Cells 2021 Best Paper Awards for Anniversary Special Issues—Winners Announced
As the Editors-in-Chief of Cells (ISSN: 2073-4409), we are pleased to announce the winners of the “Cells 2021 Best Paper Awards for Anniversary Special Issues”.
One first prize: CHF 1000 and a waiver to publish in Cells after peer review
- “Overexpression of an Agave Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase Improves Plant Growth and Stress Tolerance”
Degao Liu, Rongbin Hu, Jin Zhang, Hao-Bo Guo, Hua Cheng, Linling Li, Anne M. Borland, Hong Qin, Jin-Gui Chen, Wellington Muchero, Gerald A. Tuskan and Xiaohan Yang
doi:10.3390/cells10030582
Two second prizes: CHF 800 and CHF 1000 voucher to publish in Cells after peer review
- “Weight Pulling: A Novel Mouse Model of Human Progressive Resistance Exercise”
Wenyuan G. Zhu, Jamie E. Hibbert, Kuan Hung Lin, Nathaniel D. Steinert, Jake L. Lemens, Kent W. Jorgenson, Sarah M. Newman, Dudley W. Lamming and Troy A. Hornberger
doi:10.3390/cells10092459 - “Affecting HEK293 Cell Growth and Production Performance by Modifying the Expression of Specific Genes”
Laura Abaandou, David Quan and Joseph Shiloach
doi:10.3390/cells10071667
Three third prizes: CHF 500 and CHF 600 voucher to publish in Cells after peer review
- “Comparing Biochemical and Raman Microscopy Analyses of Starch, Lipids, Polyphosphate, and Guanine Pools during the Cell Cycle of Desmodesmus quadricauda”
Šárka Moudříková, Ivan Nedyalkov Ivanov, Milada Vítová, Ladislav Nedbal, Vilém Zachleder, Peter Mojzeš and Kateřina Bišová
doi:10.3390/cells10010062 - “Gut Microbiota and Neuroplasticity”
Julia Murciano-Brea, Martin Garcia-Montes, Stefano Geuna and Celia Herrera-Rincon
doi:10.3390/cells10082084 - “The Genomic Landscape of Thyroid Cancer Tumourigenesis and Implications for Immunotherapy”
Amandeep Singh, Jeehoon Ham, Joseph William Po, Navin Niles, Tara Roberts and Cheok Soon Lee
doi:10.3390/cells10051082
Outstanding contribution prizes: CHF 600 voucher to publish in Cells after peer review
- “An Analysis of the Neurological and Molecular Alterations Underlying the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease”
Chantal Vidal and Li Zhang
doi:10.3390/cells10030546 - “A Potential Role for HUWE1 in Modulating Cisplatin Sensitivity”
Stijn Wenmaekers, Bastiaan J. Viergever, Gunjan Kumar, Onno Kranenburg, Peter C. Black, Mads Daugaard and Richard P. Meijer
doi:10.3390/cells10051262 - “The Role of Prostaglandins in Different Types of Cancer”
Álvaro Jara-Gutiérrez and Victoriano Baladrón
doi:10.3390/cells10061487 - “Pentose Phosphate Pathway Reactions in Photosynthesizing Cells”
Thomas D. Sharkey
doi:10.3390/cells10061547 - “Positive Regulation of Estrogen Receptor Alpha in Breast Tumorigenesis”
Lucas Porras, Houssam Ismail and Sylvie Mader
doi:10.3390/cells10112966 - “Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP): The Better Sibling of PCR?”
Marianna Soroka, Barbara Wasowicz and Anna Rymaszewska
doi:10.3390/cells10081931 - “Widespread Alternative Splicing Changes in Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells”
Jagyeong Oh, Davide Pradella, Changwei Shao, Hairi Li, Namjeong Choi, Jiyeon Ha, Sonia Ruggiero, Xiang-Dong Fu, Xuexiu Zheng, Claudia Ghigna and Haihong Shen
doi:10.3390/cells10040858 - “Autophagy and Extracellular Vesicles, Connected to rabGTPase Family, Support Aggressiveness in Cancer Stem Cells”
Aude Brunel, Gaëlle Bégaud, Clément Auger, Stéphanie Durand, Serge Battu, Barbara Bessette and Mireille Verdier
doi:10.3390/cells10061330 - “Alzheimer and Purinergic Signaling: Just a Matter of Inflammation?”
Stefania Merighi, Tino Emanuele Poloni, Anna Terrazzan, Eva Moretti, Stefania Gessi, and Davide Ferrari
doi:10.3390/cells10051267 - “Senescence and Aging: Does It Impact Cancer Immunotherapies?”
Damien Maggiorani and Christian Beauséjour
doi:10.3390/cells10071568
On behalf of the assessment committee, we would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the aforementioned exceptional papers and for their contributions to the Cells 10th Anniversary Special Issue, and the Award Committee for voting and helping with these awards.
Dr. Alexander E. Kalyuzhny and Prof. Dr. Cord Brakebusch
Cells Editors-in-Chief