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

Special issue editors:

Carlos Oscar S. Sorzano (CSIC, Spain)
Amit Singer (Princeton Univ., USA)
Alberto Bartesaghi (Duke Univ., USA)

Important dates:

July 1st 2023: White paper due
August 1st 2023: Pre-selection notification
October 15th 2023: Full-length manuscript due
November 15th 2023: First review to authors
December 15th 2023: Revision due
January 15th 2024: Final decision
February 15th 2024: Final package due
March 15th 2024: Special issue published