Nonia Pariente

Citation: Pariente N, Cadwallader L, on behalf of the PLOS Biology Staff Editors (2026) Formalizing our commitment to code sharing. PLoS Biol 24(2): e3003678. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003678 Published: February 26, 2026 Copyright: © 2026 Pariente, Cadwallader.

Abstract The interdisciplinary nature of microbiome research, coupled with the generation of complex multi-omics data, makes knowledge sharing challenging. The Strengthening the Organization and Reporting of Microbiome Studies (STORMS) guidelines provide a checklist for the reporting of study information, experimental design and analytical methods within a scientific manuscript on human microbiome research.

Louis Pasteur said, a tad optimistically, that “it is within the power of man to eradicate infection from the earth” [1]. That power, harnessed through vaccination, has so far eradicated two viruses: smallpox and rinderpest (which is closely related to measles). We were quite close to eradicating several others, but COVID-19-related disruptions, vaccine hesitancy and, more recently, vaccine defunding, are endangering our progress.