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30 March 2023
Meet Us at the European Human Genetics Conference 2023 (ESHG 2023), 10–13 June 2023, Glasgow, UK


MDPI will be attending the European Human Genetics Conference 2023 (ESHG 2023), held in Glasgow, UK, from 10 to 13 June 2023.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth #824. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following link: https://2023.eshg.org/.

17 March 2023
Cells | Issue Cover Articles in 2022

The articles below have been selected as 2022 Issue Cover Articles by the Editorial Office of Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409). These articles are from multiple fields within the scope of Cells, and we hope they can provide insights and references for scholars in related fields.

1. “Epithelial and Neural Cadherin in Mammalian Fertilization: Studies in the Mouse Model”
by Gustavo Luis Verón, María Florencia Veiga, Mónica Cameo, Clara Isabel Marín-Briggiler and Mónica Hebe Vazquez-Levin
Cells 2022, 11(1), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11010102
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/1/102

2. “Transient Exposure of Endothelial Cells to Doxorubicin Leads to Long-Lasting Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2 Downregulation”
by Silvia Graziani, Luca Scorrano and Giovanna Pontarin
Cells 2022, 11(2), 210; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11020210
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/2/210

3. “LEAP-2 Counteracts Ghrelin-Induced Food Intake in a Nutrient, Growth Hormone and Age Independent Manner”
by Javier Lugilde, Sabela Casado, Daniel Beiroa, Juan Cuñarro, Montserrat Garcia-Lavandeira, Clara V. Álvarez, Rubén Nogueiras, Carlos Diéguez and Sulay Tovar
Cells 2022, 11(3), 324; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11030324
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/3/324

4. “Radon Improves Clinical Response in an Animal Model of Rheumatoid Arthritis Accompanied by Increased Numbers of Peripheral Blood B Cells and Interleukin-5 Concentration”
by Lisa Deloch, Stephanie Hehlgans, Michael Rückert, Andreas Maier, Annika Hinrichs, Ann-Sophie Flohr, Denise Eckert, Thomas Weissmann, Michaela Seeling and Falk Nimmerjahn et al.
Cells 2022, 11(4), 689; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11040689
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/4/689

5. “CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Models of Retinitis Pigmentosa Reveal Differential Proliferative Response of Müller Cells between Xenopus laevis and Xenopus tropicalis
by Karine Parain, Sophie Lourdel, Alicia Donval, Albert Chesneau, Caroline Borday, Odile Bronchain, Morgane Locker and Muriel Perron
Cells 2022, 11(5), 807; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11050807
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/5/807

6. “Biallelic Variants in ENDOG Associated with Mitochondrial Myopathy and Multiple mtDNA Deletions”
by Alessia Nasca, Andrea Legati, Megi Meneri, Melisa Emel Ermert, Chiara Frascarelli, Nadia Zanetti, Manuela Garbellini, Giacomo Pietro Comi, Alessia Catania and Costanza Lamperti et al.
Cells 2022, 11(6), 974; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11060974
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/6/974

7. “Functional and Phenotypic Characterization of Siglec-6 on Human Mast Cells”
by Piper A. Robida, Clayton H. Rische, Netali Ben-Baruch Morgenstern, Rethavathi Janarthanam, Yun Cao, Rebecca A. Krier-Burris, Wouter Korver, Alan Xu, Thuy Luu and Julia Schanin et al.
Cells 2022, 11(7), 1138; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11071138
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/7/1138

8. “N-VEGF, the Autoregulatory Arm of VEGF-A”
by Marina Katsman, Aviva Azriel, Guy Horev, Yitzhak Reizel and Ben-Zion Levi
Cells 2022, 11(8), 1289; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11081289
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/8/1289

9. “SARS-CoV-2 Infection of Human Ovarian Cells: A Potential Negative Impact on Female Fertility”
by Francesca P. Luongo, Filippo Dragoni, Adele Boccuto, Eugenio Paccagnini, Mariangela Gentile, Tamara Canosi, Giuseppe Morgante, Alice Luddi, Maurizio Zazzi, Ilaria Vicenti et al.
Cells 2022, 11(9), 1431; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11091431
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/9/1431

