Voyages through the Multiple Scales of Virus Biology

Dear colleagues,

Viruses are only truly active when they interact with and infect a cell. As a consequence, a key pursuit of Molecular and Structural Virology has been to provide a molecular understanding of viral processes in the context of the cellular environment. Exciting methodological developments have made significant headway in this direction allowing the in situ analysis of native viral components with high spatiotemporal resolution.

To reflect these advances, the journal Viruses has designed a special issue accepting contributions with an emphasis on biophysics, imaging and structural biology, and their integration to provide a view of the virus world at multiple scales.

Not unlike J. Swift’s character Gulliver, we invite contributions that feature viruses either as giant molecular machines achieving biochemical wonders or as masterful dwarfs in the vast environment of the cell, and perhaps both at the same time.

Dr. Fasséli Coulibaly
Guest Editor

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 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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. Viruses 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 2600 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.