Methods in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2026 | Viewed by 97
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Interests: sustainable modeling; deep learning; modelling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent breakthroughs in high-throughput sequencing, multi-omics technologies, and imaging have produced increasingly large and complex biological datasets. These developments have elevated the role of bioinformatics and computational biology in advancing life sciences research. From uncovering molecular mechanisms to enabling precision medicine, computational methods are now indispensable tools for interpreting biological complexity.
This Special Issue aims to highlight innovative computational approaches, analytical techniques, and modelling frameworks that address current challenges in biology and biomedicine. We particularly welcome interdisciplinary studies that integrate bioinformatics with experimental validation, as well as those that contribute to sustainable and reproducible research practices.
By bringing together contributions from computer science, mathematics, biology, and medicine, this Special Issue will serve as a platform to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and methodological innovation in the field.
Suggested themes. We invite submissions related to, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Computational modelling and simulation in biological systems.
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence for omics data.
- Big data analytics for sustainable development in life sciences.
- Multi-modal and integrative analysis of heterogeneous biological datasets.
- Bioinformatics tools and pipelines for high-throughput data.
- Spatial transcriptomics and single-cell data interpretation.
- Evaluation and benchmarking of computational models.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcomed.
Dr. Xingjian Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioinformatics
- computational biology
- machine learning in biomedicine
- artificial intelligence
- single-cell and spatial transcriptomics analysis
- biological network analysis
- high-throughput data analysis
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