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Development of New Optical Techniques and Methods for Basic Biology and Biomedical Applications

edited by

Anna Cleta Croce

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 16769 | Submission Open

Keywords: food production and control; imaging (multispectral/hyperspectral/time resolved); luminescence; metabolism (animal/vegetable); optical biopsy; optical coherence tomography; optical neuronal networks; photoacoustic tomography; remote sensing; spectroscopy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

New Insights in Neurogenetics

edited by James P. Orengo

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11466 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurogenetics; neurological disorders; neurodevelopmental; neurodegenerative; neurology; psychiatry; neuroscience; animal models; whole-genome sequencing; personalized medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Roles and Functions of Neurotrophins and Their Receptors in the Brain

edited by

Oliver Von Bohlen Und Halbach

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 10079 | Submission Open

Keywords: aging; behavior; learning; memory; mental disorders; neuroanatomy; neurobiology; neuronal plasticity; neurophysiology; synaptic plasticity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Proteomics in Immunology and Cell Signaling

edited by

Tuula Nyman

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8706 | Submission Open

Keywords: proteomics; biological mass spectrometry; cell signaling; innate immunity; T and B cell immune response; extracellular vesicles; immunopeptidomics; clinical proteomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Immunology)

Mechanism of Interaction between Rhizosphere Microbes and Host Plants

edited by

Yingdan Yuan

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6209 | Submission Open

Keywords: rhizosphere microbes; microbial isolation and culture; plant-microbe interaction mechanisms; microbiome assembly

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Genetic Resources and Gene Editing Tools for Plant Resistance: Recent Advancements and Future Perspectives

edited by

Ji-Hoon Lee

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3018 | Submission Open

Keywords: abiotic stress; biotic stress; crop improvement; genome editing; plant resistance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Copper Biology in Health and Disease

edited by

Vinit Shanbhag

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2367 | Submission Open

Keywords: copper and tumor growth; cancer; chemotherapy; copper chelation; copper homeostasis; metal nutrition; copper transport; clinical cancer research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Biology of Brain Tumors: State of the Art and Future Directions

edited by

Sonia Martial

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1213 | Submission Open

Keywords: brain tumors; heterogeneous diseases; molecular basis; cancer genetics; cancer metabolomics; biomarker studies; immunotherapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

Diet-Microbiota Impacts on Intestinal Inflammation

edited by Guilherme Zweig Rocha

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

Keywords: intestinal microbiota; diet; inflammation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Immunology)

Biology and Conservation of Killer Whales

edited by Tracey Rogers

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 255 | Submission Open

Keywords: cetaceans; biology; ecology; conservation; impacts; killer whales; orca whales; communication; climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Advance in Sleep and Circadian Rhythms 2.0

edited by

Mourad Akaarir

and

Cristina Nicolau

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: sleep physiology; sleep regulation; sleep disorders; circadian rhythms; circadian dysregulation; sleep evolution; sleep function

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Immune-Cancer Crosstalk

edited by

John Maher

submission deadline 31 Jul 2024 | Viewed by 142 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer; immune; T-cell; innate; adaptive; checkpoint; immunosuppressive

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

Advances in Leishmaniasis and Chagas Disease: Biology, Epidemiology, Treatment and Control

edited by

Fernando Almeida-Souza

Flávia De Oliveira Cardoso

and

Kátia Da Silva Calabrese

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 7936 | Submission Open

Keywords: Leishmaniasis; Chagas disease; immunopathogeny; diagnosis; epidemiology; control; clinical studies; treatment; vaccine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)

Biosynthesis of Metabolites from Microorganisms, or Microorganism-Host Interaction? (Volume II)

edited by

Fengli Zhang

Zhiqiang Liu

and

Michel Denis

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3674 | Submission Open

Keywords: biosynthesis; biological activity; biosynthesis regulation; microbial metabolites; microbe– host reaction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)

Novel Dynamics and Mechanisms of Stromal-Leukocyte Interactions in Chronic Tissue Inflammation and Healing

edited by Matthias Friedrich, Pablo Céspedes and Mathilde Pohin

submission deadline 15 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 109 | Submission Open

Keywords: autoimmunity; chronicity; wound healing; intolerance; immune/immunological synapses; cytokine networks; antigen presentation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Statistical and Bioinformatics Methods in Population Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology Studies

edited by Bjarki Eldon

submission deadline 20 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 156 | Submission Open

Keywords: coalescent; genetic variation; inference; speciation; pan-genome; epidemiology; biodiversity; pathogens; genome-wide association studies; ecological genomics 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 ChinesePRO Never translate English Never translate admin.mdpi.com

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)

Immune Microenvironment and Molecular Mechanism of Glioma

edited by Carolina Cristina Jancic

submission deadline 24 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 228 | Submission Open

