Special Issue: "Quantum Dots: From Synthesis to Applications in Biomedicine and Life Sciences"

Int. J. Mol. Sci. (ISSN 1422-0067, CODEN: IJMCFK)	Special Issue: "Quantum Dots: From Synthesis to Applications in Biomedicine and Life Sciences" The special issue belongs to the section Material Sciences and Nanotechnology

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Rationale for the special issue on “Quantum Dots: From Synthesis to Applications in Biomedicine and Life Sciences"

Dear Colleague,

The introduction of Quantum Dots for research purposes has significantly contributed to our understanding of various fundamental questions and phenomena in Biomedicine and Life Sciences and comprises a rapidly developing field of science. Novel synthesis methods have provided a wide spectrum of Quantum Dots and related Nano-crystals and are now utilized in various biomedical applications, such as fluorescence microscopy, correlation spectroscopy, single-cell biochemistry, flow cytometry, DNA and protein arrays, immunoassays, cyto-and histochemistry, in situ hybridization, PCR, and Drug screening in a high throughput setting.

In order to bring recent developments and advancements in Nano-Crystal technology closer to Life Scientists and Students alike, thus both, educate as well as stimulate the integration of these novel thechnologies into Life Science research efforts, this special issue aims to actively recruit leading scientists in the field to share their knowledge.

High quality research papers, methodological papers, reviews or mini-reviews with regard to Synthesis, Biomedical-, and Life Science applications of Quantum Dots are considered for publication. In addition, purely educational papers from which students and researchers may benefit are very welcome. Previously unpublished original experimental and review papers are petitioned for regarding the following and related topics listed under keywords.

Dr. Gregor Drummen

Editors:

Guest Editor

Dr. Gregor Drummen

MDPI, Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +49 211 40 51 810

Fax. +49 211 47 45 476

E-Mail: [email protected]

Keywords:

Topics of special interest include, but are not strictly limited to, the following:

Fundamentals of Quantum Dots:

Synthesis of Nanocrystals/Quantum Dots
Funtamental properties of Quantum Dots
Cytoxicity and Biocmpatibility

Instrumentation

New developments in instrumentation and automation

Applications in Life sciences and Biomedicine

Live cell imaging
Biomolecular sensing
Applications of Quantum dots in Cell Biology
Applications of Quantum dots in disease diagnosis and therapy
Other applications in Biomedicine

Methodology

In depth "How to" papers

Education

When and how to use Quantum Dots for research purposes
Basic information for Undergraduate, Graduate, MPhil, PhD students
Other educational topics

The deadline for submissions is 1 December 2008.

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the “Instructions for Authors” page. The International Journal of Molecular Sciences is an international peer-reviewed monthly journal published by The Molecular Diversity Preservation International Press.

You are invited to submit your manuscripts online at http://submit.mdpi.org/index.php or by email to [email protected]. Please include "Manuscript submission for special issue "Quantumdots" in the subject line.

Call for Papers: call for paper message, PDF version

Announced Papers:

Type of paper: Full Research Paper
Title: Potential Use of Quantum Dots in Flow Cytometry
Authors: Peter Bergquist
Affiliations: Biotechnology Research Institute, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia; Tel.: +61 2 9850 8614, Fax: +61 2 9850 6192,
E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Download the Abstract

Published Papers:

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Leading Papers and Reviews:

Caruthers, S.D.; Wickline, S.A.; Lanza, G.M. Nanotechnological applications in medicine. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2007, 18, 26-30.
Rao, J.; Dragulescu-Andrasi, A.; Yao, H. Fluorescence imaging in vivo: recent advances. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2007, 18, 17-25.
Jaiswal, J.K.; Simon, S.M. Imaging single events at the cell membrane. Nat. Chem. Biol. 2007, 3, 92-8.
Kaji, N.; Tokeshi, M.; Baba, Y. Quantum dots for single bio-molecule imaging. Anal. Sci. 2007, 23, 21-4.
Willner, I.; Basnar, B.; Willner, B. Nanoparticle-enzyme hybrid systems for nanobiotechnology. FEBS J. 2007, 274, 302-9. Review.
Hernandez-Sanchez, B.A.; Boyle, T.J.; Lambert, T.N.; Daniel-Taylor, S.D.; Oliver, J.M.; Wilson, B.S.; Lidke, D.S.; Andrews, N.L. Synthesizing biofunctionalized nanoparticles to image cell signaling pathways. IEEE Trans Nanobioscience 2006, 5, 222-30.
Gallego, O.; Puntes, V. What can nanotechnology do to fight cancer? Clin. Transl. Oncol. 2006, 8, 788-95.
Du, W.; Wang, Y.; Luo, Q.; Liu, B.F. Optical molecular imaging for systems biology: from molecule to organism. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2006, 386, 444-57.
Jares-Erijman, E.A.; Jovin, T.M. Imaging molecular interactions in living cells by FRET microscopy. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2006, 10, 409-16.
Scholes, G.D.; Rumbles, G. Excitons in nanoscale systems. Nat. Mater. 2006, 5, 683-96. Erratum in: Nat. Mater. 2006, 5, 920.
Wang, M.D.; Shin, D.M.; Simons, J.W.; Nie, S. Nanotechnology for targeted cancer therapy. Expert Rev. Anticancer Ther. 2007, 7, 833-7.

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