Women in Bioorganic Chemistry

We are very happy to present this Special Issue, for which we acted as guest editors, and which includes scientific contributions from laboratories headed by women active in the field of bioorganic chemistry. We made the decision to undertake this project since we deem that there are still gender biases that put women at a slight disadvantage when disseminating their research, preventing the science community from benefiting from a wider diversity of voices. The issues related to the gender scissor and the leaky pipeline that can be observed with career advancement in the academy, especially in the field of STEM disciplines, deserve our attention and the efforts of all of the scientific community to mitigate the gender gap. In order to embrace gender equality, recognize the career progression of women, and to celebrate the achievements of women in the field of bioorganic chemistry, we present in this Special Issue contributions both from highly renewed woman scientists and young woman researchers who are undertaking their early-stage careers. This Special Issue includes fifteen manuscripts, among which eleven high-quality research articles and four comprehensive review articles in the area of bioorganic chemistry, published from mid-2020 to early 2022.