Cryo-electron microscopy is a well-established technique to elucidate the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules, isolated or in their cellular environment. The field is rapidly growing thanks to advances in sample preparation, electron optics, direct electron detectors, and image processing algorithms. This latter topic is an exciting scientific discipline where new mathematical concepts and procedures result in a constant advance in the possibilities of reaching high resolution, characterizing the dynamical features of biological macromolecules, and their interactions.

Biological Imaging (Cambridge Univ. Press) is an open access journal dedicated to the algorithmic advances of image processing algorithms especially applied to biological problems. Acknowledging the growing importance of Cryo-Electron Microscopy, the journal will dedicate a yearly special issue to new algorithms, programs, public image databases, or any other related work. Novel papers on Single Particle Analysis, Electron Crystallography, Electron Tomography, Micro Electron Diffraction, and other applications of electron microscopes to solve Structural Biology problems will be considered.

The call for papers is decomposed into two stages. In the first phase, a white paper (free format) with a maximum of 2 pages must be submitted. Upon pre-selection, a full paper can be submitted. The information for authors for the full paper can be found at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/biological-imaging/information/instructions-authors. The white paper must not be sent through the journal manuscript system, but directly to coss@cnb.csic.es.

 

Special issue editors:

 Carlos Oscar S. Sorzano (CSIC, Spain)

Amit Singer (Princeton Univ., USA)

Alberto Bartesaghi (Duke Univ., USA)

 

Important dates:

 July 1 2024 White paper due

August 1 2024 Pre-selection notification

October 15 2024 Full-length manuscript due

November 15 2024 First review to authors

December 15 2024 Revision due

January 15 2025 Final decision

January 31 2025 Final package due

February 15 2025 Special issue published