Alexandra Naba is guest-editing a Topical Collection on “Methods for Extracellular Matrix Research in Development, Health, and Disease” for JoVE (formerly known as the Journal of Visual Experiments). This collection of papers aims to cover advanced experimental approaches in the field. she suggest that our group’s work would be an invaluable addition.

JoVE is the leading peer-reviewed scientific methods video journal whose goal is to increase method dissemination and reproducibility of research.

She would like to assemble a Topical Collection that will serve as the go-to resource for methods to study the ECM and their application across diverse fields of research and set standards for years to come.  The Collection will cover, but is not limited to:

• Techniques to profile the global composition of the ECM (g., proteomic, mass spectrometry imaging, multiplexed IHC)
• Techniques to image and quantify the physical and mechanical properties of the ECM from in-vitro cell culture systems or in-or ex-vivo samples across model organisms
• Methods to characterize the mechanisms of ECM assembly and remodeling
• Protocols to engineer in-vitro ECMs and ECM mimics with applications to cancer research, wound healing, or tissue regeneration
• Computational approaches to mine -omic datasets to gain insights into genetic, transcriptional, translational, and post-translational regulations of the matrisome across systems

If you are interested, submit an abstract at: https://app.jove.com/methods-collections/submit-an-abstract?collection_id=4883

or feel free to contact alexandra at: https://info.jove.com/mc_contact_editor?methods_collection_url=https://app.jove.com/methods-collections/4883/methods-for-extracellular-matrix-research-in-development-health-and-disease

Abstracts will be accepted until July 15, 2026, and full articles should be submitted by November 30, 2026.