Announcements

1. “Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation from a Neurological Perspective”
   by Paprocka, J.; Jezela-Stanek, A.; Tylki-Szymańska, A. and Grunewald, S.
   Brain Sci. 2021, 11(1), 88; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11010088
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/1/88
2. “Extremely Low-Frequency Magnetic Field as a Stress Factor—Really Detrimental?—Insight into Literature from the Last Decade”
   by Klimek, A. and Rogalska, J.
   Brain Sci. 2021, 11(2), 174; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11020174
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2/174
3. “Oxidative Dysregulation in Early Life Stress and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Comprehensive Review”
   by Karanikas, E.; Daskalakis, N. P. and Agorastos, A.
   Brain Sci. 2021, 11(6), 723; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11060723
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/6/723
4. “Relationship between Cognitive Functions and Sport-Specific Physical Performance in Youth Volleyball Players”
   by Trecroci, A.; Duca, M.; Cavaggioni, L.; Rossi, A.; Scurati, R.; Longo, S.; Merati, G.; Alberti, G. and Formenti, D.
   Brain Sci. 2021, 11(2), 227; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11020227
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2/227
5. “Use of Super Paramagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles as Drug Carriers in Brain and Ear: State of the Art and Challenges”
   by Guigou, C.; Lalande, A.; Millot, N.; Belharet, K. and Bozorg Grayeli, A.
   Brain Sci. 2021, 11(2), 227; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11020227
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/3/358
6. “The Effects of 10 Hz and 20 Hz tACS in Network Integration and Segregation in Chronic Stroke: A Graph Theoretical fMRI Study”
   by Chen, C.; Yuan, K.; Chu, W.C.-w. and Tong, R. K.-y.
   Brain Sci. 2021, 11(3), 377; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11030377
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/3/377
7. “Influence of Increasing Task Complexity and Use of Informational Assistance Systems on Mental Workload”
   by Bläsing, D. and Bornewasser, M.
   Brain Sci. 2021, 11(1), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11010102
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/1/102
8. “The Mammalian Locus Coeruleus Complex—Consistencies and Variances in Nuclear Organization”
   by Manger, P. R. and Eschenko, O.
   Brain Sci. 2021, 11(11), 1486; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11111486
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/11/1486
9. “Modulation of Synaptic Plasticity by Vibratory Training in Young and Old Mice”
   by Cariati, I.; Bonanni, R.; Pallone, G.; Annino, G.; Tancredi, V. and D’Arcangelo, G.
   Brain Sci. 2021, 11(1), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11010082
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/1/82
10. “Melatonin: From Neurobiology to Treatment”
    by Biggio, G.; Biggio, F.; Talani, G.; Mostallino, M. C.; Aguglia, A.; Aguglia, E. and Palagini, L.
    Brain Sci. 2021, 11(9), 1121; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091121
    Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/9/1121

