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Understanding Parasitic Arthropods for Improved Control and Management
edited by Renfu Shao
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open
Keywords: arthropods; IPM; parasitology; ecology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)
Latest Research in Cancer Multi-Omics
edited by Philip Anthony Sutera
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open
Keywords: cancer; multi-omics; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; radiomics; pathomics; precision medicine; artificial intelligence
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)
Computational Discovery Tools in Genomics and Precision Medicine
edited by Felix Dietlein
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 41 | Submission Open
Keywords: computational genomics; data-driven precision medicine; computational biology; biologically informed algorithms
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)
Feature Papers in 'Conservation Biology and Biodiversity'
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5184 | Submission Open
Keywords: population genomics and diversity; heterozygosity; inbreeding; hybridization; adaptive introgression; natural selection; speciation; bottleneck and population fragmentation; genetic drift; gene flow; extinction risk; evolvability; paleogenomics; phylogeography; conservation units; ecotypes; phylogenetics and systematics; eDNA; non-invasive genetic sampling; environmental monitoring
(This special issue belongs to the Section Conservation Biology and Biodiversity)
Molecular Biology of Plants
edited by
submission deadline 1 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open
Keywords: transcriptome; metabolome; genome editing; genetic modification; stress resistance; yield improvement; secondary metabolites; flowering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)
Bioinformatics in RNA Modifications and Non-Coding RNAs
edited by and Yongsheng Li
submission deadline 10 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 159 | Submission Open
Keywords: non-coding RNA; RNA modification; bioinformatics analysis; statistical modeling; machine learning; post-transcriptional regulation; transcriptome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)
The Evolving Trends of Freshwater Microbial Communities Under the Influence of Climate Change and Anthropogenic Pollution
edited by Yantian Ma
submission deadline 15 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open
Keywords: freshwater microorganisms; community structure and function; microbial metabolic pathways/potentials; functional genes and genomes; water contaminants and restoration; microbial community ecology and bio-indicators
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)
Tissue and Organ Regeneration in Fish: Evolutionary Mechanisms
edited by Yujun Liang
submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open
Keywords: organ and tissue regeneration; regeneration mechanisms; progenitor cells; dedifferentiation; fishes; evolutionary adaptation; genetic regulation; signaling pathways; comparative genomics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Evolutionary Biology)
Plant Natural Products: Mechanisms of Action for Promoting Health submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1538 | Submission Open
Keywords: phytochemicals; bioactivity; therapeutics; mechanisms; health promotion; metabolism; enzyme activity; bioactive compounds; pharmacognosy; plant extracts; polyphenols; ethnopharmacology; essential oils; aromatic plants; antioxidants; natural products
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Milk Oligosaccharides: Biological Functions and Application Prospects
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1093 | Submission Open
Keywords: milk oligosaccharides; colostrum; HMO; gut microbiota; immune modulator; prebiotics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Phytoplasmas: Molecular Characterization and Host–Pathogen Interactions (2nd Edition)
edited by
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 696 | Submission Open
Keywords: molecular diagnosis and epidemiology; host-phytoplasma interactions; genetic diversity; taxonomy and classification; ecology and evolution; insect vectors; disease management; phytoplasma genomics and other omics studies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)
Aquatic Economic Animal Breeding and Healthy Farming
edited by Yude Wang and Shengwei Luo
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 457 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquaculture economic animal; breeding; genetics; culture; nutrition
(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)
Unraveling the Molecular Mechanisms of Development and Stress Tolerance in Vegetables
edited by , and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 138 | Submission Open
Keywords: vegetable development; molecular mechanisms; stress tolerance; genetic regulation; epigenetic regulation; biochemical regulation; sustainable agriculture; environmental stress; growth adaptation; crop yield; gene editing; cellular engineering
(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)
The Relationship between Water Quality and Aquatic Organisms (2nd Edition)
edited by Dong Zhang, , , and Mengmeng Yi
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 131 | Submission Open
Keywords: aquatic animals; water quality; phytoplankton; zooplankton; microorganisms; physiology
Young Researchers in Ecology submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 123 | Submission Open
Keywords: adaptations to variable environments; biodiversity; biogeography; biotic interactions (e.g.; competition; predation parasitism; mutualism; amensalism; commensalism); community assembly; conservation; ecological management and restoration; ecological sustainability; ecosystem processes (productivity; decomposition; nutrient cycling); evolution; functional traits; global changes (e.g.; climate change; land use change; biological invasions; nitrogen deposition); landscape ecology; life histories; physiological ecology; population dynamics; protected areas; succession; trophic levels         TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian   //   TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW Back EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back //     This page is in English   Translate to Simplified Chinese         Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bengali Bulgarian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Japanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Korean Kurdish (Kurmanji) Lao Latvian Lithuanian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Simplified Chinese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Traditional Chinese Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh   Always translate English to Simplified Chinese Never translate English Never translate admin.mdpi.com
