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<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I would like to invite you to contribute to a Special Issue on “Biological
Small Angle Scattering: Techniques and Applications” in the Journal <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Applied Sciences.</span></em><span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Small angle scattering (SAS) in either X-ray or Neutron (SAXS/SANS) has
become an essential technique in understanding biological structures and
processes. The technique is amenable to samples in solution without
crystallization and cryogenic preparation, providing an opportunity to study
biomolecules in a more physiologically relevant condition. For example, the
ensemble of structural conformations from SAS provides a critical understanding
of large flexible and disordered systems. The contrast manipulation by SANS and
deuterium labeling provides a viable approach to understand subunit structure
in the context of the whole complex.<span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">In this Special Issue, we invite <b>original articles, review articles, and
case reports highlighting new developments of the technique and their
applications to explore new aspects of biological systems</b>. Those include
but are <b>not limited to new instrumentation, sample preparation, sample
environment, data process, and analysis methods/software.<span></span></b></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span class="gmail-si-deadline">Deadline for manuscript submissions: <b>10 October
2021</b></span>. <span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please let me know if you have any question. <a href="mailto:qians@ornl.gov" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">qians@ornl.gov</a><span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Best regards,<span></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dr. Shuo Qian<br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Guest Editor</span></em><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:18pt">Keywords<span></span></span></b></p>
<ul style="margin-bottom:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>small angle scattering<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>SAXS<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>SANS<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>biological SAS<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>solution SAS<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>protein structure<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>membrane structure<span></span></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span>biomolecule structure<span></span></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>
Shuo Qian, Ph.D.<br>
Staff Scientist<br>
Center for Structural Molecular Biology<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Large Scale Structures Group<br>
Neutron Scattering Division<span></span></span></p>
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory<span></span></span></p>
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