Submit to Biology Review for Biology Propose a Special Issue

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Biology publishes Special Issues to create collections of papers on specific topics, with the aim of building a community of authors and readers to discuss the latest research and develop new ideas and research directions. Special Issues are led by Guest Editors, who are experts on the topic and all Special Issue submissions follow MDPI's standard editorial process. The journal’s Editor-in-Chief and/or designated Editorial Board Member will oversee Guest Editor appointments and Special Issue proposals, checking their content for relevance and ensuring the suitability of the material for the journal. The papers published in a Special Issue will be collected and displayed on a dedicated page of the journal’s website. Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies and Guest Editor responsibilities can be found here. For any inquiries related to a Special Issue, please contact the Editorial Office.

Section

Search by Title/Keyword

Order results

Display

Results per page

Regenerative Biology: Regeneration After Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Injury

edited by

Alexandre Leite Rodrigues de Oliveira

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 779 | Submission Open

Keywords: neuronal regeneration; peripheral nerve repair; spinal cord injury; axonal growth; neuroplasticity; glial cells; molecular signaling pathways; stem cells in nerve regeneration; neuroinflammation; animal models of nerve injury

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Molecular and Neurological Aspects of Sensory Processing Disorders

edited by

Laura Clara Grandi

Daniele Corbo

and

Stefania Bruni

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 401 | Submission Open

Keywords: sensory processing; sensory processing disorders; SPDs; sensory stimuli; brain activity; genetic; functional neuroimaging studies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

The Role of Lipids in Cardiovascular and Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by

Yuanyuan Ji

Ronghui Gu

and Yaxin Li

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 327 | Submission Open

Keywords: lipid biology; lipid peroxidation; lipidomics; lipid foods or nutrients; cardiovascular disease; neurodegenerative diseases

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

Cellular and Molecular Biology of Liver Diseases

edited by Matthew McMillin

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 321 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug-induced liver injury; cholestasis; hepatitis; metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease; alcohol-associated liver disease

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

Biomarkers for Cancer Immunity

edited by Xuyao Zhang

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 253 | Submission Open

Keywords: tumor microenvironment; tumor immunity; systems immunology; resistance mechanism; biomarkers

The Maternal Microbiome and Metabolome: Recent Advances

edited by

Giuseppina Campisciano

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 252 | Submission Open

Keywords: maternal microbiome; metabolome; pregnancy outcomes; fetal development; biomarkers; immune function; metabolic health; disease prediction; therapeutic interventions; maternal and child health

(This special issue belongs to the Section Developmental and Reproductive Biology)

Intermolecular Interactions in Cytochrome P450 Systems

edited by

Dmitri Davydov

and John Hackett

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: cytochrome P450; NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase; cytochrome b5; adrenodoxin; microsomes; protein– protein interactions; protein-lipid interactions; systems biochemistry of drug metabolism; cytochrome P450-dependent signaling

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

The Regulation of Glucose Homeostasis

edited by Aaron Aykut Uner

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 193 | Submission Open

Keywords: glucose homeostasis; brain; type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes; insulin sensitivity; beta-cell regeneration

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Biological Advances in Pluripotent Stem Cells

edited by

Thomas Hollemann

and Matthias Jung

submission deadline 31 Aug 2025 | Viewed by 172 | Submission Open

Keywords: induced pluripotent stem cell; embryonic stem cell; regenerative medicine; drug research; organoid; translational biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

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

edited by

Fengli Zhang

Zhiqiang Liu

and

Michel Denis

submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 12403 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)

Viral Infections in Animals: Pathogenesis and Immunity

edited by

Yang Li

submission deadline 1 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 104 | Submission Open

Keywords: virus– host interactions; antiviral immunity; mechanisms of viral pathogenesis

(This special issue belongs to the Section Immunology)

Feature Review Papers on Developmental Biology

edited by

Jacek Z. Kubiak

submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 12193 | 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 and Reproductive Biology)

Biological Rhythms and Molecular Clockworks in Physiology and Pathology

edited by

Gianluigi Ubaldo Mazzoccoli

and

Marina Maria Bellet

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 28315 | Submission Open

Keywords: biological rhythms; molecular clockworks; circadian timing system; circadian desynchrony; circadian disruption; chronopathology; chronopharmacology and chronotherapeutics; chronomedicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Artificial Intelligence Research for Complex Biological Systems

edited by

Yong Chen

and

Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 5187 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep learning; generative artificial intelligence; bioinformatics; complex biological systems; cancer; neuroscience; next-generation sequencing; single-cell and bulk omics; genomics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)

Plant Breeding: From Biology to Biotechnology

edited by Juwu Gong

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 5141 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant breeding; biotechnology; molecular marker-assisted selection; genetic engineering; genome editing; tissue culture; phenotype; genetics; omics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotechnology)

Molecular Basis of Bone Homeostasis and Skeletal Diseases

edited by

Weirong Xing

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4267 | Submission Open

Keywords: osteoclast; osteoblast; bone; skeletal disease; bone formation; bone resorption; osteoporosis; osteopetrosis; human genetics; mouse genetics

