Microscopy, Metabolism and Metabolic Pathways
A special issue of Biophysica (ISSN 2673-4125).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2021) | Viewed by 310
Special Issue Editor
2. Institute of Physics, Catholic University of Rome, Largo F. Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy
Interests: metabolic imaging; fluorescence microscopy; membrane biophysics; artificial intelligence; biophysical methods; instrumentation
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
Metabolic imaging, a discipline that unites molecular biology and imaging, enables the visualization of endogenous molecules and supramolecular properties of major importance to maintaining energy homeostasis in the cells, and provides a window to several important metabolic processes essential for cell survival. Metabolic functional imaging differs from traditional imaging in that probes are used to help image particular targets or pathways. The probes interact chemically with their surroundings and, in turn, alter the image according to molecular changes occurring within the area of interest. This process is markedly different from previous methods of imaging, which primarily imaged differences in qualities such as density or water content. This ability to image fine molecular changes opens up an incredible number of exciting possibilities for medical application, including early detection and treatment of disease and basic pharmaceutical development.
In this special issue, we welcome submissions of papers focusing on both experimental and computational approaches to collect and interpret metabolic data from imaging techniques in a variety of biological systems. Fields of interest include neuroscience, developmental biology, reprogramming, regeneration, cancer, immunology, and metabolism, diagnosis of metabolic diseases, imaging-based optimization of pre-clinical and clinical tests of new medication.
Prof. Giuseppe Maulucci
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Imaging
- Microscopy
- Metabolism
- Fluorescence
- Cell signaling