10. “SMER28 Attenuates PI3K/mTOR Signaling by Direct Inhibition of PI3K p110 Delta”
by Marco Kirchenwitz, Stephanie Stahnke, Silvia Prettin, Malgorzata Borowiak, Laura Menke, Christian Sieben, Carmen Birchmeier, Klemens Rottner, Theresia E. B. Stradal and Anika Steffen
Cells 2022, 11(10), 1648; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11101648
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/10/1648

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11. “Cigarette Smoke Extract Disturbs Mitochondria-Regulated Airway Epithelial Cell Responses to Pneumococci”
by Mahyar Aghapour, Christy B. M. Tulen, Mohsen Abdi Sarabi, Sönke Weinert, Mathias Müsken, Borna Relja, Frederik-Jan van Schooten, Andreas Jeron, Rüdiger Braun-Dullaeus and Alexander H. Remels et al.
Cells 2022, 11(11), 1771; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11111771
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/11/1771

12. “Nuclear Transporter IPO13 Is Central to Efficient Neuronal Differentiation”
by Katarzyna A. Gajewska, John M. Haynes and David A. Jans
Cells 2022, 11(12), 1904; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11121904
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/12/1904

13. “PKC-Mediated Orai1 Channel Phosphorylation Modulates Ca2+ Signaling in HeLa Cells”
by Ericka Martínez-Martínez, Víctor Hugo Sánchez-Vázquez, Daniel León-Aparicio, Jose Sanchez-Collado, Martín-Leonardo Gallegos-Gómez, Juan A. Rosado, Juan M. Arias and Agustin Guerrero-Hernández
Cells 2022, 11(13), 2037; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11132037
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/13/2037

14. “CLL-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Impair T-Cell Activation and Foster T-Cell Exhaustion via Multiple Immunological Checkpoints”
by Martin Böttcher, Romy Böttcher-Loschinski, Sascha Kahlfuss, Michael Aigner, Andreas Gießl, Andreas Mackensen, Ursula Schlötzer-Schrehardt, Thomas Tüting, Heiko Bruns and Dimitrios Mougiakakos
Cells 2022, 11(14), 2176; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11142176
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/14/2176

15. “Hyperoxaluria Induces Endothelial Dysfunction in Preglomerular Arteries: Involvement of Oxidative Stress”
by Javier Saenz-Medina, Mercedes Muñoz, Claudia Rodriguez, Cristina Contreras, Ana Sánchez, María José Coronado, Elvira Ramil, Martin Santos, Joaquín Carballido and Dolores Prieto
Cells 2022, 11(15), 2306; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11152306
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/15/2306

16. “USP29 Deubiquitinates SETD8 and Regulates DNA Damage-Induced H4K20 Monomethylation and 53BP1 Focus Formation”
by Yeray Hernández-Reyes, María Cristina Paz-Cabrera, Raimundo Freire and Veronique A. J. Smits
Cells 2022, 11(16), 2492; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11162492
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/16/2492

17. “The CaMKII/MLC1 Axis Confers Ca2+-Dependence to Volume-Regulated Anion Channels (VRAC) in Astrocytes”
by Maria Stefania Brignone, Angela Lanciotti, Antonio Michelucci, Cinzia Mallozzi, Serena Camerini, Luigi Catacuzzeno, Luigi Sforna, Martino Caramia, Maria Cristina D’Adamo and Marina Ceccarini et al.
Cells 2022, 11(17), 2656; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11172656
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/17/2656

18. “The ABA-LANCL1/2 Hormone-Receptors System Protects H9c2 Cardiomyocytes from Hypoxia-Induced Mitochondrial Injury via an AMPK- and NO-Mediated Mechanism”
by Sonia Spinelli, Lucrezia Guida, Tiziana Vigliarolo, Mario Passalacqua, Giulia Begani, Mirko Magnone, Laura Sturla, Andrea Benzi, Pietro Ameri, Edoardo Lazzarini et al.
Cells 2022, 11(18), 2888; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11182888
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/18/2888

