Calls for papers

Immune evasion in cancer

This Collection welcomes original research examining immune evasion in cancer, including studies examining mechanisms of immune evasion and immunotherapies targeting immune evasion.
- Tanya Nadine Augustine, PhD
- Anupam Basu, PhD
- Anutosh Ganguly, PhD
- Yujin Kudo, MD, PhD
- Wen H. Shen, PhD
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 13 November 2024
Plant responses and adaptations to abiotic stress

Communications Biology, Nature Communications and Scientific Reports welcome the submission of articles spanning the breadth of research on plant responses and adaptations to abiotic stress.
- Showkat Ganie, PhD
Collection
Submission status: Open Deadline: 13 November 2024
Postpartum depression

This Collection welcomes original research on the incidence, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of postpartum depression.
- Luai A. Ahmed, MBBS, PhD
- Carola Dell’Acqua, PhD
- Oludoyinmola Ojifinni, PhD
- Kornelia Zareba, MD, PhD, DSc
Collection
Submission status: Open Deadline: 13 November 2024
RNA therapeutics

In this cross-journal Collection, we welcome submissions of articles that focus on the basic principles, method developments, and applications of RNA-based therapeutics.
Collection
Submission status: Open Deadline: 10 November 2024
Protein degradation in disease

This Collection is aimed at improving our understanding of protein degradation in disease and is open to original research examining protein degradation in a disease setting.
- Aldrin V. Gomes, PhD
- Yufeng Tong, PhD
- Kwon-Yul Ryu, PhD
Collection
Submission status: Open Deadline: 09 November 2024
Cellular Responses to Stress

This Collection aims to gain a deeper understanding of how cells face diverse stresses, offering insights into the fundamental principles of cellular response. It welcomes original research on cellular response to stress, from molecular mechanisms to disease treatment and cancer therapies.
- Sabina Galiniak, PhD
- Junichi Iwata, PhD
Collection
Submission status: Open Deadline: 08 November 2024
Contemplative practices and social well-being

This Collection welcomes original research articles from Psychology, Psychiatry, Neuroscience and related fields that report work on the application of contemplative practices to social well-being outcomes and associated neurophysiological, behavioral, and other mechanisms.
- Kirk Warren Brown, PhD
- Johannes Alfons Karl, PhD
- Antonino Raffone, PhD
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 08 November 2024
Immune cell engineering for cancer therapy

In this cross-journal Collection, we invite submissions of primary research articles that focus on preclinical and clinical development of immune cell-based therapies for cancer treatment.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 08 November 2024
Neuromorphic Hardware and Computing 2024

An interdisciplinary approach is being taken to address the challenge of creating more efficient and intelligent computing systems that can perform diverse tasks, to design hardware with increasing complexity from single device to system architecture level, and to develop new theories and brain-inspired algorithms for future computing. In this cross-journal collection, we aim to bring together cutting-edge research of neuromorphic architecture and hardware, computing algorithms and theories, and the related innovative applications.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 06 November 2024
Non-equilibrium dynamics of biological droplets: from Phase Separation to Self-Assembly

This cross-journal Collection between Communications Physics, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports welcomes contributions where the description of the dynamics of biological droplets advances our understanding of specific biological processes, as well as more general contributions identifying common mechanisms and generating novel biophysical insight across the realm of biological droplets.
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Submission status: Open Deadline: 06 November 2024