Zhibing Zhang, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of the C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development at the Wayne State University School of Medicine, has been selected to serve as guest editor for an upcoming special issue of the journal Cells.

The special issue, “Molecular Mechanism of Ciliogenesis/Spermatogenesis,” is scheduled to be published in 2021, and is now accepting manuscripts for consideration.

Dr. Zhang, also an associate professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, researches the issue’s topic, the process in which male germ cells proliferate and differentiate to produce spermatozoa.

Cells is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing articles pertaining to cell biology, molecular biology and biophysics.

Serving with Dr. Zhang as guest editors on the special edition are Zine-Eddine Kherraf, M.D., Ph.D., of the French Institute of Health and Medical Research, and Shuiqiao Yuan, Ph.D., of the Institute of Reproductive Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, in China.