Aims
The primary aims of Biotechnology and Life Systems Engineering (BleSS’in) are as follows:
To publish high-quality research that integrates biological sciences with engineering principles.
To foster interdisciplinary collaboration across biotechnology, chemical engineering, biomedical engineering, and materials science.
To highlight scientific contributions that address global challenges in health, food security, energy, and environmental sustainability.
To serve as a forum for both academic and industrial perspectives, bridging laboratory research with real-world applications.
To promote ethical, safe, and sustainable practices in biotechnology and biological engineering.
Scope
The journal welcomes original research articles, review papers, perspectives, and short communications in (but not limited to) the following areas:
Bioprocess and Biochemical Engineering: fermentation, bioreactor design, process intensification, scale-up strategies.
Synthetic Biology and Genetic Engineering: metabolic pathway design, genome editing, CRISPR applications, engineered microbes.
Biomedical and Tissue Engineering: biomaterials, regenerative medicine, biosensors, drug delivery systems.
Environmental Biotechnology: bioremediation, bioenergy, waste valorization, carbon capture technologies.
Agricultural Biotechnology: crop improvement, microbial inoculants, precision agriculture.
Nanobiotechnology and Biointerfaces: nanomaterials for diagnostics, therapeutics, and bioengineering applications.
Molecular Biology and Genetics: gene expression and regulation, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, functional and comparative genomics.
Metagenomics and Microbial Ecology: microbial community structure and function, environmental and host-associated microbiomes, omics-based ecological analysis.
Microbiology and Mycology: industrial microbiology, pharmaceutical microbiology, microbial physiology, pathogenic and beneficial microorganisms, fungal biology and biotechnology.
Food Biotechnology and Fermentation Technology: fermented foods, food processing technology, food safety, food sanitation, and toxicological evaluation.
Industrial Biotechnology and Bioproducts: biobased chemicals, industrial enzymes, biocatalysis, metabolite and secondary metabolite production.
Enzymology and Enzyme Technology: enzyme discovery, characterization, immobilization, and industrial enzyme applications.
Health and Medical Biotechnology: immunology, antimicrobial compounds, nutrigenomics, diagnostic and therapeutic biotechnology.
Bioinformatics and Biostatistics: computational biology, biological data mining, statistical analysis and modeling in biotechnology and life sciences.
Biophysics and Radiobiotechnology: biophysical analysis of biological systems, radiation biology, radiobiotechnological applications.
Microbial Biodiversity and Conservation: exploration, taxonomy, and functional characterization of microbial diversity.
Aquatic and Marine Biotechnology: aquatic microorganisms, fisheries and aquaculture biotechnology, water quality, sanitation, and waste management.
Environmental Biochemistry and Pollution Analysis: analysis of environmental contaminants, ecotoxicology, and biochemical indicators of environmental quality.
Bioprocess Technology and Biotechnology Instrumentation: analytical methods, process monitoring, control systems, and biotechnological instrumentation.
All manuscripts submitted to Biotechnology and Life Systems Engineering (BleSS’in) undergo a rigorous peer-review process conducted by experts with relevant expertise in the manuscript’s subject area. This process ensures scientific quality, originality, and the validity of methodologies and research findings prior to publication.
Biotechnology and Life Systems Engineering (BleSS’in) is published as an open-access journal, ensuring wide dissemination of published research to the global scientific community and the public. The journal is published twice a year (biannual), in March and October.
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...
Biotechnology and Life Systems Engineering (BleSS’in) adheres to high standards of publication ethics, including honesty, integrity, objectivity, and transparency throughout all editorial and publication processes, and follows internationally recognized publication ethics guidelines.