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Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Ocean University of China: Potential Therapeutic Benefits of Marine Novel Natural Products

edited by Peng Fu and

Chuanbin Shen

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 1529 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biotechnology; pharmacological profiling; marine anti-inflammatory agents; cancer therapeutics; infectious disease treatment; vascular disorder treatment; antithrombotic therapy; marine bioactive compounds; molecular targets; marine-derived therapeutics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Pharmacology)

Biologically Active Compounds from Marine Invertebrates 2025

edited by Crisalejandra Rivera-Pérez

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 3 articles | Viewed by 5160 | Submission Open

Keywords: bioactive compounds; antimicrobial; antioxidants; anticancerogenic; angiotensin activity; biomedicine; biotechnology; marine natural products

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Chemoecology for Drug Discovery)

Fermentation Processes for Obtaining Marine Bioactive Products

edited by In Yung Sunwoo

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3293 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine biomass; microorganism; fermentation; marine bioactive compounds; application

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production)

Marine Toxins: Characterization, Detection, Classification and Potential Therapeutics

edited by Robert F. Williams and Hau B. Nguyen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2618 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine toxins; conotoxins; detection; characterization; classification; structure prediction; therapeutics; machine learning; modeling; structure design

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Toxins)

Metabolic Engineering Strategy for Producing High-Value Products in Microalgae

edited by

Han Sun

and

Shufang Yang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2365 | Submission Open

Keywords: metabolic engineering; high-value product; cell factory; synthetic biology; omics analysis; microalgae

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production)

Synthetic Biology in Marine Microalgae

edited by Yi Xin

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 2177 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine microalgae; high-value compounds; biomass; photosynthesis; synthetic biology; function modules; genetic engineering; metabolic engineering; conditional expression; stress response

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production)

Marine-Derived Novel Drugs in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

edited by Zhipei Sang

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1856 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine natural products; structural modification; target identification and validation; molecular therapy; bioactive compounds targeting AD-related targets; bioactive compounds targeting AD-related signaling pathways; high-throughput screening of bioactive compounds

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Pharmacology)

Green Extraction and Biological Evaluation of Marine Microalgae Metabolites

edited by Mariane Bittencourt Fagundes

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 214 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine microalgae; bioactive compounds; biorefinery; sustainable extraction; advanced extraction techniques; pulsed electric field; use of NADES (natural deep eutectic solvents); ultrasound; microwave; bioactivities (antioxidant; anti-inflammatory; for neurological diseases; obesity)

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production)

Marine Glycobiology

edited by

Yuki Fujii

Marco Gerdol

, Ogawa Yukiko and

Yasuhiro Ozeki

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 22 | Submission Open

Keywords: glycan-drug discovery; lectins; structural glycobiology; transcriptome; glycoconjugates; glycosaminoglycans; deep-sea; glycan-relating enzymes; glycomicrobiology

Marine Bioactive Agents with Anticancer Potential: Discovery and Molecular Mechanisms

edited by Jose Diaz-Chavez

submission deadline 15 Jan 2026 | Viewed by 12 | Submission Open

Keywords: anticancer agents; marine natural products; cancer; chemoresistance; tumor relapse; organoids; drug development; models in vitro/in vivo; co-cultures; biological activity

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Pharmacology)

Conotoxins: Detection, Classification and Potential Therapeutic Benefits

edited by

David Adams

and Rilei Yu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2026 | 3 articles | Viewed by 2074 | Submission Open

Keywords: conotoxins; peptide therapeutics; targeting receptors; pharmacology; action mechanism; drug discovery; structure activity relationship; binding modes

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Toxins)

High-Value-Added Resources Recovered from Marine By-Products

edited by Rong Cao and

Yongqiang Zhao

submission deadline 15 Feb 2026 | Viewed by 210 | Submission Open

Keywords: marine by-products; bioactive compounds; marine enzymes; nutraceuticals; peptide isolation; polysaccharide extraction; green extraction technologies; microbial fermentation; marine biomimetics

(This special issue belongs to the Section Marine Biotechnology Related to Drug Discovery or Production)

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