1. “Long-Lasting Cognitive Abnormalities after COVID-19”
   by Ferrucci, R.; Dini, M.; Groppo, E.; Rosci, C.; Reitano, M. R.; Bai, F.; Poletti, B.; Brugnera, A.; Silani, V.; D’Arminio Monforte, A. and Priori, A.
   Brain Sci.2021, 11(2), 235; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11020235
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2/235
2. “Summary of over Fifty Years with Brain-Computer Interfaces—A Review”
   by Kawala-Sterniuk, A.; Browarska, N.; Al-Bakri, A.; Pelc, M.; Zygarlicki, J.; Sidikova, M.; Martinek, R. and Gorzelanczyk, E. J.
   Brain Sci.2021, 11(1), 43; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11010043
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/1/43
3. “Post-Acute COVID-19 Symptoms, a Potential Link with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A 6-Month Survey in a Mexican Cohort”
   by González-Hermosillo, J. A.; Martínez-López, J. P.; Carrillo-Lampón, S. A.; Ruiz-Ojeda, D.; Herrera-Ramírez, S.; Amezcua-Guerra, L. M. and Martínez-Alvarado, M. d. R.
   Brain Sci.2021, 11(6), 760; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11060760
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/6/760
4. “Systemic Inflammatory Response Index and Futile Recanalization in Patients with Ischemic Stroke Undergoing Endovascular Treatment”
   by Lattanzi, S.; Norata, D.; Divani, A. A.; Di Napoli, M.; Broggi, S.; Rocchi, C.; Ortega-Gutierrez, S.; Mansueto, G. and Silvestrini, M.
   Brain Sci.2021, 11(9), 1164; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091164
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/9/1164
5. “Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte, Platelet-to-Lymphocyte and Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Bipolar Disorder”
   by Fusar-Poli, L.; Natale, A.; Amerio, A.; Cimpoesu, P.; Grimaldi Filioli, P.; Aguglia, E.; Amore, M.; Serafini, G. and Aguglia, A.
   Brain Sci.2021, 11(1), 58; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11010058
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/1/58
6. “Comparison of Brain Activation Patterns during Olfactory Stimuli between Recovered COVID-19 Patients and Healthy Controls: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) Study”
   by Ho, R. C.; Sharma, V. K.; Tan, B. Y. Q.; Ng, A. Y. Y.; Lui, Y.-S.; Husain, S. F.; Ho, C. S.; Tran, B. X.; Pham, Q.-H.; McIntyre, R. S. and Chan, A. C. Y.
   Brain Sci.2021, 11(8), 968; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11080968
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/8/968
7. “Psychological and Emotional Effects of Digital Technology on Children in COVID-19 Pandemic”
   by Limone, P. and Toto, G. A.
   Brain Sci.2021, 11(9), 1126; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11091126
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/9/1126
8. “The Use and Impact of Cognitive Enhancers among University Students: A Systematic Review”
   by Sharif, S.; Guirguis, A.; Fergus, S. and Schifano, F.
   Brain Sci.2021, 11(3), 355; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11030355
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/3/355
9. “Long-Term Brain Disorders in Post Covid-19 Neurological Syndrome (PCNS) Patient”
   by Nuzzo, D.; Cambula, G.; Bacile, I.; Rizzo, M.; Galia, M.; Mangiapane, P.; Picone, P.; Giacomazza, D. and Scalisi, L.
   Brain Sci.2021, 11(4), 454; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11040454
   Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/4/454
10. “Fecal Transplant and Bifidobacterium Treatments Modulate Gut Clostridium Bacteria and Rescue Social Impairment and Hippocampal BDNF Expression in a Rodent Model of Autism”
    by Abuaish, S.; Al-Otaibi, N. M.; Abujamel, T. S.; Alzahrani, S. A.; Alotaibi, S. M.; AlShawakir, Y. A.; Aabed, K. and El-Ansary, A.
    Brain Sci.2021, 11(8), 1038; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11081038
    Full text available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/8/1038

Peer Review Week began 19 September 2022 under the theme of “Research Integrity: Creating and Supporting Trust in Research”. Through various blog articles, podcast, and webinar, we discussed this crucial subject throughout the week, celebrating the essential role peer review plays in maintaining research quality.

To begin, we held a Webinar on the topic. Professor Peter W. Choate and Dr. Emmanuel Obeng-Gyasi joined Dr. Ioana Craciun, one of MDPI’s scientific officers, for an in-depth discussion.

We invite you to view the event recording:

During the week, the MDPI Blog in a series articles highlighted how good Peer Review safeguards research integrity. The following topics were covered:

• Peer Review Week 2022
• Research Integrity
• What We’ve Learned About Peer Review Reports
• 4 Steps to the Perfect Peer Review Report
• How to Write the Perfect Peer Review Report: An Interview
• Inviting Great Peer Reviewers

In a new edition of Insight Faster, an MDPI podcast, we were delighted to talk to the co-chairs of the Peer Review Week committee, Jayashree Rajagopalan (Senior Manager of Global Community Engagement for CACTUS) and Danielle Padula (Head of Marketing and Community Development at Scholastica) to get their take on this year’s event and its related topics.

