SLAS Special Issues and Collections

• Advances in Synthetic Biology (SLAS Technology, 2022)
• 3D Cell Culture Approaches of Microphysiological Relevant Models (SLAS Discovery, 2022)

• High-Content Imaging and Informatics: Annual Joint Special Issue with SBI2 (SLAS Discovery, 2021) (SLAS Discovery, 2021)
• Assay Guidance Manual for Drug Discovery: Robust or Go Bust (SLAS Discovery, 2021)
• Applications of Biophysics in Early Drug Discovery (SLAS Discovery, 2021) (SLAS Discovery, 2021)
• Approaches for Prioritizing High-Quality Chemical Matter in Chemical Probe and Drug Discovery (SLAS Discovery, 2021)
• Hit Discovery Methodology (SLAS Discovery, 2021)
• AI in Process Automation (SLAS Technology, 2021)
• Advances in Protein Degradation (SLAS Discovery, 2021)
• Approaches for Prioritizing High-Quality Chemical Matter in Chemical Probe and Drug Discovery (SLAS Discovery, 2021)
• Applications of Biophysics in Early Drug Discovery (SLAS Discovery, 2021)
• Emerging Trends in 3D Cell Culture: High-Throughput Screening, Disease Modeling and Translational Medicine (SLAS Technology, 2021)

• Flexible Analytical Devices for Point-of-Care Testing (SLAS Technology, February 2020)
• Advances in Cellular Target Engagement and Target Deconvolution (SLAS Discovery, February 2020)
• Carbohydrate Structure Analysis: Methods and Applications (SLAS Technology, August 2020)
• Functional Genomics for Target Identification (SLAS Discovery, July 2020)
• High-Content Imaging and Informatics: Joint Special Issue with SBI² & SLAS, 2020 (SLAS Discovery, August 2020)
• Advances in Technology to Address COVID-19 (SLAS Technology, December 2020)
• Drug Discovery Targeting COVID-19 (SLAS Discovery, December 2020)

• The Science of Sample Management: Enabling Discovery from Bench to Clinic (SLAS Technology, June)
• Nanoparticle Strategies for Biomedical Applications (SLAS Technology, April)
• Academic Screening Centers and Translational Drug Discovery Centers Showcase (SLAS Discovery, March)
• Advances in 3D and Organoid Cell Culture (SLAS Technology, February)
• Membrane Proteins: New Approaches to Probes, Technologies and Drug Design (SLAS Discovery, October and December)
• Engineering Innovations for Fundamental Biology and Translational Medicine (SLAS Technology, October)

• The Internet of Things in the Life Sciences Laboratory
• Enabling Technology in Cell-Based Therapies
• High-Throughput Flow Cytometry in Drug Discovery
• Statistical Applications in Knowledge and Drug Discovery
• DNA-Encoded Chemical Library Technologies
• Quantitative Imaging in Life Sciences and Biomedical Research

• 3D Cell Culture, Drug Screening, and Optimization
• Micro- and Nanotechnologies for Quantitative Biology and Medicine
• Advances in MALDI Mass Spectrometry within Drug Discovery
• Personalized and Precision Medicine
• Cancer Metabolism

• High-Content Screening
• Collaborative 3D Printing Technologies
• Innovative Screening Methodologies to Identify New Compounds for the Treatment of Central Nervous System Disorders
• Advances in Mass Spectrometry Within Drug Discovery
• High-Throughput Imaging Technologies
• Advancing Scientific Innovation with Acoustic Droplet Ejection

SLAS Discovery and SLAS Technology invite proposals from interested guest editors for collections of five to seven original scientific reports that collectively explore the different dimensions, recent achievements and existing challenges related to a timely topic of interest and importance to SLAS journal readers.

Proposals must include:

• The name of the journal for which the proposal is intended (i.e. SLAS Discovery or SLAS Technology).
• A suggested title for the collection.
• An overview of the intended focus and goals of the collection.
• Six succinct keywords to reflect the main themes of the collection.
• Name, e-mail, affiliation and a short biography of the guest editor.
• E-mail proposals to publishing@slas.org.

• Proposing a topic that fits appropriately into one of the journal’s editorial scope.
• Recruiting authors to prepare five to seven novel and previously unpublished scientific reports (e.g. review papers, original research, technology brief, technical note, application note).
• Disclosing any potential conflicts of interest relating to the submitting authors or submitted manuscripts. (Note: Having and identifying potentially competing interests does not disqualify authors or editors.)
• Assisting the editor-in-chief throughout the manuscript review and revision process.
• Preparing an editorial introduction that defines the topic and goals of the special collection, explains why it is important to readers and briefly highlights the manuscripts in the collection (approx. 2000 words).