Molecular Biophysics
A section of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067).
Section Information
This section of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) aims to rapidly publish significant contributions on all aspects of the physical principles governing biomolecular and biomimetic systems. We encourage the submission of manuscripts that provide novel and mechanistic insights and papers that report significant advances in the fields. The reliability of the results provided by novel tools for virtual screening and/or the discovery of new actives by virtual screening must be either validated in silico or in vitro before first submission of a manuscript to IJMS. Theoretical studies should offer new insights into understanding experimental results and/or suggest new experimentally testable hypotheses. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- molecular structure and dynamics
- nucleic acid structure and dynamics
- protein structure and dynamics
- membrane structure and dynamics
- biomimetic material structure and dynamics
- molecular simulations
- molecular modeling
- single molecule biophysics
- biophysical techniques in the study of biomacromolecular and biomimetic systems
- biomolecular interactions
- biomimetic material interactions
- macromolecular structure determination or prediction
- characterization of disordered proteins and their interactions
- computational biophysics
- bioinformatics
- biophysical and computational approaches to drug design and development
- advances in molecular biophysical methodologies as well as imaging techniques and data analysis
- application of biophysical methods
Keywords:
biophysics; molecular imprinting; molecular simulations; molecular structure; molecular dynamics; molecular mechanics; thermodynamics; biomolecular interactions; protein structure and folding; intrinsically disordered proteins; structure prediction; nucleic acid–protein interactions; protein–membrane interactions; protein–DNA interactions; posttranslational modifications; drug–receptor interactions; protein design; protein engineering; protein–ligand binding; transmembrane proteins; chaperones; enzymology; molecular recognition; molecular modeling; membrane dynamics; macromolecular structure and dynamics; DNA structure and dynamics; RNA structure; genome structure; structure–function relationships; ion channels; spectroscopic techniques; biomolecular NMR; inter-molecular interactions; x-ray crystallography; macromolecular crystallography; crystal thermodynamics; microcalorimetry; transient kinetic techniques; fluorescence imaging; single-molecule microscopy; statistical mechanics; computer simulations; computational modeling; molecular modelingEditorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Recent Advances in Biomolecular Recognition II (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Computer Modeling in Molecular Biophysics and Nanomedical Applications (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Computational Approaches to Bioactive Peptide Prediction and Discovery (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Protein Folding, Misfolding, and Age-Related Disease (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Structure and Formation Mechanism of Amyloid Fibrils (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Biomedical Optics in Cell Biology (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Multi-Target Ligand Design for Potential Antipsychotic (Deadline: 31 May 2023)
- Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy of Human Diseases (Deadline: 10 June 2023)
- X-ray Spectrometry (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Recent Advances in Virtual Screening 3.0 (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Molecular Basis for the Regulation of Photosynthetic Reactions (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Physical Energies and Morphogenetic Signaling 2.0 (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Chemistry and Biology of Noncanonical Nucleic Acid Structures: From Physicochemical Properties to Therapeutic Applications (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- The Structural and Dynamical Characterization of Biological Processes (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Cellular Mechanobiology: Mechanotransduction-Related Cell Signalling and Gene Expression (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Single Molecule Tracking and Dynamics with Quantum Probes: New Advances and Challenges (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Novel Strategies in the Development of Peptide-Based Therapeutics (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Peptide Antimicrobial Agents 3.0 (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- State-of-the-Art Molecular Biophysics in China (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Technology Advance and Application of Cryo-Electron Microscopy in Molecular Biology and Biomedicine (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- X-ray Spectroscopy in Life Sciences (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Radiation-Induced Non-DNA-Targeted Effects Relevant to Radiation Protection and Medicine (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- NMR Tools and Their Application for Structural Biology of Bioactive Proteins (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Protein-Protein Interactions in Cellular Function (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Biophysical Properties of Membrane Proteins (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Ion Channels and Biosignal Transduction (Deadline: 30 June 2023)
- Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs) 2.0 (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
- Biophysics in Membrane of Cells (Deadline: 15 July 2023)
- Biophysical Characterization and Molecular Engineering of Multidomain Proteins 3.0 (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Molecular Structure and Simulation: Unraveling the Basis of Disease (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Best Materials of the VII Congress of Russian Biophysicists (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Biomechanical Interaction between Cell and Its Microenvironment (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Raman Spectroscopy for Chemical and Structural Characterization in Biology 2.0 (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Cryogenic Biomolecular Imaging and Image Analysis Techniques: Present and Future (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- DFT Applications in Molecular Biology and Biophysics (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- State-of-the-Art Molecular Biophysics in Italy (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Advances in Molecular Biophysics of Protein-Protein Interactions (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Photoreceptors and Fluorescent Proteins (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Modulatory Mutagenic Impacts on Photo-/Biophysical Performance of Fluorescent Proteins (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Muscle Proteins, Functions and Interactions (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- Biophysical Study of the Structure, Dynamics, and Function of Nucleic Acids 3.0 (Deadline: 31 July 2023)
