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2026

Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Unnecessary Bureaucracy Is a Global Impediment to Productivity, Advancement of Human and Planetary Wellbeing, Science and Sustainability

Timmis, K., Karahan, Z.C., Byrne, J.A., Robinson, J.M., Bernal, P., Rainey, P.B., López-García, P., McGenity, T.J., Chavarria, M., Sato, K., Verstraete, W., Blank, L.M., Lal, R., Colom, M.F. and Ramos, J.L. (2026), Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Unnecessary Bureaucracy Is a Global Impediment to Productivity, Advancement of Human and Planetary Wellbeing, Science and Sustainability. Microb. Biotechnol., 19: e70371. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70371

2026

Draft genome sequence of the peptaibol producer Trichoderma asperellum TRC-03

Alfaro-Vargas P, Wicki-Emmenegger D, Mesén-Porras E, Vargas-Chacón C, Bravo Bonilla O, Chaverri P, Chavarría M.2026.Draft genome sequence of the peptaibol producer Trichoderma asperellum TRC-03. Microbiol Resour Announc15:e00133-26.https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00133-26

2026

Social relevance of microbiology literacy

Juan L Ramos, Sukanya Lal, Utkarsh Sood, Princy Hira, Abhilash Kumar, Víctor de Lorenzo, Zulema Udaondo, Christin Baumgärtel, Lars M Blank, Julia Lorke, Nicole Maaßen, Max Chavarria, Kenneth N Timmis, Rup Lal, Social relevance of microbiology literacy, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Volume 373, 2026, fnag051, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnag051

2026

Precision Proteolysis of Triosephosphate Isomerase of Escherichia coli Boosts Dihydroxyacetone Phosphate Biosynthesis

Calles B, Volke DC, Chavarría M, Nikel PI, de Lorenzo V. ACS Synth Biol. 2026. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.5c00870 

2025

Diferential Microbial Composition and Fiber Degradation in Two Sloth Species (Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus hofmanni)

Chaverri, P., Escudero, E., Mora, D., Calvo, A., González, M., Escalante, E., Mesén, E., Wicki, D., Rojas, D., Avey, J., Campos, M., Castellón, E., Moreira, A., Felix, J. & Chavarría, M. Diferential Microbial Composition and Fiber Degradation in Two Sloth Species (Bradypus variegatus and Choloepus hofmanni). Current Microbiology, 82, 327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-025-04303-0

2025

Journals Operating Predatory Practices Are Systematically Eroding the Science Ethos: A Gate and Code Strategy to Minimise Their Operating Space and Restore Research Best Practice

Timmis, K., Williams, P., Karahan, Z.C., López-García, P., Rainey, P., Chavarria, M., Greening, C., Steward, K., Hallsworth, J.E., Pereira, C.S., Giraldo, R., Verstraete, W., Jonjić, S., Ramos, J.L., Nunes, O., Ventosa, A., Armstrong, R., Sessitsch, A., Ron, E. and Wang, H. (2025), Journals Operating Predatory Practices Are Systematically Eroding the Science Ethos: A Gate and Code Strategy to Minimise Their Operating Space and Restore Research Best Practice. Microb. Biotechnol., 18: e70180. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.70180

2025

Why are Latin American countries in the limbo of open-access scientific publications?

Max Chavarría, Bruno Lomonte, José María Gutiérrez, Edgardo Moreno, Alice L Pérez, Why are Latin American countries in the limbo of open-access scientific publications?, Science and Public Policy, 2024;, scae073, https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scae073

2025

Gamifying Science-Novel Strategies for Bringing Microbiology to the Classroom. 

Del Cerro-Sánchez C, Amarelle V, Platero R, Pérez-Pantoja D, Wicki-Emmenegger D, Chavarría M, Durante-Rodríguez G. Gamifying Science-Novel Strategies for Bringing Microbiology to the Classroom. Microb Biotechnol. 2025 Apr;18(4):e70141. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.70141

2025

Unlocking the Microbial World: A Global Initiative for Education and Sustainability

Ramos JL, Lal R, Colom F, Chavarria M, Huang W, Wang Y, Udaondo Z, Timmis KN. Unlocking the Microbial World: A Global Initiative for Education and Sustainability. Microb Biotechnol. 2025 Apr;18(4):e70124. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.70124.

2025

Scientists' Warning to Humanity: The Need to Begin Teaching Critical and Systems Thinking Early in Life

Timmis K, Baquero F, Lal R, Amorim LRP, Nikel PI, Kaur J, Sood U, Lata P, Singh S, Robinson JM, Chavarria M, Verstraete W, Bernal P, Banciu H, Steward K, Frey J, Danchin A, Karnkowska A, Kotsyurbenko O, Pereira CS, Boyd ES, Hallsworth JE, Nunes O, Udaondo Z, Huang W, Wang Y, Karahan ZC, Junier P, Ron E, Ramos JL. Microb Biotechnol. 2025;18(12):e70270. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.70270

2025

Words of advice for young scientists in developing countries

Max Chavarría. Words of advice for young scientists in developing countries. The FEBS Journal. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/febs.17425


2025

Genomic insights reveal community structure and phylogenetic associations of endohyphal bacteria and viruses in fungal endophytes

Efraín Escudero-Leyva, Michal Belle, Abolfazl DadkhahTehrani, James N. Culver, Marcelo Araya-Salas, Joseph P. Kutza, Natasha Goldson, Max Chavarría and Priscila Chaverri. Environmental Microbiome. 2025; 20, 95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00757-8. 

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