Biology

Young Investigators in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

edited by

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1651 | 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 1275 | Submission Open

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

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)

Young Researchers in Plant Sciences

edited by

Luigi De Bellis

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1010 | Submission Open

Keywords: biodiversity; biogeography; biotic and abiotic stress responses; carbon sequestration; ecosystem functions; gene– function relationships; photosynthesis; phytohormones; phytoremediation; plant interactions with viruses; bacteria; fungi; plants; and animals; primary and secondary metabolism; seed development; signalling pathways; structure– function simulation modelling

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

RNA Biology and mRNA in Diseases

edited by

Yongye Huang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 896 | Submission Open

Keywords: stress granule; cRISPR/Cas13; vaccine; mRNA drug; antisense oligonucleotides; RNA methylation; microRNA; long non-coding RNA; RNA binding; RNA activation; circular RNA; fluorescent RNA; cell surface RNA; cancer; neurodegenerative disease

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

Responses and Resistance Mechanisms of Plants Under Environmental Stress

edited by

Aoxue Wang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 825 | Submission Open

Keywords: disease resistance; cold tolerance; defense priming; pathogen perception

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Sustainable Management of Aquatic Animal Health: Advances in Immunology, Pathogenesis, and Innovative Disease Control Strategies

edited by

Baofeng Su

and

Dongdong Zhang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 802 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic animal health; immunology; pathogenesis; CRISPR-based innovations; sustainable aquaculture

(This special issue belongs to the Section Immunology)

Large Animal Experimental and Epidemiological Models for Diseases

edited by

Witaya Suriyasathaporn

and

Sho Nakamura

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 741 | Submission Open

Keywords: large animal model; dog; pig; ruminants; experimental study; epidemiological study; infectious diseases; non-infectious diseases; treatment; disease control; disease prediction

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

The Potential of Genetics and Plant Breeding in Crop Improvement

edited by Jianyan Zeng,

Yuanzhong Jiang

and

Chengjian Xie

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 651 | 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)

Unveiling Novel Gene Functions: Mechanisms, Evolution and Applications

edited by

Paola Bellosta

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 640 | Submission Open

Keywords: Novel Gene Mechanisms; Molecular Pathways; Systems Biology; Moonlighting Genes; Adaptive Evolution; Synthetic Biology Applications

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

Advances in Aquatic Ecological Disasters and Toxicology

edited by

Jinlin Liu

and

Xiangsheng Hong

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 579 | Submission Open

Keywords: aquatic ecological disasters; aquatic toxicology; aquatic ecosystem; algal blooms; pollutants

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)

The Application of Microorganisms and Plants in Soil Improvement

edited by

Zedong Teng

and

Xiaoliang Jiang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 424 | Submission Open

Keywords: environmental microbiology; microbial diversity; microbial metabolism; nutrient transformation; plant growth promotion; rhizosphere effect; soil improvement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)

Radiation and Biology: Investigating Cellular, Organismal, and Environmental Responses

edited by

Narongchai Autsavapromporn

,

Bing Wang

,

Takanori Katsube

and

Jiraporn Kantapan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 422 | Submission Open

Keywords: radiation-induced DNA damage and repair pathways; oxidative stress and redox signaling in radiation response; radiation-induced epigenetic modifications; radiation-induced immunomodulation and inflammation; radiation-induced carcinogenesis and disease susceptibility; ecological consequences of ionizing radiation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Young Researchers in Immunology

edited by

Natalia Osna

and Moses New-Aaron

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 420 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Immunology)

Adaptation and Protection Mechanisms in Marine Ecosystem Under Climate Change

edited by

Chih-Ching Chung

and Ya-Fan Chan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 284 | Submission Open

Keywords: global climate change; seawater acidification; marine ecosystem; marine biology; marine biogeochemistry 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 Zulu 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 Zulu to Simplified Chinese Never translate Zulu Never translate admin.mdpi.com

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)

State of the Art in Fish Nutrition: Antimicrobials, Immunostimulants, Synbiotics and Alternative Protein Sources

edited by Jiun-Yan Loh

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 225 | Submission Open

Keywords: probiotics; prebiotics; synbiotics; immunostimulants; antimicrobial peptides; alternative protein/single-cell protein sources; insect meals; aquatic species; metabolisms; disease resistances

(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Carcinogenesis: Recent Advances

edited by

Giorgio Mangino

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 215 | Submission Open

Keywords: mucosal and cutaneous HPVs; squamous cell carcinoma; tumorigenesis; therapy; prognostic and diagnostic markers

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Experimental Biology, Life Science and One Health: From Basic to Translational Research

edited by

Francesco Cappello

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 207 | Submission Open

Keywords: anatomy; histology; embryology; aquatic environment and ecosystem; biotechnology and bioengineering; cell stress; environment and health; extracellular vesicles; fight against cancer; movement and nutrition science; neuroscience; plant ecology and ecosystem; regenerative biomedicine

Protein Kinases: Key Players in Carcinogenesis

edited by Yingyu Cui

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: protein kinases; carcinogenesis; molecular mechanisms; kinase inhibitors; cancer stem cells

