Recent Advances in Single Molecule Studies

Dear Colleagues,

The 6th Midwest Single Molecule Workshop (https://www.unmc.edu/msmw/index.html) continues the tradition of previous workshops by gathering the leading experts and researchers in single-molecule biophysics from across the Midwest and surrounding areas to share their latest research, discoveries and ideas as well as communicate with peers involved in single molecule studies.

This two-day meeting will feature a wide variety of topics and presenters, including invited lectures, poster presentations, short talks and a keynote address. We hope to cover all aspects of single molecule biophysics, including experimental and theoretical approaches and the application of these methods to single molecule studies ranging from isolated individual molecules to whole cells.

The workshop venue moves between different Midwestern universities. This time, the meeting will take place at UNMC, co-organized by Professor Yuri Lyubchenko and Dr. Mohtadin Hashemi. The past five workshops, held at Washington University in St. Louis (2010), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (2012), University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (2014), University of Iowa (2016), and Iowa State University (2018) were very popular and each attracted over 100 participants.

In addition, for this 6th Workshop attendees are encouraged to submit their findings to this Special Issue in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms). Every attendee will receive a substantial discount for submissions to this Special Issue.

We look forward to receiving your submission.

Prof. Dr. Yuri Lyubchenko
Dr. Mohtadin Hashemi
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Journal of Molecular Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. There is an Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal. For details about the APC please see here. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.