Latest Discoveries in Non-Model Organisms and Non-Translational Biology
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 8 September 2026 | Viewed by 62
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2. Department of Surgery, The Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Interests: immunology; structural RNA; cellular cytoskeleton; macrophages
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We propose a new Special issue entitled Latest Discoveries in Non-Model Organisms and Non-Translational Biology.
This new Special Issue will be devoted exclusively to basic, non-translational, non-clinical biological research. Currently, most biological research is clinically oriented and initiated not due to pure scientific curiosity but immediate or near-future applicability. Consequently, basic science is pushed to the periphery and research on non-model organisms is frowned upon, poorly funded, and difficult to publish. As we know, there is no scientific progress without basic science. Thus, the marginalization of basic science biology is an unsettling trend that must be addressed quickly. As a partial remedy, we propose a novel Special Issue that publishes research and review articles covering basic science biology subjects in non-model and model organisms.
Prof. Dr. Malgorzata Kloc
Prof. Dr. Jacek Z. Kubiak
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- basic biological research
- non-translational biology
- non-clinical biology
- fundamental science
- non-model organisms
- model organisms
- scientific curiosity–driven research
- biological diversity
- experimental biology
- theoretical biology
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