- The Structure and Function of Synuclein (Deadline: 10 August 2023)
- State-of-the-Art Molecular Biophysics in USA (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- State-of-the-Art Molecular Biophysics in Germany (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- State-of-the-Art Molecular Biophysics in Russia (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- Pathological and Functional Amyloid Fibrils 2.0 (Deadline: 15 August 2023)
- Aptamers: Functional-Structural Studies and Biomedical Applications 2.0 (Deadline: 30 August 2023)
- Functionally Relevant Macromolecular Interactions of Disordered Proteins 2022 (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Transition Metal Ions in Biology (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Recent Advances in Molecular Understanding of Biomembranes (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Computational Nanomechanics and Multiscale Modeling: Recent Advances and Applications (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Drug Discovery of Compounds by Structural Design (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Bioactive Oxadiazoles 3.0 (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Advances in NMR Spectroscopy for Bioactive Small Molecules (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Recent Advances in Molecular Imaging Technologies (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Striated Muscle Regulatory Proteins: Function Follows Structure (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Biophysics and Mechanical Properties of Cells 2.0 (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Studies on Proton-Gated Ion Channels: Structural Aspects, Pharmacology and Implications in Health and Disease (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Advances in Molecular and Cellular Imaging, Microscopy, and Biomedical Spectroscopy (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Plasma Bioscience and Medicine Molecular Research 2.0 (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- Biological Effects of Low-Dose and Low-Dose-Rate Ionizing Radiation Exposure 2.0 (Deadline: 31 August 2023)
- The Self-Assembly and Design of Polyfunctional Nanosystems 3.0 (Deadline: 10 September 2023)
- 50th Anniversary of the Molten Globule Prediction: The Impact on the Protein Folding Problem (Deadline: 15 September 2023)
- Sarcomeric Proteins in Health and Disease 3.0 (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Laser Application in Life Sciences 2022 (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Protein on the Edge: Studying the Molecular Mechanisms That Control Protein-Membrane Interaction (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Molecular Biology (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Advanced Research in Functional Amyloids (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Advances in Protein Dynamics (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Research on Molecular Dynamics (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Structural Dynamics of Macromolecules (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Recent Advances in Computational Structural Bioinformatics (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Role of Water in Biological Systems 2.0 (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Amyloid Formation In Vitro and In Situ: A Challenge for Biophysics (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Protein Engineering: The Present and the Future 2.0 (Deadline: 30 September 2023)
- Redox Enzymes: Molecular Mechanisms, Structural Features, Physiological Roles (Deadline: 5 October 2023)
- From Molecules to Tissues: Health, Injury and Disease (Deadline: 10 October 2023)
- Biocatalysis: Mechanisms of Proteolytic Enzymes 2.0 (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Protein Misfolding (Deadline: 15 October 2023)
- Molecular Advances in Cell Mechanics (Deadline: 20 October 2023)
- Single Molecule Tracking and Dynamics (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Conformational Dynamics and Protein Allostery: Molecular Simulations, Network Modeling and Machine Learning Approaches (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Biological Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation, Biomolecular Condensates, and Membraneless Organelles 2.0 (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Bioluminescent and Fluorescent Proteins: Molecular Mechanisms and Modern Applications 4.0 (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning in Human Disease (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Application of Super-resolution Imaging in Molecular Biology (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Metallo-Proteins: Structure, Function and Their Roles in Health and Disease (Deadline: 31 October 2023)
- Molecular Biosensing: From Theory to Point of Care Analytical Device (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Latest Review Papers in Molecular Biophysics 2023 (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Metalloproteins: How Metals Shape Protein Structure and Function (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Recent Advances in Genome Maintenance Studies (Deadline: 30 November 2023)
- Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Protein Stability Research (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- The Application of Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Cryo-EM on the Architecture and Function of Virulence Pathogens (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- RNA-Binding Proteins — Structure, Function, Networks and Diseases (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Biological Effects of Internally Deposited Radionuclides (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- Bio-Plasma for Molecular Science (Deadline: 31 December 2023)
- The Structure of Antimicrobial Peptides (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
- Protein Structure Research 2024 (Deadline: 29 February 2024)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions: