Cells require lipids to maintain their integrity and separate cellular functions for appropriate homeostasis and regulation. Advances in lipid detection methods and techniques to probe lipid functions continues to uncover roles beyond containment, from organelle morphology, metabolic signaling, cell death, and energy metabolism. This collection invites submissions from all disciplines with insights into lipid function, regulation or detection.

Nature Communications and Communications Biology will consider original Articles, Reviews and Perspectives. Scientific Reports will consider original Articles.