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

Organ-on-a-Chip: Biology Meets Technology

edited by Julia Mantaj

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 143 | Submission Open

Keywords: human biology; disease modelling; drug development; novel therapies; personalized medicine; organ-on-a-chip technology; novel technology

(This special issue belongs to the Section Biotechnology)

Improving Knowledge of Pharmacotoxicology and Biomedical Analysis of Drugs of Abuse and New Psychoactive Substances

edited by Nunzia La Maida and

Annagiulia Di Trana

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 136 | Submission Open

Keywords: new psychoactive substances (NPSs); drug toxicity; LC-HRMS/MS; GC-MS/MS; bioassay

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

Mode of Action of Allelopathic Compounds

edited by

Agnieszka Gniazdowska

and Paweł Staszek

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 120 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolomics; phytotoxic potential; mode of action; sustainable bioherbicides; root exudates; plant– plant interaction; plant– microbe interaction; metabolic malformations; biosynthesis of allelochemicals

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Mechanisms of Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation Underlying Plant Resistance to Biotic Stresses

edited by Feng Zhang,

Yue Ma

and

Mengyuan Yan

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 108 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant biotic stresses; multi-omics; genetic engineering; genome editing; epigenetic regulation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Plant Developmental Transition Under Changing Climate

edited by Zeeshan Nasim

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 97 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant development; reproductive transition; flowering; climate change; global warming 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)

Pathobiology of Cardiac Arrhythmias and Heart Failure Issues

edited by Mohit Hulsurkar

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 93 | Submission Open

Keywords: cardiac arrhythmias; atrial fibrillation; heart failure; ion channelopathy; cardiac fibrosis; cardiomyopathy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Research on Morphology and Sensorimotor Systems of Insect Antennae

edited by Lifeng Meng

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 83 | Submission Open

Keywords: antennae structure; sensilla; olfaction; olfactory receptors; sensory integration; antenna lobe; pheromones; predator avoidance; foraging behavior

(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)

Insecticide Resistance: Molecular Mechanisms and Ecological Implications

edited by Kaikai Mao

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 77 | Submission Open

Keywords: insecticide resistance; molecular mechanism; regulatory network; ecological impact; non-target impact; resistance genes; pest resistance management

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)

Mammalian Oocyte Biology

edited by Jingcai Liu

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 74 | Submission Open

Keywords: oocyte; oogenesis; meiosis; oocyte maturation; oocyte quality; activation; oocyte metabolism; aneuploidy

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

Sickle Cell Disease: Molecular Mechanisms, Pathogenesis and Therapies

edited by Chithra Palani

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 51 | Submission Open

Keywords: SCD; anemia; erythrocyte development; erythroid progenitors; CD34 cells; vaso-occlusion; pain crisis; hemolysis; oxidative stress; sickling; inflammation; ER stress; fetal hemoglobin; hematopoiesis; ischemia and tissue damage; organ damage; drug development; SCD diagnosis; gene therapy; cell therapy

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Living Resources of the Deep Sea: Biological Profiles and Environmental Linkages

edited by

Zuozhi Chen

and

Longshan Lin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 39 | Submission Open

Keywords: deep-sea fisheries; spawning-ground shifts; habitat– environment coupling; rare deep-sea biodiversity; molecular adaptation; environmental DNA (eDNA); acoustic monitoring; fishery remote-sensing

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biology)

Molecular Mechanisms of Bone Metastasis in Cancer

edited by Ana Carolina Dos Santos Monteiro

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 18 | Submission Open

Keywords: bone metastasis; osteoimmunology; tumor– immunity interactions; myeloid-derived suppressor cells; RANKL/OPG signaling; TGF-β ; Wnt; immune evasion; extracellular vesicles; metastatic niche; cancer cell dormancy; preclinical models

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression

edited by

Xu Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 585 | Submission Open

Keywords: allele-specific expression; cis-regulatory elements; RNA maturation and stability; DNA methylation; histone modifications; chromatin remodeling; transcription factors; non-coding RNA; small RNA

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

Fungal Biodiversity and Ecology: Unraveling Ecological Roles, Interactions, and Environmental Adaptations

edited by Xin Qian, Junzhi Qiu and Yonglong Wang

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 89 | Submission Open

Keywords: fungal biodiversity; fungal ecology; ecosystem functioning; community assembly; fungal interactions; taxonomy and systematics; extreme environments; biogeography; fungal conservation; biotechnology applications

(This special issue belongs to the Section Ecology)

Tumor Biomechanics and Mechanobiology

edited by Xinbin Zhao

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 71 | Submission Open

Keywords: tumor migration; cancer cell invasion; cancer metastasis; biomechanics; tumor microenvironment; extracellular matrix; matrix degradation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cancer Biology)

Sexual Determination and Reproductive Regulation in Aquatic Organisms

edited by Liang Guo

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 67 | Submission Open

Keywords: sex-determining gene; sex chromosome; sex control breeding; sex-determining pathway

