Nuclear Organization, Dynamics and Phase Separation in Health and Disease

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue in Cells, which will be selected from presentations at the 27th Wilhelm Bernhard Workshop on the Cell Nucleus, taking place in Prague, 19–23 June 2023 (https://wbw27.wbworkshops.com/).

The molecular organization within the cell nucleus determines gene expression, and recent observations revolutionize our understanding how this intra-nuclear order is formed and maintained, with an emerging crucial role of phase separation. This Special Issue will address a wide range of research topics, in relation to chromatin functioning and nuclear compartmentalization in the context of regulation of gene expression, nuclear lipids, phase separation, DNA replication and repair, pathogenesis, and cancer. Attention will be awarded to multidisciplinary approaches, including light and electron (cryo)-microscopy, lipid chemistry, and biophysics, addressing novel views on the functions of macromolecular assemblies involved in nuclear compartmentalization and functioning.

Both original research manuscripts and reviews will be accepted.

Please see https://wbw27.wbworkshops.com/call-for-papers/ for more details.

We are looking forward to your contributions to this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Pavel Hozák
Dr. Yegor S. Vassetzky
Prof. Dr. Roman B. Lesyk
Guest Editors

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