Keywords: gliomas; tumor microenvironment; immune response; tumor evasion; tumor resistance; immunotherapy 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 Latin 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 Latin to Simplified ChinesePRO Never translate Latin Never translate admin.mdpi.com

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

The Rules of Life Rethought: Latest Progress in Quantum Biology

edited by Daniel R. Kattnig and

Clarice D. Aiello

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 9224 | Submission Open

Keywords: quantum biology; non-trivial quantum effects in biology; quantum tunnelling; quantum coherence; photosynthesis; energy transport; magnetoreception; spin and magnetic field effects

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophysics)

Evolutionary Insights into Life History

edited by

Thomas Colard

and

Adeline Le Cabec

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8040 | Submission Open

Keywords: human evolution; evolutionary developemental biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Evolutionary Biology)

Novel Insights of Bone Repair: Strategies for Improvement, Microscopic, Molecular and Ultrastrastructural Aspects

edited by

Roberta Okamoto

, Kathryn Grandfield and Karina Carneiro

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 3575 | Submission Open

Keywords: bone repair; aging; bone remodeling; biomaterials; drug delivery; bone regeneration

Dermal-Epidermal Cross-Talk and Bioactive Mediators in Physiological and Pathological Skin Conditions

edited by Daniela Kovacs,

Emanuela Bastonini

and

Giorgia Cardinali

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3171 | Submission Open

Keywords: dermal-epidermal cross-talk; extracellular matrix; bioactive lipids; growth factors; barrier function; inflammation; pigmentation; skin cancer

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease (2nd Edition)

edited by

Hao Zhong

and

Fengqin Feng

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2932 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiota; ‘ gut-x’ axis; dysbiosis; food nutrition; metabolites; type 2 diabetes mellitus; gut health; immunity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)

Mosquito-Borne Diseases—Updates on Epidemiology, Surveillance and Control

edited by

Elvina Viennet

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2272 | Submission Open

Keywords: mosquito-borne diseases; mosquito; arbovirus; epidemiology; surveillance; control; emerging and re-emerging threat; community participation; incursions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Infection Biology)

Animal Models of Arthritis

edited by Nevena Arsenović-Ranin and Biljana Bufan

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2038 | 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)

Biology and Function of Inflammasomes

edited by

Seung-Yong Seong

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 422 | Submission Open

Keywords: damage-associated molecular patterns; DAMPs; pattern recognition receptor; immune inflammatory response; inflammasome

(This special issue belongs to the Section Immunology)

Feature Review Papers on Developmental Biology

edited by

Jacek Z. Kubiak

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 418 | Submission Open

Keywords: embryo/fetus development; differentiation; growth; homeostasis; regeneration; aging; cell cycle regulation; stem cells; organoids

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental Biology)

Current Advances in Protein Homeostasis

edited by Henry J. Li and Robb E. Moses

submission deadline 31 Aug 2024 | Viewed by 249 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein homeostasis; proteostasis; proteasomal degradation; ubiquitin; ubiquitin-independent; neurodegeneration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Infectious Diseases: Emerging Diagnostic Methods, Updated Treatment Protocols and New Antimicrobial Agents

edited by

Andreas G. Tsantes

Dimitrios V. Papadopoulos

Rozeta Sokou

and

Vanesa Bellou

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11438 | 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)

Ecophysiology and Environmental Health: Assessing the Impact of Pollutants on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

edited by

Renato Almeida Sarmento

, Maíra Ignacio Sarmento and

Carlos Gravato

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2020 | Submission Open

Keywords: ecophysiology; ecotoxicology; environmental health; pollutants; global change; one health; ecosystem functioning; plant ecophysiology; agricultural and forest crops

Exploring the Role of Symbiosis in Marine Ecosystems

edited by Alan Verde

submission deadline 1 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 328 | Submission Open

Keywords: symbiosis; photosymbiosis; chemosymbiosis; endosymbiosis; ectosymbiosis; holobiont; mutualism; commensalism; parasitism

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Roles of RNA Regulation in Cancers

edited by

Chunjiang He

and

Xiang Zhou

submission deadline 10 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 278 | Submission Open

Keywords: transcription factors; non-coding RNA; alternative splicing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

Mitochondrial Metabolism and Function in Health and Disease

edited by

Pilar Roca

Jordi Oliver

and

Margalida Torrens-Mas

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 24533 | Submission Open

Keywords: mitochondrial function; mitochondrial metabolism; mitochondrial biogenesis; mitophagy; mitochondrial dynamics; mitochondrial disease; cancer; aging; obesity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

New Advances and Insights in Animal Genetics and Breeding 2.0

edited by

Mingxing Chu

Ran Di

and

Yufang Liu

submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 392 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal genetics; animal multi-omics; sheep and goat genetics and breeding; reproductive traits; molecular mechanism; genetic markers; diversity; non-coding RNA; animal morphological traits

(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)