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

Molecular Interactions and Biological Functions of Bioactive Compounds in Food and Health

edited by

Wuyang Huang

and

Daniela D. Herrera-Balandrano

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 60 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; nutraceuticals; food function; healthy effects; antidiabetic action; anti-inflammatory properties; antioxidants

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

Advances in Animal Functional Genomics

edited by Chugang Mei

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open

Keywords: functional genomics; gene editing; phenomics; epigenetics; livestock; conservation; CRISPR; host– microbiome interactions

(This special issue belongs to the Section Zoology)

Synaptic Function and Energy Use

edited by

Gen Ohtsuki

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 694 | Submission Open

Keywords: presynapse; postsynapse; ATP; mitochondria; glia; pericyte; vasculature; fatty acids; ketone bodies; leptin; insulin; glucose; lactate

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Cell Self-Destruction (Programmed Cell Death), Immunonutrition and Metabolism (2nd Edition)

edited by

Vishwanath Venketaraman

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 662 | Submission Open

Keywords: autoimmunity; cell self-destruction; infection; inflammation; immunonutrition; lipotoxicity; metabolism; programmed cell death

(This special issue belongs to the Section Immunology)

Gut Microbiota in Aquatic Animals Nutrition, Immunity, and Host–Microbe Interactions

edited by Qunlan Zhou

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 20 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiota; aquatic animal health; host– microbe interactions; functional probiotics; immunomodulation; nutrient metabolism; multi-omics integration; microbial ecology; environmental adaptation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Microbiology)

Plant Nutrition—Molecular Biology and Genetics

edited by Guohua Mi and

Peng Wang

submission deadline 24 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 303 | Submission Open

Keywords: plant nutrition physiology; root development and regulation; plant genetics; high-efficiency crop agronomy technologies

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

Roles and Functions of Neurotrophins and Their Receptors in the Brain (2nd Edition)

edited by

Oliver Von Bohlen Und Halbach

submission deadline 24 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 68 | Submission Open

Keywords: aging; behavior; learning; memory; mental disorders; neuroanatomy; neurobiology; neuronal plasticity; neurophysiology; synaptic plasticity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Neuroscience)

Physiology and Pathophysiology of Skin

edited by Seon-Pil Jin

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 6 articles | Viewed by 10684 | Submission Open

Keywords: epidermal barrier; melanogenesis; wound healing; skin immunity; sensory perception; dermatitis; psoriasis; atopic dermatitis; autoimmune skin disorders; therapeutic approaches

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Bioavailability, Metabolism, and Health Effects of Phenolic Compounds

edited by

Davide Tagliazucchi

and Alice Cattivelli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 4669 | Submission Open

Keywords: phenolic compounds; gut microbiota; metabolism; cardiovascular diseases; cancer; anti-proliferative activity; bioavailability; bioaccessibility

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

RNA Biology and Roles in Diseases

edited by Nan Wu and

Sema Misir

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2597 | Submission Open

Keywords: RNA biology; diseases; circRNA; mRNA; non-coding RNA

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

AI Deep Learning Approach to Study Biological Questions (2nd Edition)

edited by

Chung-Der Hsiao

and

Tzong-Rong Ger

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2490 | Submission Open

Keywords: OpenCV; Mask RCNN; YOLO; U-Net; StarDist; ImageJ; MATLAB; image segmentation; image classification; locomotion trajectory analysis; volumetric prediction; plants; animals; protozoa; invertebrates; animal behavior; developmental biology; toxicology; zebrafish; medaka; daphnia

(This special issue belongs to the Section Bioinformatics)

Nutraceutical and Bioactive Compounds in Foods

edited by

Avtar Singh

and

Umesh Patil

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2157 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; functional food ingredients; nutraceuticals; antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents; metabolic regulation; biotechnology in food science; gut microbiota interactions 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 Biotechnology)

Animal Models of Autoimmune Diseases

edited by Feng Zhu and Keqiang Chen

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1704 | Submission Open

Keywords: autoimmune disease; infection; innate immunity; inflammation; cancer risk; therapeutic target; adaptive immunity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Physiology)

Advancements in Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Secretome

edited by Chiara Giannasi

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 188 | Submission Open

Keywords: mesenchymal stem cells; secretome; extracellular vesicles; conditioned medium; cell-free therapeutics; regeneration; immunomodulation; inflammation

(This special issue belongs to the Section Cell Biology)

Uncovering the Intricate Relationship Between the Human Microbiome and Chronic Diseases

edited by

Zheng Wang

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 88 | Submission Open

Keywords: gut microbiome; oral microbiome; metabolomics; proteomics; inflammation; multi-omics; diet; cardiovascular diseases; type 2 diabetes mellitus

(This special issue belongs to the Section Medical Biology)

Photomorphogenesis and Stress Response Mechanisms Involving Light in Plants

edited by Ilektra Sperdouli

submission deadline 28 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 79 | Submission Open

Keywords: light quality and quantity; photoprotection; photoinhibition; chlorophyll; photoreceptors; abiotic stress; antioxidant defense; hormonal interactions; growth responses

(This special issue belongs to the Section Plant Science)

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