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Ferroptosis

Guest Editors:
Haider H. Dar, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Eun-Woo Lee, PhD, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), South Korea
Xinxin Song, MD, PhD, UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Submission Status: Open until 30 November 2024

Stem cells and cancer

Guest Editors:
Jianhai Jiang, PhD, Fudan University, China
Charles K. Kaufman, MD, PhD,  Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Hernando Lopez-Bertoni, PhD, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Ander Matheu, PhD, Biodonostia Health Research Institute (IIS Biodonostia) San Sebastian, Spain

                                                                                        
Submission Status: Open until 13 November 2024

Regulation of gene expression through RNA

Guest Editors:
Marco Mangone, PhD, Arizona State University, USA
Gian Gaetano Tartaglia, PhD, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Italy

Submission Status: Open until 10 October 2024

Mechanobiology

Guest Editors:
Jacopo Di Russo, RWTH Aachen University & DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Germany 
Nicholas Kurniawan, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Laurent Pieuchot, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), France
Srikala Raghavan, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Stéphane Verger, UmeÃ¥ University, Sweden


Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2024

Epigenetic modifications and regulation

Guest Editors:
Erin M. Green, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
Zhe Liang, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Kevin A. Murach, The University of Arkansas, USA
Rajeev Taliyan, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, India
Maojun Wang, Huazhong Agricultural University, China


Submission Status: Open until 5 May 2024

Plants and their pathogens

Guest Editors:
Maya Bar, ARO, Volcani Institute, Israel
Helen Fones, University of Exeter, UK
Sam Periyannan, University of Southern Queensland, Australia


Submission Status: Open until 30 April 2024

Article Collections

2021

Collection
Evolutionary Genomics

Collection
Physics of Living Matter

Collection
Neurons, Circuits and Behavior


2020

Thematic series
Research Synthesis and Meta-Research in Biology
 

2019

Special issue
Cancer Metabolism

Thematic series
Engineering Biology

Special issue
Microbiome Biology


2018

Thematic series
Environment and Sustainability


2017

Thematic series
Protein Quality Control at Membranes

Thematic series
New Tools for Neurobiology

Cross journal collection
In the Light of Evolution


2015

Thematic series
What is Wrong With This Picture?

Cross journal collection
Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells – An update

Thematic series
Plant Signals


2014

Thematic series
Beyond Mendel: modeling in biology


Cross journal collection
Mitochondria


2013

Cross journal collection
HIV thirty years on


Cross journal collection
From origins to open questions – Ten years of BMC Biology


Thematic series
Open questions in biology


2012

Thematic series
Cell geometry


Cross journal collection
Question and answer


Cross journal collection
Companion articles for the publication of the swine genome


Cross journal collection
Open Access Africa: Showcasing African research


Cross journal collection
Metabolism, diet and disease

Thematic series
Ubiquitin signals and beyond


2011

Cross journal collection
Focus on stem cells

Cross journal collection
Wiring the brain
 


2010

Thematic series
Question and Answer


Cross journal collection
Zebra finch: the companion papers for the publication of the zebra finch genome sequence


Cross journal collection
Open Access Biodiversity Research


Thematic series
Hope of progress
 


2009

Cross journal collection
Daphnia: the companion papers for the genome sequence

 


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