You can find the Podcast here.

We hope you enjoy the contents!

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Gerry Leisman has been appointed Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Educational Neuroscience” Section in Brain Sciences (ISSN: 2076-3425).

Name: Prof. Dr. Gerry Leisman
Email: g.leisman@welfare.haifa.ac.il
Affiliations: 1. Movement and Cognition Laboratory, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences Haifa University, Haifa, Israel; 2. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Institute for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University of the Medical Sciences of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9975-7331
Research keywords: developmental neuroscience; computational neuroscience; cognitive neuroscience; fetal cognition; neuroplasticity; consciousness; neuroeducation hunter

Prof. Dr. Gerry Leisman is a full professor and a research fellow at the University of Haifa in Israel and a professor of restorative neurology at the University of Medical Sciences in Havana, Cuba. He studies the relation between movement and cognition development, examining the mechanisms of self-organizing systems in the brain when applied to fetal, neonatal, infant, and childhood development of sensation/perception, memory, cognition, consciousness, death, autism, movement, and gait. He was one of the first to identify functional disconnectivities in the brain. He has been involved in the promotion of consciousness as a scientifically tractable problem since the early 1970s, and has been particularly influential in arguing that a fundamental understanding of consciousness can be approached using the modern tools of neurobiology and mechanisms of theoretical physics. Together with Dr. Paul Koch, he developed the biomedical applications of continuum theory. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK) and was elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Sciences in 1990, a Senior Member of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in 1986, and a Life Fellow of the International Association for Functional Neurology & Rehabilitation in 2010, in addition to receiving its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. He has published hundreds of papers and texts in the fields of neurosciences, developmental sciences, cognitive science, biomedical engineering, and in the systems sciences literature.

The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Gerry Leisman, who shared his vision for the journal with us, as well as his views of the research area and open access publishing:

1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take the role as its Section Editor-in-Chief?
Brain Sciences is an open access journal that has been publishing high-standard research for about ten years. It is during this period of time that the journal has obtained high visibility through it being indexed in PubMed Scopus, Web of Sciences and other databases. The review processes are swift and effective. For example, in one paper that has been through the review process, the reviewer’s critique was significantly longer than the paper itself. It is for this and other reasons that the journal’s impact factor has steadily risen. Secondly, the diversity of the journal’s coverage is extensive. This is a factor important to me in particular as it is my intention to parlay the knowledge base in cognitive neuroscience, developmental cognitive neuroscience, human factors, experimental psychology, occupational and physical therapy, systems theory, neurology, rehabilitation sciences, industrial engineering, production management and operations research as well as many other not so obvious applications and to translate that knowledge base into practical translations in the education of neurotypical, impaired, aging and elderly learners. There is a saying, “The day is short and the work much.” So, another appeal of the Brain Sciences is its rapid publication coupled with its copious review process.

2. What is your vision for the Section?
It is astounding that the central model for knowledge acquisition within the educational system is, even today, the “talking head” while the student sits. What an embarrassment, given the huge literature in the cognitive neurosciences providing us with many alternatives. For example, we know that movement influences cognition and vice versa. Strong connections exist between movement, physical education, breaks, recess, energizing activities, and improved cognition. Movement can be an efficient cognitive approach to reinforce learning, improve memory and retrieval, and enhance learner motivation and morale.

Perhaps that is the reason that we have not effected change in public policy towards school-aged children, and why people are still required to retire in their sixties when we know that movement, social engagement and cognitive stimulation will reduce health care costs significantly in both the developing and developed world, is because we are busy doing what we have always done. We do not change when the data and evidence require it. There seems to be a disconnection between the world of science and public policy in this arena.

In times of shrinking financial resources, educators, health officials, government policymakers and employers must make difficult choices. In the school system, do dance, theater, recess, and physical education belong in the curriculum? Are they frills or fundamentals? What does brain research tell us about the relationship between the body and cognitive function? If movement and learning are connected, we should expect evidence to support the idea.

I see the Section “Educational Neurosciences” growing its board for inclusion of disciplines and research that directly or even indirectly affect the individual’s capacity to learn, retain, and apply what has been learned. I plan to develop Special Issues that focus on poorly understood application areas in educational neuroscience. I also see the Section “Educational Neurosciences” becoming the go-to interdisciplinary source for burgeoning theory and applications to the classroom and out-of-the-classroom learning and instructions. I plan for the journal to become integrally involved in university program development as well as form linkages with professional organizations pushing forward with the same vision and agenda.

3. What does the future of this field of research look like?
Cognitive neuroscience has made many strides over the past eighty years and the application to classroom-based instruction offers the possibility of a fundamental sea change in how the educational product is delivered and acquired. Recent advances in cognitive neuroscience have produced fundamental changes in how we understand nervous system structure and function as applied to thinking, cognition, memory, brain organization and behavior, and much more than previously thought. We now know that simplistic left-right differences and cerebral asymmetries are less important in understanding classroom learning but more multifaceted brain network, applications to instruction and external means of altering brain chemistry and neuroplasticity to facilitate learning have led to newly developed concepts and findings that have not found their way into the classroom, in teacher training and in educational policy.

We require the advancement of innovative models to better understand activities that can importantly affect motivation, learning, and memory as well as evaluation methodologies that can observe, study and assess these functions. We are slowly realizing that there exists a significant intersection between the problems of psychological, sociological, and educational processes and those of neurobiology, biochemistry, and neurophysiology, with the possibility of reciprocal assistance. Neuroscience has influenced school-based activity in various ways. For example, it has provided us with a better understanding of the nature of dyslexia and has offered insights into how diverse variables such as attention, sleep, relationships and anxiety can affect educational outcomes. Many difficulties exist in actualizing cognitive neuroscience applied to the classroom. Principally the various disciplines have different end goals such as prescriptive vs. descriptive or fact vs. solution oriented. Additionally, the neurosciences have been measuring effects in milliseconds to minutes whereas education has been more concerned with changes measured in days, weeks, and years. What is therefore necessary is the creation of a common language integrating what we know, what we have yet to learn, and mechanisms of translation to practice in the same way that the ancient Greeks required a common language for workers from various parts of the Greek world to understand each other in order to build “The Glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome.” Plainly, we need to find a common language for education, learning, and study.

4. What do you think of the development of open access in the publishing field?
Science is paid for largely by governments and the results and applications of sciences, therefore, are owned by those who fund it – the people. Article 19 of the Declaration of human rights clearly states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” I think it is quite clear that the dissemination of information, including scientific ones, demands free access by the public and Creative Commons speaks directly to that. I see open access as a human right.

The editorial team warmly welcome Prof. Dr. Gerry Leisman in his role as Section Editor-in-Chief of the “Educational Neuroscience” Section, and we look forward to his leading Brain Sciences to achieve more milestones.

MDPI will be attending ASHG 2022, held in Los Angeles, USA, from 25 to 29 October 2022.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

• Genes;
• JPM;
• Biomedicines;
• Biomolecules;
• Cardiogenetics;
• Cancers;
• Brain Science;
• Symmetry;
• Diagnostics;
• Metabolites;
• Cells;
• Biology;
• Humans;
• DNA.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth: #1844. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please see the following link:

https://www.ashg.org/meetings/2022-annual-meeting/.

We are pleased to announce the list of the top 10 cited papers published in 2020 and 2021 in Brain Sciences (Brain Sci., ISSN: 2076-3425):

1. “Psychosocial and Behavioral Impact of COVID-19 in Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Online Parent Survey”
by Marco Colizzi, Elena Sironi, Federico Antonini, Marco Luigi Ciceri, Chiara Bovo and Leonardo Zoccante
Brain Sci. 2020, 10(6), 341; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10060341
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/6/341

2. “Epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Review of Worldwide Prevalence Estimates Since 2014”
by Flavia Chiarotti and Aldina Venerosi
Brain Sci. 2020, 10(5), 274; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10050274
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/5/274

3. “Long-Lasting Cognitive Abnormalities after COVID-19”
by Roberta Ferrucci, Michelangelo Dini, Elisabetta Groppo, Chiara Rosci, Maria Rita Reitano, Francesca Bai, Barbara Poletti, Agostino Brugnera, Vincenzo Silani, Antonella D’Arminio Monforte and Alberto Priori
Brain Sci. 2021, 11(2), 235; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11020235
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/11/2/235

4. “A Deep Siamese Convolution Neural Network for Multi-Class Classification of Alzheimer Disease”
by Atif Mehmood, Muazzam Maqsood, Muzaffar Bashir and Yang Shuyuan
Brain Sci. 2020, 10(2), 84; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10020084
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/2/84

5. “Management of Neuroinflammatory Responses to AAV-Mediated Gene Therapies for Neurodegenerative Diseases”
by Barbara A. Perez, Alison Shutterly, Ying Kai Chan, Barry J. Byrne and Manuela Corti
Brain Sci. 2020, 10(2), 119; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10020119
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/2/119

6. “The Effects of the Early Start Denver Model for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis”
by Elizabeth A. Fuller, Kelsey Oliver, Sarah F. Vejnoska and Sally J. Rogers
Brain Sci. 2020, 10(6), 368; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10060368
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/6/368

7. “Probiotics Alleviate the Progressive Deterioration of Motor Functions in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease”
by Tsung-Hsun Hsieh, Chi-Wei Kuo, Kai-Hsuan Hsieh, Meng-Jyh Shieh, Chih-Wei Peng, Yen-Chien Chen, Ying-Ling Chang, Ying-Zu Huang, Chih-Chung Chen, Pi-Kai Chang, Kai-Yun Chen and Hsin-Yung Chen
Brain Sci. 2020, 10(4), 206; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10040206
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/4/206

8. “Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio and Symptomatic Hemorrhagic Transformation in Ischemic Stroke Patients Undergoing Revascularization”
by Milena Świtońska, Natalia Piekuś-Słomka, Artur Słomka, Paweł Sokal, Ewa Żekanowska and Simona Lattanzi
Brain Sci. 2020, 10(11), 771; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10110771
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/11/771

9. “Cholesterol and Alzheimer’s Disease Risk: A Meta-Meta-Analysis”
by Olalla Sáiz-Vazquez, Alicia Puente-Martínez, Silvia Ubillos-Landa, Joaquín Pacheco-Bonrostro and Javier Santabárbara
Brain Sci. 2020, 10(6), 386; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10060386
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/6/386

10. “Do Post-Translational Modifications Influence Protein Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Systematic Review”
by Larissa-Nele Schaffert and Wayne G. Carter
Brain Sci. 2020, 10(4), 232; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci10040232
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/4/232

Further details about the top 10 cited papers can be found at the following link:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/brainsci/stats.

Brain Sciences Editorial Office

The 2021 citation metrics have been released in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR), and we’re pleased to announce the following results for MDPI journals:

For more information on Impact Factors and what it means to index academic journals, please visit our related blog posts.

* Journals given their first Impact Factor in 2022

Source: 2021 Journal Impact Factors, Journal Citation Reports ^TM (Clarivate, 2022)

The 2021 citation metrics have been officially released in Scopus!

We are pleased to announce that 182 MDPI journals are included, of which:

● 21 journals received their first CiteScore.
● 85% of journals increased their CiteScore from 2020.
● 155 journals (85%) ranked above average, in at least one category.

The following 65 MDPI journals (36%) ranked among the top 25% of journals, in at least one category:

Source: 2021 CiteScores™ (Elsevier)

In order to acknowledge our reviewers, who so generously dedicate their time to reviewing papers and demonstrate diligence, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts, MDPI journals regularly offer outstanding reviewer awards to scholars who participate in the peer-review process.