(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)
Tickborne Diseases and Their Vectors
edited by Moses Sibusiso Mtshali
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 102 | Submission Open
Keywords: ticks; tickborne pathogens; epidemiology of tickborne diseases; zoonotic diseases; molecular diagnosis; genetic diversity; immunology; vector control and mapping
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infection Biology)
The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents
edited by and Yadong Zhou
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 96 | Submission Open
Keywords: deep-sea hydrothermal vents; biodiversity; microbiome; biological resources; marine biology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)
The Future of Marine Megafauna submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 78 | Submission Open
Keywords: marine biodiversity; marine megafauna; anthropogenic impacts; conservation biology; marine ecosystems; behavioural ecology; marine protected areas (MPAs); ecological resilience; evolutionary biology; species recovery strategies
(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)
Advances in Evolutionary Ecology of Host–Parasite Interactions
edited by Xi Huang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open
Keywords: evolutionary ecology; infectious disease; host– parasite interactions; host switching; host specificity; immune response; phylogeography
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infection Biology)
Advances in Foodborne Pathogens
edited by Qiming Chen
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open
Keywords: foodborne pathogens; contamination mechanisms; infection mechanisms; detection assays; risk assessment; antibacterial agents or materials
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)
Current Advances in Plants Genome Editing
edited by Xuean Cui
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 69 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant genome engineering; CRISPR/Cas; gene knock-out; gene knock-in; base editor; prime editor; genome editing tools; multiplex genome editing; gene expression regulation; plant trait improvement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Genomics)
The Role of Non-coding RNA in Tumorigenesis and Development
edited by Haili Wu
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 42 | Submission Open
Keywords: microRNA; lncRNA; circRNA; tumorigenesis; tumor energy metabolism; innate immunity; acquired immunity; tumor immune checkpoint; small-molecule drugs; novel drug targets
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Reproductive Physiology and Pathology in Livestock
edited by Claudio Gustavo Ustavo Barbeito and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 38 | Submission Open
Keywords: livestock; animal reproduction; reproductive biology; physiology and pathology of reproduction; experimental models; non-conventional species; biotechnology; immunology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Reproductive Biology)
Animal Models of Metabolic Diseases
edited by Júlio Cezar De Oliveira and
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 33 | Submission Open
Keywords: experimental models; metabolic syndrome; insulin resistance; type 2 diabetes mellitus; obesity; dyslipidemia; hypertension; metabolic programming; DOHaD
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)
Advances in Thrombosis and Vascular Biology
edited by Lu Wang
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open
Keywords: blood and vascular biology; thrombosis; hemostasis; vascular injury
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)
Arthropods as Vectors of Human and Animal Pathogens: Vector Ecology and Disease Transmission
edited by Panpim Thongsripong
submission deadline 31 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 5 | Submission Open
Keywords: vector; disease ecology; vector-borne pathogens; mosquito; tick; flies; sandflies; triatomine; tsetse; fleas; mites
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infection Biology)
Advances in Leishmaniasis and Chagas Disease: Biology, Epidemiology, Treatment and Control submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 9130 | Submission Open
Keywords: Leishmaniasis; Chagas disease; immunopathogeny; diagnosis; epidemiology; control; clinical studies; treatment; vaccine  
(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)
Ferroptosis: Mechanisms and Human Disease
edited by Chan-Yen Kuo
submission deadline 15 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2449 | Submission Open
Keywords: ferroptosis; systemic diseases; inflammatory response; mitochondrial-dependent redox homeostasis; microenvironment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)
Animal Models of Arthritis
edited by Nevena Arsenović-Ranin and Biljana Bufan
submission deadline 30 Aug 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2902 | Submission Open
Keywords: animal models; rheumatoid arthritis; osteoarthritis; inflammation; immunopathology; pathological features; joints; treatment; drug screening; traditional medicine
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)
Infectious Diseases: Emerging Diagnostic Methods, Updated Treatment Protocols and New Antimicrobial Agents submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12822 | Submission Open
Keywords: infectious diseases; pathophysiology; risk factors; prognosis; diagnostic methods; biomarkers; molecular techniques; treatment protocols; novel antibiotic
(This special issue belongs to the Section Infection Biology)
The Replication Licensing System
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10243 | Submission Open
Keywords: cell cycle; DNA replication; genome stability; replication licensing; MCM2-7; ORC; Cdc6; CDT1; cancer; Meier-Gorlin syndrome
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)
Molecular and Neurological Aspects of Sensory Processing Disorders submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 107 | Submission Open
Keywords: sensory processing; sensory processing disorders; SPDs; sensory stimuli; brain activity; genetic; functional neuroimaging studies     TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian   //   TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW Back EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back //     This page is in Malay   Translate to Simplified Chinese         Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bengali Bulgarian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Japanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Korean Kurdish (Kurmanji) Lao Latvian Lithuanian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Simplified Chinese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Traditional Chinese Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh   Always translate Malay to Simplified Chinese Never translate Malay Never translate admin.mdpi.com
