Mechanobiology in Medicine

Aims

Mechanobiology in Medicine (MBM) aspires to become one of the most prominent publishing venue in mechanobiology by bringing together the most important advances in the discipline, enhancing their visibility by means of opinion and news articles, and providing overviews of the state of the art in each field through topic-, disease- or technology-focused review articles.

By publishing content that traverses field boundaries, Mechanobiology in Medicine helps to build bridges between engineers, life scientists, and medical professionals. Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary discipline that combines biology, engineering, chemistry, physics and medicine. It is a comprehensive and high-tech discipline focused on how physical forces and changes in the mechanical properties of cells and tissues contribute to development, cell differentiation, physiology, and disease-related through understanding mechanotransduction-the molecular mechanisms by which cells sense and respond to mechanical signals.

Scope

Mechanobiology in Medicine is a peer-reviewed, online, open access journal focused on fundamental research of mechanobiology by studyingthe structure, function and interrelationship within human body at multiple levels using principles and methods of modern natural science and engineering technology, and trying to provide novel insights into how mechanical inputs regulate cell behavior and tissue homeostasis and how their deregulation might cause disease. The journal includes research articles, reviews, and rapid communications with a focus on the mechanobiological advances for disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

Topics covered in Mechanobiology in Medicine include

• Cellular and molecular mechanobiology, mechanosensors, mechanotransduction, cellular dynamics, cellular mechanical response, multitissue interactions, and mechanical regulation in diseases and health

• Mechanobiology in biological processes, mechanical memory, mechanobiology in development, organismal morphogenesis, and tissue and cell remodeling

• Technologies in mechanobiology research, biochips, mechanobiology in biomaterials, mechanobiomarkers, single-molecule approaches, and immunoengineering

• Clinical applications, including translational medicine, regenerative medicine, and drug delivery