Recent genome-wide screens of host genetic requirements for viral infection have reemphasized the critical role of host metabolism in enabling the production of viral particles. In this review, we highlight the metabolic aspects of viral infection found in these studies, and focus on the opportunities these requirements present for metabolic engineers. In particular, the objectives and approach...

All animals have an effect on the environment, but some key species – called ecosystem engineers – can have a particularly large influence. Their impact can be positive, by creating and maintaining habitats and increasing biodiversity, but they can also be negative, by destroying habitats and reducing biodiversity. Interestingly, the magnitude of the effect that an ecosystem engineer has on the...

This paper considers the contributions of one outstanding as well as controversial researcher, teacher and inventor from Spain during the Francos ́s dictatorship. The paper presents an overview of the most important contributions made by Prof. Angel Gonzalez del Valle related with the electric networks/circuits theory and its application to analog computing/simulation, which was achieved from fo...