Human Genomics

Personalized Nutrition and Healthy Living from a Genomic Perspective

Guest Editors:
Anagnostis Argiriou, Institute of Applied Biosciences, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas

Giuseppe Novelli, Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, Tor Vergata University of Rome

Unhealthy diet has been attributed as an important risk factor for the development and progression of chronic non-communicable diseases such as obesity, diabetes and cancer. Personalized nutrition aims to enhance human health by tailoring dietary recommendations to individuals using lifestyle, genetic, phenotypic, medical, nutritional and other information.

Mapping the urban wastewater genome towards the understanding of human infectious disease

Guest Editors:
Despo Fatta-Kassinos, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nireas-International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus

Bernd M. Gawlik, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate D - Sustainable Resources

Warish Ahmed, CSIRO Environment, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Wastewater surveillance falls within the broad category of environmental surveillance. It can assess the presence or quantity of a chemical or biological signal in a pooled sample of sewage, taken for example from the sewer network or a wastewater treatment plant, to obtain information on various aspects of public health and human behavior. We seek to create a collection of recent studies addressing various key questions in relation to mapping the wastewater genome towards the understanding of human infections disease.

Exposome x Genome

Guest Editors:
Xiaoming Shi, MD/PhD, Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health (NIEH), Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC)
Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens

Over the past several decades, genomic analyses (e.g., genome-wide association studies, genome-wide sequencing, functional genomics, epigenomics, and biochemical networks) have enabled unparalleled elucidation of genotype-phenotype associations, which greatly improve our understanding of the pathogenesis of human diseases.