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

Research Advancements in Oral Biology

edited by

Jelena R. Roganović

and Nina Petrović

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1516 | Submission Open

Keywords: oral biology; oral tissue regeneration; artificial intelligence (AI) in dentistry; genomics and proteomics in dentistry; dental research; salivary diagnostics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Research Progress on Melanocytes and Melanin

edited by Zeina Tannous

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 347 | Submission Open

Keywords: melanin; melanocytes; melanocyte stem cell; pigmentation; melanoma; dysplastic nevi; vitiligo; melasma

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Signal Transduction

edited by Wenjing Zhang

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 226 | Submission Open

Keywords: molecular interactions in signaling; phosphorylation and signal propagation; post-translational modifications; cross-talk between signaling pathways; cellular response to extracellular stimuli; metabolic regulation and signaling; signaling in cancer progression; inflammatory signaling pathways; role of signaling in stem cell differentiation; innovative imaging techniques for signaling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

The Role of Innate Immunity in Organ Transplantation

edited by Todd V. Brennan

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 217 | Submission Open

Keywords: innate immunity; allograft rejection; transplantation; immune tolerance

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Island Ecology and Biodiversity: Managing the Effects of Climate and Land-Use Change

edited by Kealohanuiopuna Mark Kinney and Susan Cordell

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: island biogeography; biodiversity conservation; invasive species management; biocultural approaches; ecosystem resilience; landscape ecology; environmental sustainability; climate adaptation; social– ecological systems; restoration ecology 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 Chinese Never translate English Never translate admin.mdpi.com

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)

Physiology and Ecology of Animal Parasites and Related Diseases

edited by Marcela K. Castelo

submission deadline 30 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: parasites; parasitoids; physiology; ecology; ecophysiology; diseases; global change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)

Metabolic Interactions between the Gut Microbiome and Host

edited by

Weiwei Wang

and

Yun Ji

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 9068 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiome; host; metabolome; microbial heterogeneity; biomolecules

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)

Multi-omics Approaches in Agricultural Crops to Unravel Responses to Environmental Stresses and Advance Sustainable Agriculture

edited by

Vito Butardo

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2095 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant functional genomics; environmental stress; climate change; crop yield; crop quality; nutritional properties; omics approaches; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; epigenomics; phenomics; stress-tolerant crops; breeding strategies; data integration; systems biology; sustainable agriculture; underutilized crops; orphan crops; beneficial microorganisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Pathophysiology of Hearing Loss

edited by Charles E. Bishop

submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 199 | Submission Open

Keywords: hearing loss; cochlea; noise; deafness genes; cell death; hair cells; inner ear; biotoxicity; metabolic risk; gene mutation; physiology and pathophysiology; animal models; biomarkers and molecular mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Advances in the Fields of Neurotrauma and Neuroregeneration

edited by

Alexander Younsi

Guoli Zheng

and

Xing Cheng

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 39055 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurotrauma; spinal cord injury; traumatic brain injury; neuropathic pain; neuroinflammation; axonal regeneration; postinjury plasticity; neurorehabilitation; cell transplantation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Young Researchers in Neuroscience

edited by Yansheng Du

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 12880 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurobiology; cell biology; molecular mechanisms; neural development; synaptic function; ion channels; neurotransmitter systems; gene expression; neuronal signaling; cellular physiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Immunosenescence and Its Modification by Interventions

edited by

Andreas Meryk

and Luca Pangrazzi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 3703 | Submission Open

Keywords: immunosenescence; aging immune system; inflammaging; vaccine efficacy in elderly; nutritional immunomodulation; exercise and immunity; senolytic therapies; T-cell exhaustion; thymic rejuvenation; age-related diseases

(This special issue belongs to the Section Immunology)

Pathogen-Host Interaction and Vaccine/Drug Design

edited by Iga Kucharska

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2246 | Submission Open

Keywords: infectious diseases; host– pathogen interactions; vaccine; drug design; immune evasion; immunogen

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Progress in Wildlife Conservation, Management and Biological Research

edited by Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1956 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptive capacity; climate change; conservation opportunities; species vulnerability; threatened species; wildlife conservation; wildlife management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Conservation Biology and Biodiversity)

Advances in Omics Approaches for Understanding Metabolic Disorders: Environmental and Nutritional Perspectives

edited by Yue Ge

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 920 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolic disorders; environmental exposures; nutritional factors; omics technologies; co-exposures; cumulative toxicity; metabolic pathways; human health risk assessment; advanced in vitro models; systems toxicology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Advancing Crop Nutritional Quality Through Genomic Approaches

edited by Gen Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 445 | Submission Open

Keywords: crop improvement; genomics; multi-omics; genetic loci; breeding

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Extracellular Vesicles: Biogenesis and Functions in the Complex Landscape of Differentiation and Disease

edited by

Sorina Dinescu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 427 | Submission Open

Keywords: stem cell biology; stem cell differentiation; adipogenesis; neurogenesis; extracellular vesicles in stem cell differentiation; ncRNAs; tumor microenvironment; intercellular communication