19. “Brain Endothelial Cells in Contrary to the Aortic Do Not Transport but Degrade Low-Density Lipoproteins via Both LDLR and ALK1”
by Sofia Kakava, Eveline Schlumpf, Grigorios Panteloglou, Flavia Tellenbach, Arnold von Eckardstein and Jerome Robert
Cells 2022, 11(19), 3044; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11193044
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/19/3044

20. “Decreased Oligodendrocyte Number in Hippocampal Subfield CA4 in Schizophrenia: A Replication Study”
by Andrea Schmitt, Laura Tatsch, Alisa Vollhardt, Thomas Schneider-Axmann, Florian J. Raabe, Lukas Roell, Helmut Heinsen, Patrick R. Hof, Peter Falkai and Christoph Schmitz
Cells 2022, 11(20), 3242; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11203242
Availble online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/20/3242

21. “Chromatin Accessibility and Transcriptional Differences in Human Stem Cell-Derived Early-Stage Retinal Organoids
by Melissa K. Jones, Devansh Agarwal, Kevin W. Mazo, Manan Chopra, Shawna L. Jurlina, Nicholas Dash, Qianlan Xu, Anna R. Ogata, Melissa Chow and Alex D. Hill et al.
Cells 2022, 11(21), 3412; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11213412
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/21/3412

22. “Microglia–Neutrophil Interactions Drive Dry AMD-like Pathology in a Mouse Model
by Maeve Boyce, Ying Xin, Olivia Chowdhury, Peng Shang, Haitao Liu, Victoria Koontz, Anastasia Strizhakova, Mihir Nemani, Stacey Hose, J and Samuel Zigler, Jr., et al.
Cells 2022, 11(22), 3535; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11223535
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/22/3535

23. “Extracellular Vesicles from Human Umbilical Cord-Derived MSCs Affect Vessel Formation In Vitro and Promote VEGFR2-Mediated Cell Survival
by Ana Muñiz-García, Bettina Wilm, Patricia Murray and Michael J. Cross
Cells 2022, 11(23), 3750; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11233750
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/23/3750

24. “Polymerized Laminin-521: A Feasible Substrate for Expanding Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells at a Low Protein Concentration
by Fernanda C. P. Mesquita, Eliel S. Leite, Jacquelynn Morrissey, Catarina Freitas, Tatiana Coelho-Sampaio and Camila Hochman-Mendez
Cells 2022, 11(24), 3955; https://doi.org/10.3390/cells11243955
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/11/24/3955

16 March 2023
Meet Us at the Chinese Academic Conference on Tumor Biomarker, 7–9 April 2023, Shanghai, China


MDPI will be attending the Chinese Academic Conference on Tumor Biomarker, held in Shanghai, China, from 7 to 9 April 2023. This conference aims to achieve an in-depth exchange of the latest research results in the field of basic research, clinical application, cutting-edge technology, and industrial development in the field of tumor markers over the year. During this conference, MDPI will welcome researchers from different backgrounds to visit and share their latest inspirations with us.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

  • Biomedicines;
  • Cancers;
  • Cells;
  • Diagnostics;
  • Current Oncology;
  • JPM;
  • JCM;
  • Onco;
  • CIMB;
  • BioMedInformatics.

If you plan on attending this conference, feel free to stop by our booth, #B155. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person to answer any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please follow the link below: https://biomarker2022.sciconf.cn/cn/web/index/13496.

13 March 2023
MDPI’s Newly Launched Journals in December 2022

As a leading open access publisher, MDPI provides scholars with a high-quality and rich academic exchange platform by continuously expanding into new and exciting research areas.

In December 2022, MDPI launched five new journals, covering multiple subjects such as life sciences, biology, medicine and pharmacology, social sciences and humanities. These new journals are being edited by established scholars across the world.

