Dear Colleagues,

Mechanobiology is an emerging cross-disciplinary area, which analyses the understanding of how mechanical forces influence the functions and structures of biological systems at molecular, cellular, tissue, and body levels. In recent years, there has been a rapid accumulation of evidence surrounding the development of innovative strategies against diseases by targeting mechanical factors and the significance of mechanical signals and cell mechanics in various physiologic and pathologic processes.

This Special Issue on “Mechanobiology and cell mechanics in biology and diseases” focuses on the developments in both fundamental research and engineering methodologies that advance the field of mechanobiology in original research articles and comprehensive reviews. This Special Issue will include, among others, the following topics of interest:

1. Mechanical characterization of molecules, cells, and tissues in diseases;
2. Mechanical and biophysical regulation of physiologic and pathologic processes;
3. Mechanosensing and mechanotransduction at molecular-to-tissue scales;
4. Multiscale theoretical modeling for the causal understanding of mechanical forces in biology;
5. Innovative clinical therapeutic strategies by targeting mechanical cues and mechanotransduction;
6. Advanced engineering tools for measuring/applying mechanical forces in biological systems;

Dr. Youhua Tan
Dr. Tang Xin
Prof. Dr. Mikko J. Lammi
Dr. Anand Ramasubramanian
Guest Editors

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• mechanobiology
• mechanotransduction
• cell mechanics
• biophysics
• mechanomedicine
• mechanical forces
• mechanotargeting
• mechano-therapeutics