Aims EPJ E publishes papers describing advances in the understanding of physical aspects of Soft, Liquid and Living Systems. Soft matter is a generic term for a large group of condensed, often heterogeneous systems -- often also called complex fluids -- that display a large response to weak external perturbations and that possess properties governed by slow internal dynamics. Flowing matter refers to all systems that can actually flow, from simple to multiphase liquids, from foams to granular matter. Living matter concerns the new physics that emerges from novel insights into the properties and behaviours of living systems. Furthermore, it aims at developing new concepts and quantitative approaches for the study of biological phenomena. Approaches from soft matter physics and statistical physics play a key role in this research. The journal includes reports of experimental, computational and theoretical studies and appeals to the broad interdisciplinary communities including physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and materials science. Scope I. Soft Matter Polymers and Polyelectrolytes Gels, rubbers, networks Crystalline, glassy and molten polymers Amphiphilic systems Liquid Crystals Thermotropic and lyotropic phases Liquid crystalline polymers and elastomers Self-organised and Supramolecular Assemblies Purpose-designed organic molecules Hierarchical structures Foams, emulsions and dispersions Surfactants Colloids and Nanoparticles Colloids and nanoparticles as model systems Glasses, aggregates and fragility Ferrofluids Functional Materials and Nanodevices Smart materials DNA based nanotechnology Tuneable, switchable, and addressable properties Semiconducting polymers and molecular electronics: structure and morphology Interfacial Phenomena and Nanostructured Surfaces Adhesion and friction Soft lithography, materials pattern II. Flowing Matter Liquids and Complex Fluids Structure and dynamics of dense liquids Viscoelasticity, rheology and rheophysics Phase behaviour Active Fluids Granular Materials Packing and elasticity Dynamics, dissipation and flow behavior, slurries Transport and jamming Interfacial Phenomena Capillarity, wetting and spreading Microfluidics and interfacial flows, foam and emulsions rheology Nonlinear Physics and Mesoscale Modeling Multiscale hydrodynamics Non-equilibrium dynamics, instabilities, pattern formation Transport processes, multiphase flows Turbulence Computational fluid dynamics - Lattice Boltzmann methods III. Living Systems Biological Matter DNA, RNA and chromatin Membranes and vesicles Proteins and protein assemblies Cytoskeletal filaments and networks Structure and Function Single molecules Nanoscale systems Molecular machines: Channels, pumps and motors Photobiophysics Protein folding Biomimetic Systems Reconstituted systems Artificial environments, microfluidics, microswimmers Synthetic biology Cellular Processes Cell mechanics and adhesion Cell motility and force generation Transport and trafficking Fluctuations and noise, nonequilibrium processes Multicellular Systems Tissues and organs Developmental processes and patterning Cell communication and cooperativity Sensory systems and neural networks Dynamics and self-organization in biological systems Collective motions Biological Networks Genetic and protein networks Cellular signaling systems Population dynamics and evolution Robustness and reliability Biological information Article Categories Regular Articles Tips and Tricks Colloquia Topical Reviews Tips and Tricks (T&T) are short peer-reviewed papers that focus on a novel methodological approach that facilitates new science. These papers may describe experimental, computational, or theoretical tips and tricks. Although T&T papers maybe shorter (recommended length of 5 pages) than normal research papers, they should still provide enough detail such that the reader can readily implement the ideas presented. The standards of scientific quality and rigour will be the same as a for regular papers (control experiments, clear descriptions, comparison to previous methods, statistical analysis, quantitative evaluation if appropriate, etc.). T&T can be submitted regularly through the online system, but please mention in the cover letter if your submission is a T&T paper. Colloquia describe the development of new areas of research or the impact of new and promising experimental or theoretical methods in the fields that are within the spectrum of topics covered by the respective journals. While not as extensive and complete as reviews in the usual sense, they are intended to suitably introduce new research directions and techniques in their early stages of development, and to a wider audience. There is no explicit constraint regarding the length of such manuscripts, although 20 printed pages would be the most usual length. All invited/submitted manuscripts will undergo the same refereeing procedure as all other contributions submitted to the journal. For invited colloquium papers, authors will receive a honorarium of EUR 400,-- upon publication and colour figures will be free of charge. Colloquium pape rs are generally solicited by the journal editors. Authors wishing to submit a colloquium paper are advised to contact J.M. Di Meglio. Topical Reviews provide a comprehensive and extensive summary of recent research results in a field that is within the spectrum of topics covered by EPJ E and are of current interest to a broader audience. A topical review should aim to summarize the pertinent experimental, theoretical, and computational results obtained by the key research groups working in the field in the past 10 years. Historical reviews of an entire sub-field of physics are discouraged. There is no explicit constraint regarding the length of such manuscripts, although 35 printed pages would be the most usual length. All invited/submitted manuscripts will undergo the same refereeing procedure as all other contributions submitted to the journal. For invited topical review papers, authors will receive a honorarium of EUR 400,-- upon publication and color figures will be free of charge. Topical review papers are generally solicited by the journal editors. Authors wishing to submit a topical review paper are advised to contact the Editorial Office or the Editors-in-Chief.