(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)
Biomarkers for Cancer Immunity
edited by Xuyao Zhang
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 66 | Submission Open
Keywords: tumor microenvironment; tumor immunity; systems immunology; resistance mechanism; biomarkers
The Role of Lipids in Cardiovascular and Neurodegenerative Diseases
edited by , and Yaxin Li
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 65 | Submission Open
Keywords: lipid biology; lipid peroxidation; lipidomics; lipid foods or nutrients; cardiovascular disease; neurodegenerative diseases
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cholestatic Liver Diseases
edited by Matthew McMillin
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open
Keywords: primary biliary cholangitis; primary sclerosing cholangitis; cholestasis; biliary atresia; autoimmune hepatitis
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)
Gene Editing and Genetic Regulation: New Insight in Insect Sex Determination, Reproductive Development and Pest Control
edited by Honglun Bi
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open
Keywords: insect gene editing; genetic regulation  ; CRISPR/Cas  ; gene drive  ; pest control; sex determination  ; reproductive development; insect sterile technique
(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)
The Maternal Microbiome and Metabolome: Recent Advances submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 46 | Submission Open
Keywords: maternal microbiome; metabolome; pregnancy outcomes; fetal development; biomarkers; immune function; metabolic health; disease prediction; therapeutic interventions; maternal and child health
(This special issue belongs to the Section Reproductive Biology)
Intermolecular Interactions in Cytochrome P450 Systems
edited by and John Hackett
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 30 | Submission Open
Keywords: cytochrome P450; NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase; cytochrome b5; adrenodoxin; microsomes; protein– protein interactions; protein-lipid interactions; systems biochemistry of drug metabolism; cytochrome P450-dependent signaling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Regenerative Biology: Regeneration after Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injury submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open
Keywords: neuronal regeneration; peripheral nerve repair; spinal cord injury; axonal growth; neuroplasticity; glial cells; molecular signaling pathways; stem cells in nerve regeneration; neuroinflammation; animal models of nerve injury
(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)
Recent Advances in Metabolic Disorders
edited by
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 26 | Submission Open
Keywords: iron; mitochondria; oxidative stress; inflammation; metabolism; free radicals; alcohol; treatment   TRANSLATE with x English Arabic Hebrew Polish Bulgarian Hindi Portuguese Catalan Hmong Daw Romanian Chinese Simplified Hungarian Russian Chinese Traditional Indonesian Slovak Czech Italian Slovenian Danish Japanese Spanish Dutch Klingon Swedish English Korean Thai Estonian Latvian Turkish Finnish Lithuanian Ukrainian French Malay Urdu German Maltese Vietnamese Greek Norwegian Welsh Haitian Creole Persian   //   TRANSLATE with COPY THE URL BELOW Back EMBED THE SNIPPET BELOW IN YOUR SITE Enable collaborative features and customize widget: Bing Webmaster Portal Back //     This page is in English   Translate to Simplified Chinese         Afrikaans Albanian Amharic Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Bengali Bulgarian Catalan Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek Gujarati Haitian Creole Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Japanese Kannada Kazakh Khmer Korean Kurdish (Kurmanji) Lao Latvian Lithuanian Malagasy Malay Malayalam Maltese Maori Marathi Myanmar (Burmese) Nepali Norwegian Pashto Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Romanian Russian Samoan Simplified Chinese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Tamil Telugu Thai Traditional Chinese Turkish Ukrainian Urdu Vietnamese Welsh   Always translate English to Simplified Chinese Never translate English Never translate admin.mdpi.com
(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)
Biological Advances in Pluripotent Stem Cells
edited by and Matthias Jung
submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open
Keywords: induced pluripotent stem cell; embryonic stem cell; regenerative medicine; drug research; organoid; translational biology
(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)
Plant Breeding: From Biology to Biotechnology
edited by Juwu Gong
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open
Keywords: plant breeding; biotechnology; molecular marker-assisted selection; genetic engineering; genome editing; tissue culture; phenotype; genetics; omics
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotechnology)
Physiology and Ecology of Animal Parasites and Related Diseases
edited by Marcela K. Castelo Castelo
submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Submission Open
Keywords: parasites; parasitoids; physiology; ecology; ecophysiology; diseases; global change
(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Aging
edited by Huiliang Zhang
submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 216 | Submission Open
Keywords: mitochondrial dysfunction; aging; cardiovascular diseases; Alzheimer’ s disease and related dementia; stem cell; skeletal muscle; kidney
(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)
RNA Biology and mRNA in Diseases
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 234 | Submission Open
Keywords: stress granule; cRISPR/Cas13; vaccine; mRNA drug; antisense oligonucleotides; RNA methylation; microRNA; long non-coding RNA; RNA binding; RNA activation; circular RNA; fluorescent RNA; cell surface RNA; cancer; neurodegenerative disease
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
Young Investigators in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Submission Open
Keywords: protein structure and function; DNA Methylation; apoptosis; computational biology; molecular development biology; molecular enzymology; molecular evolution; molecular immunology; molecular virology; systems biology; proteins and nucleic acids; protein trafficking; proteomics; structural and functional genomics; transcriptomics; signaling
(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
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