Recent Advances in Molecular Understanding of Biomembranes
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biophysics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2024) | Viewed by 372
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Interests: liposomes; fluorescence; drug delivery; membrane biophysics; archaea; high pressure biology
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Dear Colleagues,
During the past five decades, tremendous progress has been made in gaining a basic understanding of biomembranes. However, due to the complex nature of cell membranes and the findings of many new lipid species from the microorganisms in the environment, as well as the significant alterations of lipids in the plasma membrane of tumour cells compared to healthy cells, many more membrane studies at the molecular level are in demand.
The International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IJMS) plans to publish a Special Issue entitled “Recent Advances in Molecular Understanding of Biomembranes”. This Special Issue will serve as a platform to present recent novel findings in biophysical and biochemical research on cell membranes, cell-derived membranes (e.g., microvesicles/exosomes), and artificial membranes (e.g., liposomes and planar membranes). We are now soliciting manuscript submissions for this issue. For biological membranes, manuscripts on both eukaryotic and prokaryotic (including bacteria and archaea) cell membranes will be considered. Original research articles and up-to-date reviews on experimental, theoretical, or computational works broadly related to biomembranes are all welcome. Manuscripts will be peer-reviewed before their acceptance for publication.
Prof. Dr. Parkson Lee-Gau Chong
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- cells
- subcellular organelles
- plasma membrane
- microbial membranes
- proteins and peptides
- biochemistry
- lipidomics
- biophysical chemistry
- membrane structure
- membrane organization and dynamics
- imaging
- spectroscopy
- liposomes
- planar membranes
- therapeutics–membrane interactions
- exosomes
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