We are proud to recognize winners for the year 2021 in the “Biology & Life Sciences” category for their outstanding contributions among extensive competition by presenting them with an Outstanding Reviewer Award.

We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all the winners on their achievement.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Biology:

• Enrico Vito Perrino, CIHEAM, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Italy
• Dhirendra Kumar, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, USA
• Carlos A. Viegas, Univesity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
• Yuri Shavrukov, Flinders University, Australia
• Bipin Gaihre, Mayo Clinic, USA

Brain Sciences:

• Craig D. Workman, University of Iowa, USA
• Vivian Ciaramitaro, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
• Yang Zhang, University of Minnesota, USA

Cells:

• Bonam Srinivasa Reddy, Université de Paris, France
• Homma Takujiro, Yamagata University, Japan
• Hwang, In Koo, Seoul National University, South Korea
• Kobeissy Firas, University of Florida, USA
• Rebelo, Sandra, University of Aveiro, Portugal

Diversity:

• Günter Gollmann, University of Vienna, Austria
• Stephan Koblmüller, University of Graz, Austria
• Emiliano Mori, Istituto di Ricerca sugli Ecosistemi Terrestri, Italy

Horticulturae:

• Joshua D. Klein, Agricultural Research Organization—The Volcani Center, Israel
• Ana Cristina S Figueiredo, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Insects:

• Carmelo Peter Bonsignore, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
• Klaus H. Hoffmann, University of Bayreuth, Germany
• Ivan Milosavljević, University of California, USA

Metabolites:

• Remigiusz Bachor, University of Wrocław, Poland
• Nguyen Phuoc Long, Inje University College of Medicine, South Korea
• Chi Chen, University of Minnesota, USA

Nutrients:

• Jadwiga Hamułka, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland
• Grace Campbell, University of Sydney, Australia
• Nicholas Norwitz, Harvard Medical School, USA
• Stefan Kabisch, Charité University Hospital Berlin, Germany
• Luis Rodrigo, University of Oviedo, Spain

Veterinary Sciences:

• Carlos Viegas, Univesity of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
• Arvind Sharma, The University of Queensland, Australia

MDPI’s Young Investigator Awards recognize promising junior researchers, acknowledge their contributions, and enhance communication among scientists. We are proud to present the 2021 winners in the “Biology & Life Sciences” category. The winners were selected by the journals’ editors.

We warmly congratulate the awarded young investigators for their outstanding contributions.

MDPI will continue to provide support and recognition to the academic community.

Agriculture:

• Carlos Guzmán, University of Cordoba, Spain

Animals:

• Katharina Hohlbaum, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Cells:

• Uri Ben-David, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Diversity:

• Enrico Lunghi, Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China

Foods:

• Guodong Zhang, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Horticulturae:

• Luke Bell, Temperate Horticulture, University of Reading, UK

International Journal of Molecular Sciences:

• Alessandro D’Urso, University of Catania, Italy.
• Apostolos Zaravinos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez, University of Pennsylvania, USA
• Maria Teresa Caccamo, Messina University, Italy
• Tiziana Bonifacino, University of Genoa, Italy

Journal of Fungi:

• Federico Baltar, University of Vienna, Austria
• Rebecca Drummond, University of Birmingham, UK
• Miriam Oses-Ruiz, Public University of Navarre, Spain

Life:

• João Pedro da Silva Machado Lobo, University of Porto, Portugal
• Vincenzo Russo, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

Metabolites:

• Gabriele Rocchetti, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Italy

Nutrients:

• Fiona Lavelle, Queen's University Belfast, UK
• Matthew Snelson, Monash University, Australia

Pathogens:

• Si Ming Man, Australian National University, Australia
• Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, University of Hong Kong, China

Plants:

• Stefania Sut, University of Padova, Italy
• Mohamed Ahmed El-Esawi, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

Vaccines:

• Nicholas M. Provine, University of Oxford, UK

Viruses:

• Nicholas S. Heaton, Duke University, USA