A Commemorative Issue in Honor of the 30th Anniversary of the Epigenetics Society

Dear Colleagues,

The Epigenetics Society (ES) was originally founded as the DNA Methylation Society (DMS) in March 1994. One of the reasons for establishing the ES was the reluctance of many molecular biologists to recognize the major importance of DNA methylation for the regulation of normal and pathological gene expression. In 2006, as the larger field of epigenetics was growing exponentially, we renamed DMS to the Epigenetics Society.

In 2023, the ES updated its website and organized the 1st ES International Meeting in Rome. More than 200 attendees from over 20 countries all over the world attended the meeting at which there were talks and posters presenting results related to the major aspects of epigenetics. Although the epigenetics (and DNA methylation) literature is still undergoing exponential growth, there is not enough awareness among biologists and the medical profession of the importance of epigenetics for health and the biosphere. The mission of the ES continues to be encouraging epigenetics researchers, facilitating interactions between them and helping educate the lay public and scientists in general about the importance of epigenetics.

We invite the epigenetics research community to submit Research or Review manuscripts for this ES 30th Anniversary Special Issue of Epigenomes, an open access journal. We welcome submissions from established members of the ES, recently joined members (https://epigeneticssocietyint.com/) and attendees at the Rome ES meeting.  This Special Issue aims to gather high-quality research manuscripts on any aspect of epigenetic research. This includes basic, applied and translational research. Potential topics are DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation, histone modifications, higher-order chromatin structure, non-coding RNAs, epigenetics of development, epigenetics of cancer and other diseases, epigenetics of aging, plant and invertebrate epigenetics, environmental epigenetics, novel epigenetic technologies, the biochemical and molecular basis of epigenetics, and readers and writers of epigenetics. 

Dr. Humaira Gowher
Prof. Dr. Assam El-Osta
Dr. Andrea Fuso
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Epigenomes is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1500 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• epigenetics
• DNA methylation
• histone modifications
• chromatin remodeling
• ncRNAs
• chromatin architecture
• insulators
• enhancers