Biology

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

edited by

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 398 | 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 314 | Submission Open

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

Advancing Crop Nutritional Quality Through Genomic Approaches

edited by Gen Xu

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 294 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes

edited by Anil Kumar Panigrahi

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 277 | 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 241 | 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 123 | 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 111 | 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 101 | 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 172 | 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 15955 | 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 79 | 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)

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 2509 | 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)

Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Kidney

edited by Gang Liu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2472 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

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 1352 | 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)

Regulatory Mechanisms of Plant Stress Response

edited by

Yuxuan Hou

and Li Ren

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1216 | 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)

Diet and Environmental Stress Impacts on Farm Animal Production

edited by

Thobela Nkukwana

and Michael Chimonyo

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 640 | 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)

Managing Hybridizing Populations: Threats or Opportunities for Conservation?

edited by

Ettore Randi

and Marco Musiani

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 574 | Submission Open

Keywords: natural hybridization; anthropogenic hybridization; adaptive introgression; hybrid fitness; coexistence of wildlife and free-ranging domestic animals; management of hybridizing populations

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

Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Aging

edited by Huiliang Zhang

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 479 | 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)

Unraveling the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment Using Transcriptomics

edited by

Leonardo Oliveira Reis

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 420 | 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)

Current Research in the Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution of Chondrichthyan Fishes (Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras)

edited by

Simon Weigmann

,

Diego F.B. Vaz

and João Paulo Capretz Batista da Silva

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 257 | Submission Open

Keywords: Chondrichthyes; Elasmobranchii; Holocephali; sharks; skates; rays; chimaeras; chimaeras; biodiversity; taxonomy; systematics; ecology; evolution

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Heavy Metal Pollution and Bioremediation: Application and Mechanism

edited by

Guangxu Zhu

, Ruiyu Lin and Rongfei Wei

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 212 | Submission Open

Keywords: heavy metal pollutants; microbial remediation; phytoremediation; animal remediation; plant– soil– microbe interactions; enhanced remediation; combined remediation; hyperaccumulator plants; microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicology)

Breast Cancer: Molecular and Cellular Mechanism and Biomarkers

edited by

Anna Makuch-Kocka

and

Przemysław Kołodziej

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

Keywords: breast cancer; biomarkers; molecular mechanisms; multidrug resistance; personalized medicine; molecular targeted therapy; gene expression

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

Exploring the Molecular Basis of Cancer: Perspectives from Genetics and Epigenetics

edited by

Shilpa Dhar

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 200 | Submission Open

Keywords: cancer genetics; epigenetics; tumor heterogeneity; histone modification; next-generation sequencing (NGS); cancer transcriptomics; gene regulation; mouse model; chromatin remodeling; CHIP-Seq; ATAC-seq; mutation; amplification

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

Biological Foundations of Psychiatric Disorders

edited by Rammohan Shukla

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 161 | Submission Open

Keywords: psychiatric disorders; molecular mechanisms; animal models; therapeutic discovery; genetic associations; sex differences; protocols; methods; behavioral studies; stress-related phenotypes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Advances in Redox Metabolism and Cellular Homeostasis

edited by

Alexios Vlamis-Gardikas

and

Jianqiang Xu

submission deadline 30 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 134 | 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)

Pathophysiology of Chronic Inflammatory Diseases

edited by Vincent Yuan

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 1111 | Submission Open

Keywords: chronic inflammation; autoimmune diseases; cytokines; inflammasome; metabolic dysfunction; oxidative stress; biomarkers; epigenetics; personalized medicine; therapeutic targets

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Plant Epigenetics: Advancing Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change

edited by Qingzhu Zhang,

Shahid Ali

and Bowei Chen

submission deadline 1 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 220 | Submission Open

Keywords: mechanistic insights into epigenetic regulation; epigenetic memory and transgenerational inheritance; advances in epigenetic tools and techniques; epigenomics and phenotypic plasticity; implications for agriculture and conservation; tree epigenetic responses to climate change

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Biogeochemical Element Cycling in Plant–Soil Systems: Implications for Ecosystem Dynamics and Services

edited by

Daniel Puppe

and Wajid Zaman

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 5 articles | Viewed by 6678 | Submission Open

