Chemical Probes and Pharmacological Tools for Imaging Applications

Manuscript Submission Deadline: August 31, 2022

This special issue focuses on reporting CPPTs for imaging applications, including but not limited to: (a) assay development based on fluorescent probes and tools; (b) probes for clinically relevant imaging (e.g. PET imaging); (c) visualization probes for cell biology; (d) high-content imaging screening and method development; (e) live cell and whole animal imaging assays, and similar. The issue will highlight best practices for developing, validating and applying this subset of CPPTs, and provide an opportunity to discuss factors that affect their performance, especially as it pertains to their clinical use and informing drug discovery.
 
Special issue Editors, Milka Kostic, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Bruce J. Melancon, PhD, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, will consider articles from the full breadth of research in the field from original research papers, reviews, and methods papers, to perspectives, profiles, commentaries, and exemplary front matter.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Development of drug discovery assays based on the use of fluorescent probes and tools
• Development and validation of probes for clinical imaging applications
• Development of live cell and live animal assays for studying pharmacological properties of drugs
• Phenotypic screening assays using high-content imaging
• Developing imaging technologies to accelerate drug discovery

Contributions will receive prompt and thorough peer review, feedback, and decision. Please refer to our Instructions for Authors before submitting your manuscript for consideration. Authors are encouraged to evaluate ideas directly with Milka Kostic, PhD.
 
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