Congratulations on Erika Fleming on having her new Personal Account article in ES Food and Agroforestry. The articles entitled "Dietary Patterns During National Lockdowns are at Odds with Recommendations for Preventing Morbidity and Mortality of COVID-19" provided a unique perspective to highlight the role that diet plays in both general immune function and specifically with SARS-CoV-2 may lead to better health outcomes globally. In addition, the role that national lockdowns have had in lifestyle changes are discussed, and how these shifts may exacerbate the morbidity and mortality of COVID-19.

Congratulations to Jingyi Xue on having her research paper published in the reputed journal Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. The article entitled "Chemically modified phytoglycogen: physicochemical characterizations and applications to encapsulate curcumin" aims to chemically modify native phytoglycogen nanoparticles with hydrophobic groups and to characterize their physicochemical properties, as well as to evaluate the application feasibility of modified PG (mPG) nanoparticles as a carrier for hydrophobic bioactive compounds. Please read the article here.