Cell Host & Microbe was launched in March 2007. The journal's mission is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and concepts between scientists studying the microbe with those studying the host immune, cell biological, and molecular response upon colonization or infection by a microbe.

Cell Host & Microbe will publish novel findings related to microbes (which includes bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses) from molecular and cellular biology to translational studies with particular emphasis on the interface between the microbe and its host (vertebrate, invertebrate, or plant; unicellular or multicellular). The unifying theme is the integrated study of microbes (pathogenic, non-pathogenic, and commensal) in conjunction and communication with each other, their host, and the cellular environment they inhabit. Work published in Cell Host & Microbe is expected not only to be of exceptional significance within its field, but also of interest to researchers outside the immediate area. In addition to primary research manuscripts, Cell Host & Microbe will publish expert analysis, commentary, and reviews on topics of current interest in the field.

Topics covered include: 

Molecular and cell biology of microbes
Microbial pathogenesis
Host cellular and immune response to microbes
Immune evasion
Therapeutics
Evolution, epidemiology, and natural history of microbes
Vaccine design, development, and trials
Emerging pathogens

Research
Resource
Theory
Short Article
Brief Report
Clinical Translational Reports
In Translation
Preview
Review
Minireview
Perspective
Forum
Commentary

David Baulcombe
Martin J. Blaser
Pascale Cossart
Gerald R. Fink
B. Brett Finlay
Jorge E. Galan
Jeffrey I. Gordon
Warner C. Greene
Joseph Heitman
Jules A. Hoffmann
Kathryn V. Holmes
William R. Jacobs, Jr.
Dennis Kasper
Stefan H.E. Kaufmann
Elliott D. Kieff
Margaret Kielian
Beth Levine
Michael H. Malim
Mark Marsh
Margaret McFall-Ngai
Ruslan Medzhitov
John Mekalanos
Samuel I. Miller
Michael B.A. Oldstone
Philippe Sansonetti
Chihiro Sasakawa
Dominique Soldati
Brian Staskawicz
Gisou van der Goot
Herbert "Skip" W. Virgin
Michael Way
Dyann Wirth
Arturo Zychlinsky