Unfortunately, many seagrass ecosystems are vulnerable to disturbance and are being ...

Biological invasions comprise the human-mediated introduction, establishment and dispersal of species beyond their natural geographic range. Species movement around the globe can be seen as a large scale community assembly ...