International Summer School of Blue Biotechnology
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2025 | Viewed by 2373
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microalgae; drug discovery; gene mining; marine biotechnology; transcriptomics
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Interests: marine natural products; biotechnological applications; marine microorganisms; fishing waste exploitation; bioactivity screening
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Interests: blue economy; sustainability; Ocean Decade; marine bioprospecting
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Interests: marine natural compounds; in vitro bioactivity; cell pathways
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The main focus of the International Summer School of Blue Biotechnology (ISSBB) is on current interdisciplinary approaches used for disclosing the biotechnological potential of marine resources and their use in the ecosustainable production of products and processes with beneficial effects on human and environmental health.
Utilizing resources and organisms from the marine environment to develop products and solutions for a variety of fields—including food production, medicine, energy, aquaculture, and the chemical industry—is known as "blue biotechnology". Seaweeds, microorganisms, and invertebrates are among the marine resources used as raw materials in the blue bioeconomy and biotechnology.
The aim of this Special Issue of Marine Drugs is to collect original articles, reviews, and communication dealing with any aspects of the marine biotechnology sector. The Special Issue collects contributions from PhD students, early-career researchers, and speakers on new findings and promising results presented at the Summer School or generated starting from collaboration established within the Summer School.
Dr. Chiara Lauritano
Dr. Daniela Coppola
Dr. Donatella De Pascale
Dr. Christian Galasso
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. Marine Drugs is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). 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.
Keywords
- blue biotechnology
- marine (micro)organisms
- fishing discards
- bioactivity
- marine natural products
- biopolymers
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