Keywords: autotrophs; biomass production; climate stabilization; ecosystem functions; ecosystem management; ecosystem policy; global change; heterotrophs; pollination; soil fertility; soil macro-organisms; soil micro-organisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)

Global Fisheries Resources, Fisheries, and Carbon-Sink Fisheries

edited by

Teruhisa Komatsu

,

Min Xu

and

Zengqiang Yin

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 10 articles | Viewed by 6125 | Submission Open

Keywords: fisheries; habitats; overfishing; fishery resource biology; economic aquatic animal behavior; stock enhancement by releasing; environmental DNA; fisheries management; climate change; ecosystems; ecological models; carbon-sink; aquatic ecological ranches; fisheries products

Environmental DNA (eDNA) for Assessment of Coastal Marine Biodiversity

edited by

Maurizio Pinna

and

Valeria Specchia

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 646 | Submission Open

Keywords: eDNA metabarcoding; coastal marine ecosystems; biodiversity; genetic distances; ecological indicators

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)

Recent Advances in Understanding Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Pathogenesis

edited by Rohit Upadhyay

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 76 | Submission Open

Keywords: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); autoimmunity; immune dysregulation; B and T cell biology; interferon signaling; autoantibodies; epigenetics; biomarkers; therapeutic targets; systems immunology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Biology of Liver Diseases

edited by

Tadashi Namisaki

and

Hiroaki Takaya

submission deadline 20 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 8476 | Submission Open

Keywords: viral hepatitis; alcoholic hepatitis; non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; autoimmune hepatitis; primary biliary cholangitis; liver cirrhosis; liver cancer; portal hypertension

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Impacts of Climate Change on Terrestrial Carbon Cycling and Biodiversity Across Spatial and Temporal Scales

edited by

Nophea Sasaki

and

Takuji W. Tsusaka

submission deadline 21 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 339 | Submission Open

Keywords: climate change; terrestrial carbon cycling; biodiversity; spatial and temporal scales; ecosystem resilience; UN CBD; UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration; responsible business; nature-based solutions; sustainable development

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

Computational Modeling of Drug Delivery

edited by

Dingding Han

and Arezoo M. Ardekani

submission deadline 25 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 536 | Submission Open

Keywords: computational modeling; drug delivery; computational fluid dynamics; biofluids; quantitative biotransport; mathematical models; artificial intelligence

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biophysics)

Experimental Biology 100 Years After the Foundation of the Italian Society: A Celebratory Special Issue

edited by

Francesco Cappello

and

Maria Grazia Palmerini

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 12 articles | Viewed by 24632 | Submission Open

Keywords: anatomy; histology; embryology; physiology; biochemistry; cell biology; genetics; pharmacology; anthropology; cancerology; pathology; microbiology; advanced microscopy and imaging; aging; aquatic environments; artificial intelligence applied to biomedicine; biodiversity and modeling; biology of reproduction and infertility; biomedical and pharmaceutical biotechnology; cellular stress; environment and health; micro- and nanovesicles in biomedicine; neuroscience; nutrition and food supplements; plant biology; precision medicine; regenerative medicine; structural biology; urban biodiversity and climate change

Physiology and Pathophysiology of Obesity

edited by Yifei Kang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 21074 | Submission Open

Keywords: dietary intervention; alternative food; food supplementation; weight loss; weight management; obesity comorbidities; obesity pathophysiology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Adaptation of Living Species to Environmental Stress

edited by

Mario Pagano

and Sonia Del Prete

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 16919 | Submission Open

Keywords: adaptation; environmental stress; evolutionary response; physiological adaptation; behavioral adaptation; morphological adaptation; climate change; conservation biology; biodiversity; ecological resilience; sound waves

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)

Innovative Biotechnologies for Advancing Protein Function Investigation

edited by Yongjuan Zhao, Wanhua Li and Qiwen Deng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 15406 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein imaging and visualization; high-throughput screening; computational methodologies; protein engineering; protein– protein interactions; protein– ligand interactions; biological mechanisms

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotechnology)

Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Response in Plants under Light-Emitting Diode (LED) Treatment (Volume II)

edited by

Costantino Paciolla

,

Alessandra Villani

and

Martina Loi

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 6 articles | Viewed by 11993 | Submission Open

Keywords: antioxidants; bioactive compounds; biotic and abiotic stress; food quality; LED; nutrients; plant defense; plant response; productivity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Animal Models in Toxicology

edited by

Rob U. Onyenwoke

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 11355 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal model; biomarker of harm; pharmacokinetics; route of exposure; toxicology; toxin

(This special issue belongs to the Section Toxicology)

Nutrition, Environment, and Fish Physiology

edited by

Quanquan Cao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 9493 | Submission Open

Keywords: fish; physiology; nutrition; environment; effects 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 Marine Biology)

Animal Models of Pancreatic Diseases

edited by Preeti Chhabra and Kenneth Brayman

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 8751 | Submission Open

Keywords: animal models; pancreatic diseases; pancreatitis; pancreatic cancer; diabetes; pathogenesis; therapeutic targets; preclinical testing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Differential Gene Expression and Coexpression (2nd Edition)

edited by

Ioannis Michalopoulos

and

Apostolos Malatras

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 7888 | Submission Open

Keywords: inflammation; cyclooxygenase 2; microsomal prostaglandin E synthase 1; cancer; epithelial mesenchymal transition; biomarkers; immunotherapy; metabolism; myeloid and lymphoid cells

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)

Immune Microenvironment and Molecular Mechanism of Glioma

edited by Carolina Cristina Jancic

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 7286 | Submission Open

Keywords: gliomas; tumor microenvironment; immune response; tumor evasion; tumor resistance; immunotherapy 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 Latin 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 Latin to Simplified ChinesePRO Never translate Latin Never translate admin.mdpi.com

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

Recent Advances in Tumor Microenvironment Biology

edited by Hongbin Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 4150 | Submission Open

Keywords: tumor microenvironment; immune cells’ stromal cells; extracellular matrix; angiogenesis; metabolic reprogramming; tumor-associated macrophages; tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes; cytokine signaling; therapeutic targeting strategies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

Epibiosis in Aquatic Environments

edited by

Marco Albano

and

Claudio D’Iglio

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2753 | Submission Open

Keywords: conservation; biodiversity; animals; aquatic environments; marine biology; marine zoology; marine ecology; radiation biology; interspecific interactions; evolution

Stem Cells in Neurological Disorders: Challenges and Opportunities

edited by Ying Liu and Qi Lin Cao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2626 | Submission Open

Keywords: stem cell research; neurological disorders; induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs); cell replacement therapy; gene editing in neurology; stem cell-derived exosomes; neuroregeneration; disease modeling; neuroprotective strategies; regenerative medicine

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Young Investigators in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

edited by

Wuqiang Zhu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1755 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein structure and function; DNA Methylation; apoptosis; computational biology; molecular development biology; molecular enzymology; molecular evolution; molecular immunology; molecular virology; systems biology; proteins and nucleic acids; protein trafficking; proteomics; structural and functional genomics; transcriptomics; signaling

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

Feeding Biology and Nutrition in Insects

edited by

Carlos A. Pascacio Villafán

and Christopher W. Weldon

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1338 | Submission Open

Keywords: diet; digestion; ecology; evolution; feeding; insects; mass-rearing; microbiome; nutrients; taste

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)

The Potential of Genetics and Plant Breeding in Crop Improvement

edited by Jianyan Zeng,

Yuanzhong Jiang

and

Chengjian Xie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1054 | Submission Open

Keywords: plants; plant signaling pathways; growth and development; genomics; transcriptomics; proteomics; metabolomics; gene transformation; molecular biology; biochemistry; molecular breeding; genome editing; CRISPR/Cas9; marker-assisted selection; genome-wide selection; crop improvement; genetic diversity; quality traits; yield; disease resistance; environmental stress; plant-microbe interactions; drought tolerance; salinity resistance; oxidative stress; phytohormone

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

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