DESCRIPTION
Call for papers/Topics
All Abstracts, Reviews, short articles, Full articles, Posters are welcomed related with any of the following research fields:
Core Molecular Machinery & Foundations
DNA & RNA Chemistry: Chemical structure of nucleotides, double-helix geometry, DNA supercoiling, RNA structural diversity (mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, snRNA).
DNA Replication & Repair: Polymerases, replication fork kinetics, proofreading, mismatch repair, nucleotide excision repair, double-strand break repair.
Transcription & RNA Processing: RNA polymerases, promoter architecture, transcription factors, 5' capping, polyadenylation, pre-mRNA splicing, alternative splicing.
Translation & Protein Synthesis: Ribosome structure and assembly, genetic code redundancy, aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, translation initiation, elongation, termination, post-translational modifications.
Genetics & Inheritance Mechanisms
Mendelian & Non-Mendelian Inheritance: Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses, dominance relationships, incomplete dominance, codominance, epistasis, polygenic traits.
Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance: Mitosis, meiosis, genetic recombination, linkage analysis, chromosome mapping, aneuploidy, polyploidy.
Population & Evolutionary Genetics: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, allele frequency shifts, natural selection, genetic drift, gene flow, molecular clock theory.
Epigenetics & Gene Regulation: Chromatin remodeling, DNA methylation, histone modifications, non-coding RNAs, operons in prokaryotes, enhancers and silencers in eukaryotes.
Cellular Structure, Dynamics & Signaling
Membrane Biology & Transport: Phospholipid bilayer composition, membrane fluidity, active and passive transport, ion channels, endocytosis, exocytosis.
Organelle Structure & Function: Nucleus and nucleolus, endoplasmic reticulum and protein folding, Golgi apparatus routing, mitochondria and oxidative phosphorylation, lysosomes and peroxisomes.
Cytoskeleton & Cell Motility: Actin microfilaments, microtubules, intermediate filaments, motor proteins (myosin, kinesin, dynein), cell adhesion, extracellular matrix.
Cell Communication & Signal Transduction: Receptor tyrosine kinases, G-protein coupled receptors, second messengers (cAMP, $Ca^{2+}$), phosphorylation cascades, cell survival and apoptosis pathways.
Cell Cycle & Cancer Biology: Cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), cell cycle checkpoints, oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes, programmed cell death, metastasis.
Genomics, Biotechnology & Systems Biology
Recombinant DNA & Gene Editing: Restriction enzymes, molecular cloning vectors, PCR and qPCR, CRISPR-Cas systems, TALENs, zinc-finger nucleases.
Genomics & Bioinformatics: High-throughput sequencing technologies, genome assembly, comparative genomics, structural bioinformatics, sequence alignment algorithms.
Functional Genomics & Systems Biology: Transcriptomics (RNA-seq), proteomics (mass spectrometry), metabolomics, gene regulatory network modeling, synthetic biology.
Developmental Biology & Stem Cells: Cell fate determination, pattern formation, morphogen gradients, pluripotency, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), cellular differentiation.