Journal

Founding Editor-in-Chief

Journal Topics (Selected)

Prof. Dr. Fabio Gresta, University of Messina, Italy| Editorial | view inaugural issue

grass/forage/turf production; grassland management; pasture monitoring; grazing and livestock; grass agro-ecosystems| view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Christos G. Athanassiou, University of Thessaly, Greece| Editorial | view inaugural issue

pesticides; fungicides; herbicides; fertilizers; soil conditioners| view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Stephen H. Safe, Texas A&M University, USA| Editorial | view inaugural issue

receptor structure; receptor function; receptor signaling; receptor expression and regulation; receptor interactions with drugs| view journal scope | submit an article

Dr. Jean Jacques Vanden Eynde, University of Mons-UMONS, Belgium| Editorial | view inaugural issue

drug discovery; medicinal chemistry; preclinical and clinical research; marketed drugs; intellectual property and regulatory affairs| view journal scope | submit an article

Prof. Dr. Heather Kanuka, University of Alberta, Canada| Editorial | view inaugural issue

higher education; tertiary education; policy and practice in higher education; educational leadership in higher education; educational administration and management in higher education| view journal scope | submit an article

If you are interested in creating more open access journals with us to publish cutting-edge research, please send your journal proposal application to newjournal-committee@mdpi.com.

7 March 2023
Displaying Co-Authors’ Email Addresses on the Webpage of Published Papers

MDPI is pleased to announce that we now display the co-authors’ email addresses in addition to the corresponding author’s email address on the webpage of published papers, protected by Captcha. For more information about this change, please visit the journal’s instructions for authors page. 

We believe this change will facilitate academic discussions and advance our cause of open science and research. The corresponding authors are responsible for communicating with their co-authors and indicating in our system (https://susy.mdpi.com/) if co-authors would prefer for their email addresses not to be displayed.

16 February 2023
Increasing Visibility for Preprints.org – Clarivate adds the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science

On 9 February 2023, Clarivate, a global leader in providing trusted insights and analytics, added the Preprint Citation Index to the Web of Science platform, streamlining the research process by allowing researchers to locate and link to preprints alongside other trusted content in the database.

The Preprint Citation Index will act as a bridge to connect cutting-edge preprints with peer-reviewed journal articles published within the Web of Science Core Collection. Alerts can be easily set to monitor new research across several repositories and authors will also be able to include preprints on their Web of Science Research Profile to more accurately display their various research outputs.

As of its launch, the Preprint Citation Index will provide nearly two million preprints from various repositories, including MDPI’s own Preprints.org.

MDPI's Preprints Platform – Preprints.org

To advance Open Science and the fast dissemination of research, MDPI offers researchers a free multidisciplinary preprint platform. Preprints.org accepts submissions from all research areas and offers authors high visibility, permanent archiving, article-level Metrics and immediately citable content by assigning a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to all preprints.

During submission to any MDPI journal, authors have the option to share their research as a preprint. After an initial screening, the manuscript is available online in 48 hours or less. Once online, preprints can be downloaded, shared, commented on, and cited, providing authors maximum visibility.

We invite you to join the ranks of the over 100k researchers using Preprints.org and share your research.

For more information, please visit Preprints.org.

14 February 2023
Meet Us at the 11th National Conference on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, 25–27 February 2023, Guangzhou, China


Conference
: 11th National Conference on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Date: 25–27 February 2023
Place: Guangzhou, China

MDPI will be attending the 11th National Conference on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (CCBSB2023) as the exhibitor. The National Academic Conference on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology has been successfully held for ten sessions since its first session in 1998. It is a national event with the highest academic level and the greatest influence in the field of bioinformatics research in China. The theme of the conference is "The Latest Frontier Research of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology and Their Applications", and the topics cover translational informatics and data sharing security, biomedical data mining and computing, genome informatics, artificial intelligence and life sciences, group bioinformatics and integrated biology, non-coding RNA and RNA informatics, network biology, major disease omics informatics, biological macromolecular structure prediction and simulation, bioinformatics algorithm research, biological data resources, bioinformatics and drugs discovery, computational synthetic biology, agricultural and forestry informatics and other bioinformatics, and other frontier directions.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are attending this conference, please feel free to start a conversation with us. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions that you may have. For more information about the conference, please visit https://ccbsb2022.casconf.cn/.

22 December 2022
Special Issue Mentor Program

We are pleased to announce the launch of a new initiative—the MDPI Special Issue Mentor Program.

This program will enable early career researchers (who must hold a Ph.D. in a related field) to experience editing a Special Issue in MDPI journals, under the mentorship of our experienced Editorial Board Members or other experienced scientists. The mentor program will provide an excellent opportunity for early career scientists to gain editorial experience, and to cultivate their ability to edit scientific research.

