Best Paper Award

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce the winners of the Biology 2020 Best Paper Award. All papers published in Biology from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 were considered for this award. After thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the three winning papers, which were nominated by the Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Jukka Finne and Associate Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Andrés Moya, have been selected.

The following review was selected:
Apoptotic Bodies: Particular Extracellular Vesicles Involved in Intercellular Communication
By Michela Battistelli and Elisabetta Falcieri
Biology 2020, 9(1), 21; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9010021

The following two research articles were selected:
Vegetation and Environmental Changes on Non-Reclaimed Spoil Heaps in Southern Poland
By Oimahmad Rahmonov, Robert Krzysztofik, Dorota Środek and Justyna Smolarek-Lach
Biology 2020, 9(7), 164; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9070164

Formyl Peptide Receptor 1 Signaling in Acute Inflammation and Neural Differentiation Induced by Traumatic Brain Injury
By Roberta Fusco, Enrico Gugliandolo, Rosalba Siracusa, Maria Scuto, Marika Cordaro, Ramona D’Amico, Maurizio Evangelista, Angelo Peli, Alessio Filippo Peritore, Daniela Impellizzeri, Rosalia Crupi, Salvatore Cuzzocrea and Rosanna Di Paola
Biology 2020, 9(9), 238; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9090238

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500, as well as the chance to publish a paper in Biology in 2022.

On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the abovementioned exceptional papers for their contributions to Biology, and thank the award committee for voting and providing assistance for this award.
 
Biology Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Biology will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

27 pages, 3942 KiB  
Review
Overview and Update on Extracellular Vesicles: Considerations on Exosomes and Their Application in Modern Medicine
by Maria Antonietta Di Bella
Biology 2022, 11(6), 804; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11060804 - 24 May 2022
17 pages, 4091 KiB  
Article
Sexual Dimorphism in Extracellular Matrix Composition and Viscoelasticity of the Healthy and Inflamed Mouse Brain
by Clara Sophie Batzdorf, Anna Sophie Morr, Gergely Bertalan, Ingolf Sack, Rafaela Vieira Silva and Carmen Infante-Duarte
Biology 2022, 11(2), 230; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11020230 - 31 Jan 2022
19 pages, 4773 KiB  
Article
Long Noncoding RNA GAS5 Contained in Exosomes Derived from Human Adipose Stem Cells Promotes Repair and Modulates Inflammation in a Chronic Dermal Wound Healing Model
by Rekha S. Patel, Sabrina Impreso, Ashley Lui, Gitanjali Vidyarthi, Paul Albear and Niketa A. Patel
Biology 2022, 11(3), 426; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11030426 - 11 Mar 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Andrés Moya Chairman
University of València
Dr. Zdenko Rengel
The University of Western Australia
Dr. Malgorzata Kloc
Prof. Jacek Z. Kubiak
CNRS

Winner

19 pages, 4506 KiB  
Article
Phylogenomic Analyses of the Genus Pseudomonas Lead to the Rearrangement of Several Species and the Definition of New Genera
by Zaki Saati-Santamaría, Ezequiel Peral-Aranega, Encarna Velázquez, Raúl Rivas and Paula García-Fraile
Biology 2021, 10(8), 782; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080782 - 16 Aug 2021
16 pages, 1609 KiB  
Article
Oxidative Pentose Phosphate Pathway Enzyme 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase Plays a Key Role in Breast Cancer Metabolism
by Ibrahim H. Polat, Míriam Tarrado-Castellarnau, Rohit Bharat, Jordi Perarnau, Adrian Benito, Roldán Cortés, Philippe Sabatier and Marta Cascante
Biology 2021, 10(2), 85; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10020085 - 23 Jan 2021
10 pages, 1012 KiB  
Review
The Unfolded Protein Response: An Overview
by Adam Read and Martin Schröder
Biology 2021, 10(5), 384; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10050384 - 29 Apr 2021

Winner

Gail D. Schwieterman
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point, VA 23062, USA
Michael H. Hastings
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Division of Neurobiology, CB2 0QH Cambridge, UK

Award Committee

Prof. Andrés Moya Chairman
University of València
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