[SA_Scat] Invitation to contribute to Special Issue "Biological Small Angle Scattering Techniques and Applications"

[Qian, Shuo]

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue on "Biological Small Angle Scattering: Techniques and Applications" in the Journal Applied Sciences.

Small angle scattering (SAS) in either X-ray or Neutron (SAXS/SANS) has become an essential technique in understanding biological structures and processes. The technique is amenable to samples in solution without crystallization and cryogenic preparation, providing an opportunity to study biomolecules in a more physiologically relevant condition. For example, the ensemble of structural conformations from SAS provides a critical understanding of large flexible and disordered systems. The contrast manipulation by SANS and deuterium labeling provides a viable approach to understand subunit structure in the context of the whole complex.

In this Special Issue, we invite original articles, review articles, and case reports highlighting new developments of the technique and their applications to explore new aspects of biological systems. Those include but are not limited to new instrumentation, sample preparation, sample environment, data process, and analysis methods/software.

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2021.

Please let me know if you have any question. qians at ornl.gov<mailto:qians at ornl.gov>

Best regards,

Dr. Shuo Qian
Guest Editor
Keywords

  *   small angle scattering
  *   SAXS
  *   SANS
  *   biological SAS
  *   solution SAS
  *   protein structure
  *   membrane structure
  *   biomolecule structure


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Shuo Qian, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
Center for Structural Molecular Biology
Large Scale Structures Group
Neutron Scattering Division
&
Second Target Station Project
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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