Human Genomics

Gene Family Update

New Gene Family Updates collection has just published, which contains all previously published Gene Family Update papers and will be the home for any future publications in this area.

Call for Papers: New Approach Methodologies to Address Population Variability and Susceptibility in Human Risk Assessment

Guest Editors:
Helena Hodberg-Durdock: NIH, USA
Nicole Kleinstreuer: NIH, USA
Kim To: Inotiv, USA

This Collection is focusing on the development and use of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) such as in vitro, in silico and small organism models, that address variability or factors associated with susceptibility to adverse effects of chemical exposure.

Call for Papers: Pharmacogenomics Beyond Single Common Genetic Variants

Guest Editor:
Volker M. Lauschke: Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

In this Collection, we invite original research articles, case reports, meta-analyses, and reviews that focus on associations between genetic variability with drug metabolism, response or toxicity. We particularly welcome reports that identify combinatorial variant effects in cis or trans, epigenetic variations, regulation of gene expression by non-coding RNAs as well as polygenic models for drug response and safety predictions.

Call for Papers: Multi-omics approaches to unravel gene-environmental interactions in noncommunicable diseases

Guest Editors:
Tesfaye B. Mersha, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, USA
Daniel Enquobahrie, University of Washington, USA

The purpose of this Collection is to identify and describe developments, challenges and opportunities related to the integration of environmental exposure data with -omics data in population studies.

Call for Papers: 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.

Call for Papers: 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.