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

Plant-Microbe Interaction: The Cellular Mechanism Influence Plant Health

edited by

Wei Zhang

and Gongjun Shi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 330 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant-microbe interaction; plant health; plant immunity; gene-for-gene model; resistosomes; metabolic crosstalk; climate change

Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes

edited by Anil Kumar Panigrahi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 313 | Submission Open

Keywords: transcription factors (TFs); transcriptional coregulators; RNA polymerase II; chromatin modifications and remodeling; enhancers; silencers; non-coding RNAs; 3D chromatin architecture; multi-omics integration; single-cell technologies

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

Mechanisms of Drug Resistance in Cancer Cells

edited by

Xin Chen

Tuoen Liu

and

Wei Lei

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 266 | Submission Open

Keywords: drug resistance; mechanisms; cell growth; cell proliferation; efficacy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Advancing Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Innovations in Neurodegenerative Diseases

edited by Tao Yang

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 148 | Submission Open

Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases; Alzheimer's disease; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Parkinson's disease; Huntington's disease; frontotemporal dementia; small molecules; synaptic dysfunction; neuroinflammation; biomarkers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

DNA Repair and DNA Damage Response (DDR) in Oncology

edited by

Jia Li

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 130 | Submission Open

Keywords: DNA repair and DNA damage response pathways; cancer target therapy; DNA replication stress response in genome stability; oxidative stress response and redox regulation; DNA single-strand break repair and signaling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

Mitochondria and Cardiovascular Diseases

edited by Qingxun Hu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 113 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiovascular diseases; mitochondria; pathophysiology; cardiology; cell metabolism; animal models; epigenetics; redox biology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

2nd Edition: Conservation and Evolution of Wildlife in the Context of Climate Change and Human Population Growth

edited by

Wen Bo Liao

submission deadline 1 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 655 | Submission Open

Keywords: changes; local temperature; adaptation; evolution; animals; plants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Behavioural Biology)

Lysosomes and Diseases Associated with Its Dysfunction

edited by

Sokhna M.S. Yakhine-Diop

submission deadline 15 Nov 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 17085 | Submission Open

Keywords: activities; mutations; endocytosis; autophagy; metabolism; proteins

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

Biological Nitrogen Removal in the Multi-Omics Era: Coupling Anammox with Microbial-Mineral Synergy

edited by Zhaoming Zheng,

Xiaoxia Wang

and

Yuanyuan Miao

submission deadline 25 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 101 | Submission Open

Keywords: sustainable nitrogen removal processes; anaerobic ammonium oxidation; aerobic granular sludge; microbial– mineral interactions; multi-omics microbial analysis; bioengineering in wastewater treatment; nitrogen biogeo-chemical cycle; detection and removal of emerging pollutants; water quality assurance technologies; resource re-covery from wastewater

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)

Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Kidney

edited by Gang Liu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2924 | Submission Open

Keywords: renal physiology; renal hemodynamics; kidney injury; regenerative therapies; urology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Germ, Sertoli and Leydig Cells in the Testis

edited by

Rodolfo Rey

and María Fernanda Riera

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2657 | Submission Open

Keywords: Sertoli cells; Leydig cells; spermatogonia; spermatocytes; spermatozoa; stem cell niche; testis; omics analysis; environmental toxicants; non-coding RNAs

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

Regulatory Mechanisms of Plant Stress Response

edited by

Yuxuan Hou

and Li Ren

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1970 | Submission Open

Keywords: gene; gene expression; gene function; molecular regulation; genetic resource; phenotype; stress response

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

Genetics and Cell Biology in Crop Improvement

edited by

Zhiyong Li

Jian Zhang

, Jie Huang and Xixi Liu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1553 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant genomics and genetics; gene cloning and function; crop molecular breeding; germplasm enhancement; genetic engineering; plant cell biology; crop adaptability

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Unraveling the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment Using Transcriptomics

edited by

Leonardo Oliveira Reis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1330 | Submission Open

Keywords: tumor-immune microenvironment; immune cells; tumor cells; stromal cells; signaling molecules; extracellular matrix (ECM); vascular network

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Aging

edited by Huiliang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1290 | Submission Open

Keywords: mitochondrial dysfunction; aging; cardiovascular diseases; Alzheimer’ s disease and related dementia; stem cell; skeletal muscle; kidney

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Advances in Redox Metabolism and Cellular Homeostasis

edited by

Alexios Vlamis-Gardikas

and

Jianqiang Xu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1014 | Submission Open

Keywords: oxidative stress; peroxiredoxins; hydrogen peroxide; redox regulation; thiol modification; reactive oxygen species; iron sulfur clusters; redox signaling

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

Diet and Environmental Stress Impacts on Farm Animal Production

edited by

Thobela Nkukwana

and Michael Chimonyo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 726 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal production; feed types; feed preparation; feed additives; diet quality and palatability; climate variability; housing environment

(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)

Displaying special issue 51-100 on page 2 of 7.

Go to page 1 2 3 4 5

Journal Menu

Journal Browser

Special Issues

Further Information

Guidelines

MDPI Initiatives

Follow MDPI