Coming hot on the heels of Bio Innovation Week, ACS Synthetic Biology launches its call for papers focused on the intersection of synthetic biology, systems biology, computer-aided design, and lab automation. Submit your manuscript by July 31, 2025.
ACS Synthetic Biology has long supported the International Workshop on Bio-Design Automation (IWBDA), and the journal is excited to open this year's call for papers to all synthetic biologists who are focused on facilitating the implementation and adoption of bio-design automation principles.
This Special Issue seeks to showcase researchers who are tackling issues through biotechnological innovations, and the ways in which automations can dissolve research barriers, and open previously unreachable avenues of investigation.
Submissions to this Special Issue should be clearly focused on the nexus of synthetic biology, systems biology, and design automation communities.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Design Build Test Case studies
- Synthetic Biology education and outreach
- Biosecurity in lab automation processes
- Computer aided design tools and automation for engineering biology
- Standardization of biological components
- Biofoundries and their impact on synthetic biology
See previous iterations of IWBDA Special Issues:
IWBDA 2022
IWBDA 2021
IWBDA 2020
Organizing Editors
Carolus Vitalis, Guest Editor
University of Colorado Boulder, United States
Nicholas Roehner, Guest Editor
Boston University, United States
Submission Information
We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through July 31, 2025. For more information on submission requirements, please visit the journal’s Author Guidelines page.
Research Articles, Letters, Reviews, Perspectives, and Technical Notes will be considered for publication in this Special Issue. Manuscripts accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online as soon as they are accepted. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals.
Authors are encouraged to adhere to FAIR Data Principles when submitting research.
How to Submit
- Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
- Select the “Journals” tab.
- Choose ACS Synthetic Biology.
- Click "Submit."
- Select your manuscript type, and, under "Special Issue Selection," choose “Bio Innovation via Synthetic Biology."
If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact managing.editor@synthbiol.acs.org.
Open Access: There are diverse open-access options for publications in ACS Publications journals. Please visit our Open Science Resource Center for more information.
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