The mentee’s responsibilities include:

  • Proposing a Special Issue title and assisting the mentor in preparing a summary (around 200–400 words) and 3–10 keywords describing the background, importance, and goal of the Issue;
  • Writing a brief promotion plan for the Special Issue;
  • Preparing a list of scholars who may be interested in the Issue and personally e-mailing invitations on behalf of Guest Editors;
  • Writing an editorial for the online Special Issue together with the mentor.

The mentor’s responsibilities include:

  • Conducting a final check before the Special Issue is published online;
  • Performing editorial control of the Special Issue and quality control of the publications, both of which must be carried out in a timely manner;
  • Providing suggestions to younger scholars if they have any doubts or concerns regarding submissions;
  • Organizing video calls with young scholars and the Editorial Office regularly to discuss problems and improvement suggestions for the Special Issue;
  • Making and submitting decisions regarding submissions with the assistance of mentees.

Certificates and awards:
After the Special Issue closes, the Editorial Office will provide official certificates for all the mentors and early career researchers.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your Special Issue proposal to the Editorial Office of a journal you choose, and we will discuss the process (i.e., mentor collaboration, Special Issue topic feasibility analysis, etc.) in further detail. The full list of MDPI journals is as follows: https://www.mdpi.com/about/journals.

In addition to the new Special Issue Mentor Program, we will continue to welcome all Special Issue proposals focusing on hot research topics.

21 December 2022
Editorial Board Members from Cells Featured in the 2022 Highly Cited Researchers List Published by Clarivate

Recently, ClarivateTM revealed its 2022 list of Highly Cited ResearchersTM composed of individuals at universities, research institutes and commercial organizations.

The scientists who were selected into this year’s list of Highly Cited Researchers have published papers in the 10-year period from January 2011 to December 2021 with a citation frequency in the top 1% of academic subjects based on Web of Science Citation data from the same time period. This year, 6938 researchers from across the globe have been awarded Highly Cited Researcher 2022 designations. These researchers have demonstrated a disproportionate level of significance and broad influence in their chosen field(s) over the last decade. The list is truly global, spanning 69 countries or regions and spread across a diverse range of research, from applied sciences to social sciences.

Nine members of the Editorial Board of Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409) have been listed as Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate in 2022. They are being recognized for their high-quality scientific research achievements and outstanding contributions to their professional fields. The Cells journal office sincerely congratulates all elected Editorial Board Members and hopes that they continue to have an academically productive relationship with the journal.

Name

Affiliation

Prof. Dr. Caroline Robert

Universite Paris Saclay, France

Prof. Dr. Balazs Gyorffy

Semmelweis University, Hungary

Prof. Dr. Luca Scorrano

University of Padua, Italy

Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Galluzzi

Cornell Medical Center, USA

Prof. Dr. David C. Rubinsztein

University of Cambridge, UK

Prof. Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi

Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Remuzzi

IRCCS Mario Negri, Italy

Prof. Dr. Guido Kroemer

Universite de Paris Cite, France

Prof. Dr. Suleyman Allakhverdiev

К.А. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology RAS, Russia

21 December 2022
Meet Us at the 100th Anniversary Annual Meeting of The Physiological Society of Japan, 14–16 March 2023, Kyoto, Japan


Conference: The 100th Anniversary Annual Meeting of The Physiological Society of Japan
Date: 14–16 March 2023
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center *Hybrid Format, Kyoto, Japan

MDPI will be attending the 100th Anniversary Annual Meeting of The Physiological Society of Japan as the exhibitor. This meeting will take place from 14 to 16 March 2023 in Kyoto, Japan.

This meeting has been organized by the Physiological Society of Japan (PSJ), and will thus mark the 100th meeting of the society—the 100th Memorial meeting. This meeting has been given the theme of “Homeostasis for Sustainability—Toward the Next Century of Physiological Sciences”.

The following MDPI journals will be represented:

If you are planning to attend this conference, please feel free to stop by our booth. Our delegates look forward to meeting you in person and answering any questions you may have.

For more information about the conference, please visit the following website: https://www2.aeplan.co.jp/psj2023/en_index/.

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