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Low-energy nuclear theory has entered a new era of ab initio nuclear structure and reaction calculations connected to QCD via chiral effective field theory. The universal input for these calculations are two- and three-nucleon interactions constructed within chiral effective field theory. On this basis, ab initio theory is advancing into new directions, covering an increasing range of nuclei and nuclear observables.
In this talk I will focus on recent developments in the ab initio description of medium-mass nuclei in the region of calcium and nickel isotopes and beyond. I will highlight some of the methodological developments that enable an ab initio treatment of these nuclei and discuss future directions and challenges for nuclear theory in this mass regime. Eventually, these theory developments aim for a systematic and consistent description of ground states, spectra and spectroscopy of all medium-mass nuclei based on inputs from chiral effective field theory and including a rigorous quantification of theory uncertainties.