<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px">Dear all,</span><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px"><br class="gmail-"></div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px">There will be a special issue “Bio-molecular data modeling and mining” published by the journal of Molecular Based Mathematical Biology (MBMB). The manuscript is scheduled to be due on August 1, 2017, and first round of reviews will be sent by Sept. 15,2017. The anticipated publication date is Dec. 15, 2017. Please see below for detailed information.</div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px"><br class="gmail-"></div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px">Best,</div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px"><br class="gmail-"></div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px">Dong</div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px"><br class="gmail-"></div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px">---<br class="gmail-">Dong Si, Ph.D<br class="gmail-">Computing and Software Systems, University of Washington, Bothell<br class="gmail-">18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011<br class="gmail-">ph: 425-352-5389 fax: 425-352-5216<br class="gmail-"><a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/dongsi" class="gmail-">faculty.washington.edu/dongsi</a></div><div class="gmail-" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:12px"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><b class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:24pt;font-family:'times new roman'">Call for papers<span class="gmail-"></span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><b class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:16pt">Bio-molecular data modeling and mining</span></b><b class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:16pt"><span class="gmail-"></span></span></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">The journal Molecular Based Mathematical Biology (MBMB) will publish a special issue entitled “</span><b class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Bio-molecular data modeling and mining</span></b><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">”. The purpose of this special issue is to create a medium for researchers from mathematical</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">, computational</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"> and biological sciences and other related disciplines to report novel mathematical models, computational algorithms, and biological applications to the </span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">data mining, machine learning, knowledge discovery and pattern recognition from large-scale bio-molecular data of various types and dimensionalities, include but not limit to 1D sequence, 2D image, 3D volume and structure data</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">.</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"><span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">MBMB (<a href="http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mlbmb" class="gmail-">http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mlbmb</a>) is a recently established journal, whose aim is to promote the mathematical study and findings of biological structure, functions and dynamics at the molecular scale. Original papers and high-quality review articles on the aforementioned topics are solicited for this special issue.<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-size:18pt;font-family:'times new roman';color:rgb(94,56,27)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Potential topics include, but are not limited to:<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Cryo-Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) data analysis<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Image processing, graphical modeling and visualization<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Geometric and topological modeling of macromolecules<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Structural determination and molecular shape analysis of molecules<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Structure Alignment of macromolecules<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Machine learning and data mining in molecular big data<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Algorithms, analysis and validation for bio-molecular data<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Molecule-related software or database development</span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"><span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Gene regulatory network and genome wide association study<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Metagenomics data analysis and modeling of Epigenetics data<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">-<span class="gmail-" style="font-size:7pt;line-height:normal"> </span></span><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Single cell sequencing data analysis <span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Before submission authors should carefully read over the author guidelines, which are located at </span><a href="http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mlbmb" class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mlbmb</span></a><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">. All manuscripts are subject to the standard peer review process before publication. Please note the publisher has waived the Article Processing Charges for this special issue, but articles will be open-access in accordance with the overall goals of the journal. Prospective authors should submit their manuscript on line at </span><a href="http://mlbmb.edmgr.com/" class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">http://mlbmb.edmgr.com/</span></a><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"><span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">We are looking forward to your submission. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Dong Si at </span><a href="mailto:donsi@uw.edu" class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">donsi@uw.edu</span></a><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">.<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Important Dates: Manuscript Due, August 1, 2017; First round of reviews: Sept. 15, 2017; Anticipated publication date: Dec. 15, 2017<span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'">Guest editors: Dr. Dong Si (lead), University of Washington, Bothell; Dr. Ping Ma, University of Georgia; Dr. Kamal Al Nasr, Tennessee State University; Dr. Yonggang Lu, Lanzhou University, China. <span class="gmail-"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="gmail-" style="font-family:'times new roman'"> </span></p></div>
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