MDPI Webinar | MDPI Topic Editor Club 2026—Life Sciences Session, 18 September 2026
MDPI warmly invites you to the MDPI Topic Editor Club 2026 webinar series. This global platform connects worldwide Topic Editors, featuring emerging research themes, practical editorial experience sharing and academic communication. MDPI Topics are interdisciplinary thematic paper collections published across multiple MDPI journals. Led by professional Topic Editor teams and supported by MDPI’s efficient open access publishing workflow, they facilitate academic collaboration and help research reach broader global audiences.
Focusing on “Life Sciences”, this session brings together Topic Editors to showcase editorial work, discuss the successes and challenges of topic development, and share innovative strategies for building high-impact topics. It offers a great chance for peer learning and cross-disciplinary collaboration to advance open access research in this field.
We welcome your participation in the MDPI Topic Editor Club 2026 and look forward to your insights and questions during the live Q&A session.
Date: 18 September 2026 at 1:00 p.m. CEST | 7:00 a.m. EDT | 7:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 891 1771 1569
Landing Page: https://sciforum.net/event/MTEC2026-LS
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Program:
| Speaker | Presentation Title | Time in CEST | Time in EDT | Time in CST Asia |
| Ms. Lavinia Dumitrela Cozma | MDPI Introduction | 1:00–1:10 p.m. | 7:00–7:10 a.m. | 7:00–7:10 p.m. |
| Dr. Alina Rodríguez Mallon | Special Topics: From Idea to Impact | 1:10–1:30 p.m. | 7:10–7:30 a.m. | 7:10–7:30 p.m. |
| Dr. Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz | From a Topic to a Scientific Community: Lessons from Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens | 1:30–1:50 p.m. | 7:30–7:50 a.m. | 7:30–7:50 p.m. |
| Ms. Lavinia Dumitrela Cozma | Introduction of MDPI Topics | 1:50–2:10 p.m. | 7:50–8:10 a.m. | 7:50–8:10 p.m. |
| Q&A Session | 2:10–2:25 p.m. | 8:10–8:25 a.m. | 8:10–8:25 p.m. | |
| Ms. Lavinia Dumitrela Cozma | Closing of Webinar | 2:25–2:30 p.m. | 8:25–8:30 a.m. | 8:25–8:30 p.m. |
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Webinar Speakers:
- Dr. Alina Rodríguez Mallon, Havana University in Cuba, Havana, Cuba;
- Dr. Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz, INRAE, Maisons-Alfort, France.
Relevant Topic:
“Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens: 2nd Edition”
Topic Editors: Alina Rodriguez-Mallon and Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
Manuscript submission deadline: 31 March 2027