Mesenchymal Stem Cells: What We Have Learned and How to Manage Them

edited by

Nadia Lampiasi

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 11 articles | Viewed by 25424 | Submission Open

Keywords: mesenchymal stem cells; secretomes; migrasomes; miRNAs; senescence; cell renewal; regenerative medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

Immune Response Regulation in Animals

edited by

Rong Gao

and

Hua-Ji Qiu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 8 articles | Viewed by 15002 | Submission Open

Keywords: immunoregulation of animals; vaccination; immunomodulators; immune memory; cytokine; biotechnology; immune response; molecular networks

(This special issue belongs to the Section Immunology)

Musculoskeletal Biology: Impact of Ageing and Disease

edited by

Rachel A. Oldershaw

and Anne McArdle

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8307 | Submission Open

Keywords: musculoskeletal system; joint; chronic disease; frailty; ageing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Pathogenic Factors and Key Pathways of Metabolic Diseases

edited by Aijun Qiao

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 6142 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolism diseases; lipid overload; insulin resistance; pathogenic molecules; biomarkers; drug therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

De Novo Detection of Transposons

edited by Dongying Gao,

Kenji K. Kojima

and

Attila Cristian Rațiu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5920 | Submission Open

Keywords: transposons; de novo detection; genome; evolution; activity; data analysis pipeline

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Genomics)

Molecular Mechanism of Three-Dimensional Genome Organization and Gene Regulation

edited by

and

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 2 articles | Viewed by 5096 | Submission Open

Keywords: 3D genome; enhancer-promoter communication; DNA loop extrusion; cohesin; TADs; contact domains; chromatin loops; A/B compartments; subcompartments; CTCF

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Genomics)

β-Cells at the Center of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

edited by

Jeffery S. Tessem

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4386 | Submission Open

Keywords: beta cell; insulin secretion; cell cycle; mitochondrial respiration; nuclear hormone receptors; Nr4a1; Nr4a3

Microglial Cells in Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by

Björn Spittau

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3333 | Submission Open

Keywords: Microglia ; Neurodegenerative diseases ; Disease-associated microglia (DAM) ; Microglia activation ; Alzheimer's disease ; Parkinson's disease ; Ischemic stroke

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Extracellular Vesicles: Multifaceted Biological Nanoparticles in Health and Disease (Volume II)

edited by

Meena Kumari

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2987 | Submission Open

Keywords: extracellular vesicles and exosomes; isolation and characterization; biological activity in development; differentiation; health and disease; therapeutic applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

Metallo-Enzymes as Drug Targets

edited by

Giuseppina De Simone

Martina Buonanno

and

Simona Maria Monti

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2249 | Submission Open

Keywords: metalloenzyme; drug design; anticancer drug; antibacterial drug; drug target

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Understanding the Genomic Mechanisms of Oncology

edited by Sharona Elgavish and

Mali Salmon-Divon

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1483 | Submission Open

Keywords: omics; genomics; proteomics; metabolomics; genome-wide mutation profiling; epigenetics; medical imaging; tumor microenvironment; machine-learning

(This special issue belongs to the Section Genetics and Genomics)

Host–Pathogen Interactions and Pathogenesis

edited by

Sashi Kant

, Deeksha Tripathi and Saurabh Pandey

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1473 | Submission Open

Keywords: host-pathogen dynamics; infectious disease mechanisms; virulence factors; microbial interactions; pathogenicity; emerging pathogens; immunological response; immunomodulation tactics; infection prevention; disease pathophysiology

Uncovering the Mechanisms of Plant Salinity Stress Response and Tolerance

edited by

Ricardo Aroca

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1320 | Submission Open

Keywords: genetic resources; ion toxicity; molecular signalling; nutrient uptake; plant hormones; soil beneficial microorganisms; water relations

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Unveiling Disease Molecular Signaling Pathways: Targeted Drug Discoveries for Pathway Modulation

edited by Stephen P. Wren

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 318 | Submission Open

Keywords: signaling molecules; disease mechanisms and pathways; small-molecule therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Pathogenic Mechanisms of Hypertension and Neurodegenerative Disorders

edited by

Yansheng Du

and

Mingming Chen

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 281 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases; hypertension; stroke; dementia; cerebral vasculature; hypoperfusion; inflammation; microglia; astrocytes; neurons

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Animal Models of Gastrointestinal Diseases

edited by Yan Hu

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 203 | Submission Open

Keywords: gastrointestinal diseases; animal models; digestive system; inflammatory bowel diseases; colorectal cancer; disease pathology; research methodologies; therapeutic interventions; clinical applications; translational research

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Unraveling the Complexities of Aging: Inflammation, Immunosenescence, and Aging

edited by

Sylvia L. F. Pender

submission deadline 30 Sep 2024 | Viewed by 182 | Submission Open

Keywords: immunosenescence; chronic inflammation; aging; age-related diseases; immune system; regenerate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Immunology)

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