Cell Communication and Signaling

Cell Communication and Signaling (CCS) is an open access journal that encompasses all basic and translational aspects of cellular communications and signaling pathways in normal and pathological conditions. The journal encourages submissions of original papers, review papers, short reports, and commentaries pertaining to both eukaryotic and prokaryotic intracellular and intercellular signal transduction, including but not limited to:

• Signal transduction by protein-protein interactions and modular domains
• Post-translational modification of proteins and epigenetic modification of nucleic acids
• Mechanisms of cell transformation, metastasis, senescence, and aging
• Homeostatic and pathophysiological mechanisms of disease progression
• Mechanisms of viral and bacterial pathogenesis and virulence factors

In addition, reflecting journal’s affiliation with the International Cell Death Society, CCS welcomes submissions in all aspects of cell
death, which includes:  

• Apoptotic and non-apoptotic mechanisms of cell death
• Cell death in model systems
• Autophagy
• Clearance of dying cells
• Immunological and pathological consequences of dying cells in the tissue microenvironment

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Extracellular vesicles in Intercellular Communication
Edited by Dr. Nicole-Meisner Kober and Dr. Silja Wessler

Tumor Cell Intrinsic Mechanisms of Immune Escape
Edited by Dr. Ganapathy Sriram and Dr. Raymond Birge

Signaling, Cancer Cell Plasticity, and Intratumor Heterogeneity
Edited by Dr. Marco Cordani, Dr. Ilaria Dando, Dr. Giulia Ambrosini, Dr. Pedro González-Menéndez Dando

Submit your manuscript here.

HGSC 2023
The HGSC 2023 "Helicobacter pylori genomics, signaling and carcinogenesis” conference will be held on December 2nd-5th, 2023 at Castle Hirschberg in Beilngries (Bavaria, Germany). The HGSC conference brings together established researchers and young scientists to share their latest data and vision in the field of Helicobacter. This will be an in-person meeting. To learn more, visit the meeting website.

Biology Beyond Boundaries 2024 International Conference 
The "Biology Beyond Boundaries: Mitochondrial Insights, Computational Breakthroughs, and Clinical Transformations" international conference organized by the Savitribai Phule Pune University will be held on January 29-31, 2024 in Pune, India. To learn more, visit the meeting website.

ICDS 2024 Annual Meeting
The ICDS will be holding their 30th international conference "Cell Death: Mechanisms, Immunity  and Clinical Applications" from May 24-26, 2024 in Ghent, Belgium at Zebrastraat Congress Center. This will be an in-person meeting (proof of vaccination required). To learn more, visit the meeting website.

16^th Annual ÖGMBT Annual Meeting
The 2024 Meeting of the Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology (ÖGMBT) "Life Sciences - Tackling the Challenges of the 21st Century" will take place from September 17-19, 2024 in Graz/ReSoWi-Zentrum, Austria. To learn more, visit the OGMBT website.

New Thematic Series:
Extracellular Vesicles in Infectious Disease Guest Editors: Nicole Meisner-Kober and Silja Wessler. Learn more about the series here. 

Signaling, Cancer Cell Plasticity, and Intratumor Heterogeneity
Edited by Dr. Marco Cordani, Dr. Ilaria Dando, Dr. Giulia Ambrosini, Dr. Pedro González-Menéndez Dando. Learn more about the series here. 

Tumor Cell Intrinsic Mechanisms of Immune Escape
Edited by Dr. Ganapathy Sriram and Dr. Raymond Birge. Learn more about the series here.

At Cell Communication and Signaling, we are passionate about the dissemination of research.

We are pleased to announce that as of the 12th August 2019, all authors whose papers are accepted will receive a complimentary Video Byte.

Created by our partners, Research Square, the fastest growing preprint platform in the world, a Video Byte is a 1-2 minute video summary of a paper that will be incorporated into the abstract of the paper and published on the journal website. Authors will also receive a shareable version of their Video Byte.

Integration into the article page makes your research more accessible to a wide variety of audiences and disciplines. Telling the story of your work in easy-to-understand terms means greater understanding and impact of your research.

Additionally, Video Bytes are also posted on the Research Square preprint platform and OER commons; the team at Research Square is pursuing additional ways to share and disseminate your work. Articles on Microbiome with an associated video saw an increase of 168% in article views, 143% increase in citations, and 161% increase in Altmetric scores compared to articles without videos.

If you’d like to learn more, check out Video Bytes here.