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Contextualization of genomics by phenomics in tracking human disease trajectories

Cost-effective diagnostics and treatment for human diseases is challenging in the ageing population, partially owing to insufficient probing of individual genetics and molecular differences, as well as incon...

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Open

Submission deadline

31 December 2024

Emerging Genetic Approaches in Plants for Crop Improvement: Targets Related to Agro-Ecological Sustainability

Climatic changes have increased the severity of environmental stresses. Globally, plants are exposed to multiple abiotic stresses which hinder the quality and productivity. Understanding the mechanisms of pr...

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Closed

Epigenomics in Cancer: Mechanisms and Potential Therapeutics

These are exciting times for discovering the biological scope and the mechanisms of action for DNA and RNA molecules, which have a great impact on tumors. Epigenetic genomics involving DNA methylation and hi...

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Closed

Genomics Tools, Approaches and Knowledge for Achieving Zero Hunger

The global human population is expected to increase from 6.7 billion to 9 billion by the year 2050. To meet the growing food demands, word agricultural production is necessary to raise by 50% by 2030. The cu...

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Closed

Integrative Analysis of Multiple-omics Data for Precision Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Cancer is a complex disease characterized by genetic and molecular heterogeneity. Traditional cancer research has focused on studying individual omics layers, such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, a...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 June 2024

Plant Genomics and Gene Editing

This collection will be based on articles emerging from the 10th Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress: USA, Raleigh, NC, USA, 24-25 October 2023 and 9th Plant Genomics & Gene Editing Congress: Asia, Bangko...

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Open

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Ongoing

Research Spotlights

Research Spotlights serve to be a platform on updating our readers on new discovery, technology and tools on hot research articles recently published (less than six months) in Functional & Integrative Genomi...

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Open

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Ongoing

Role of intelligent computation optimization algorithms in genomics and precision medicine

With recent technological breakthroughs, healthcare faces several improvements that might benefit millions of individuals plagued by different chronic conditions. Moreover, introducing the new coronavirus co...

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Closed

Special issue on microRNAs and other non-coding RNAs

Among the transcribed sequences, except the protein-coding RNAs, there are also lots of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), including microRNAs and long ncRNAs (lncRNAs). More and more evidence shows that ncRNAs play ...

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Closed

The genomic analysis of mRNA vaccines in the field of chronic diseases

In recent years, mRNA vaccines have emerged as a groundbreaking technology primarily known for their success in addressing infectious diseases, such as COVID-19. These vaccines work by introducing synthetic ...

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Open

Submission deadline

31 May 2024

Trends in Plant Genome-based Tools for Future Food Security under Changing Climate

Global food security is increasingly challenging in light of population increase, the impact of climate change on crop production, and limited land available for agricultural expansion. According to the Worl...

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Open

Submission deadline

30 September 2024

Variant-to-function challenges in diseases and emerging strategies

Nowadays, the main challenge in human genetics has shifted from the discovery of genetic variation to the largescale characterization of the associations between genetic variation and phenotype, and more rec...

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Closed