<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><!--StartFragment--><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Dear Colleagues,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I am guest editing a Special Issue at the International Journal of Molecular Sciences (<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/29755ZV2HI__;!!Mih3wA!C7SVpSvWb8eGkWdckU09gMksVL134sY4Cn-MPSsHjWKO6gErGIJxk-Whxbb7EYydIjyjvoHH6W-1qVq-xGIQ1H2ipSrwQ17BsTIwWLM$" data-mce-href="https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/29755ZV2HI">https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/29755ZV2HI</a>).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You may check the <!--StartFragment--><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">already published </span><!--EndFragment-->articles in this SI. A few more are on the way. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The journal is asking me if they could extend the submission deadline to the end of March 2024.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">May I ask you to contact me if you are planning to submit a manuscript to this SI and let me know a tentative date of your manuscript submission. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br data-mce-bogus="1"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thanks in advance.</p></div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Kind regards,</p></div><div style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" data-mce-style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Lucida Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" data-mce-style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Slavica</p></div><!--EndFragment--></div></body></html>