Editorial Board for section 'Genetics and Genomics'

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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

Members

Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park, Smithville, TX 78957, USA
Interests: chromatin; chromatin remodeling; transcription; enhancers; nucleosomes
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Université de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, iRCM/IBFJ, CEA, UMR Stabilité, Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, F-92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Interests: homologous recombination; genetics; DNA damage response; genome stability; DNA repair; mutagenesis; mutation; DNA damage; cancer research; DNA breaks

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US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
Interests: synthetic biology; microbial functional genomics/genetics; algal functional genomics/genetics

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Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Via Vela 6, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland
Interests: development of molecular- and gene-targeted therapeutics; new cancer drugs; clinical and translational studies
1. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada
2. Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, LHSC/SJHC, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada
Interests: microRNA; long Non-coding RNA; epigenetics; diabetic complications; vascular biology

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Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
Interests: DNA methylation; histone modifications; genomic imprinting; mammalian development; cancer epigenetics
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Key Laboratory of Animal Genetics and Breeding and Reproduction of Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Interests: animal genetics; animal molecular genetics; sheep and goat genetics and breeding
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CNRS, CAGT, UMR 5288, Université Paul Sabatier, 31000 Toulouse, France
Interests: paleogenomics; paleopathology; paleoepidemiology; settlement history; kinship relations and past societies; culture/gene relations
Robustness and Evolvability of Life, Institut Cochin, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, INSERM U1016-CNRS UMR8104-Université Paris Descartes, 75006 Paris, France
Interests: synthetic biology; Landauer's principle; microbial genomics; sulfur metabolism; origins of life; translation
Prof. Dr. José Félix De Celis
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Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa", CSIC and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Interests: Drosophila melanogaster; gene expression; signalling pathways; genetic screens
Prof. Dr. Julian Dow
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Institute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK
Interests: functional Genomics; drosophila; ion transport; osmoregulation; malpighian tubule
Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, Facultat de. Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: homeobox; comparative genomics; Evo Devo; chordates; Hox; gene regulation; amphioxus; developmental evolution; gene duplication

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1. Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
2. ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Interests: genomics; transcriptomics; plant adaptation; wild crop relatives; output traits
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Lions Eye Institute and School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, 6009 Perth, Australia
Interests: vision; inherited eye diseases; colour vision; evolution of vision; gene therapy for eye diseases; visual opsins

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Genetic Information Research Institute, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA
Interests: transposons
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Program in Molecular Medicine, Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, Bioinformatics Core, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester MA 01655, USA
Interests: high throughput sequencing; RNA-Seq; scRNA-Seq; Chip-Seq; big data analysis; miRNA analysis; differential gene expression; analysis pipelines; classification; clustering; deep learning; bioinformatics; post-transcriptional regulations of RNAs; biomarker discovery; genetic algorithms; machine learning algorithms
1. Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
2. Vascular Research Centre, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt, Germany
Interests: cardiovascular biolog; long non-coding RNAs; epigenetics; endothelial cells; SWI/SNF complex; RNA:DNA:protein interactions; cancer

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1. Research Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Medicine, Università Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy
2. Operative Research Unit of Medical Genetics, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, 00128 Rome, Italy
Interests: neuropsychiatric disorders; autism; exome sequencing; CNVs; functional studies
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Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
Interests: population genetics; non-coding functional genomics; statistical modeling and Machine Learning
Dr. Paolo Martini
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Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy
Interests: transcriptomic; multi-omics; computational biology; biotechnology; NGS

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Department of Clinical Medicine, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D08 W9RT Dublin, Ireland
Interests: inflammation; genomics; celiac disease; gene expression; inflammatory bowel disease; molecular genetics

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School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR47TJ, UK
Interests: algal genomics; genome editing; phytoplankton; evolution; ecology; adaptation; microbiology
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Aquatic Plants and Algal Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Science, RMIT University, Bundoora West Campus, Plenty Road, Bundoora, Melbourne 3083, Australia
Interests: advanced renewable bioenergy; environmental biotechnology; functional genomics; plant and algal biotechnology
Prof. Dr. Norihiro Okada
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Laboratory of Genomics for Health and Longevity, Endowed Chair, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Minami, Sagamihara 252-0373, Kanagawa, Japan
Interests: retroposons and their biological functions; retroposons and their application for determining phylogeny; molecular evidence for efficacies of herbal medicines

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Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing & Biotechnology, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA
Interests: genomes; genomics; genetics; nucleic acids; plants; animals; computational biology

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Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
Interests: precision medicine; tumor heterogeneity; gastrointestinal cancers; breast cancer; cancer genomics; tumor evolution; targeted therapy

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Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
Interests: genomics; quantitative genetics; prediction; epigenetics; mammals
Prof. Dr. Gail Rosen
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Ecological and Evolutionary Signal-Processing and Informatics Laboratory, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Interests: machine learning; microbiome; metagenomics; evolution; chemotaxis
Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Interests: mouse models for human disease; genome editing and gene therapy

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Department of medicine, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA
Interests: epigenetics; DNA methylation; noncoding RNA; miRNA; Lnc RNA; siRNA; RNA interference
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