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Call for papers - Omics of parasites

Guest Editors:
Anzhelika Butenko: Czech Academy of Sciences, University of Ostrava & University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Vyacheslav Yurchenko: University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 31 December 2023


BMC Genomics and BMC Genomic Data are calling for submissions to our Collection on "Omics of parasites". Parasites, ranging from bacteria to multicellular eukaryotes, exhibit sophisticated life cycles and develop complex interactions with their hosts. The development and application of high-throughput omics techniques enabling simultaneous analysis of virtually all genes, transcripts, and proteins has greatly facilitated research in parasite biology. At the dawn of the sequencing era, the sequencing of parasites’ genomes led to the identification of numerous novel virulence factors and potential drug targets. Nowadays, multi-omics approaches are becoming instrumental for pinpointing molecules and pathways involved in parasite development and its complex network of interactions with the host.

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Meet the Guest Editors

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Anzhelika Butenko: Czech Academy of Sciences, University of Ostrava & University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic

Dr. Anzhelika Butenko is a research scientist in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Protists in the Institute of Parasitology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Her research interests are in the field of evolutionary biology of unicellular eukaryotes with the focus on the phylum Euglenozoa, which incorporates diverse free-living representatives and human pathogens of the genera Leishmania and Trypanosoma. Dr. Butenko has vast experience in bioinformatics and genome analysis.

Vyacheslav Yurchenko: University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Dr. Yurchenko is a molecular parasitologist, with a strong focus on trypanosomatid research. His main scientific interests are molecular factors of Leishmania virulence, diversity, evolution, and omics of kinetoplastids, and RNA viruses of trypanosomatids. In addition, Dr. Yurchenko investigates host-parasite interactions on several levels (how do trypanosomatids affect their hosts, and how, in turn, they are affected by their bacterial and viral endobionts). He considers these topics to be of ultimate importance because they are shedding light on various aspects of trypanosomatid biology and may lead to development of the efficient treatments for the diseases these parasites cause.

About the collection

Parasites, ranging from bacteria to multicellular eukaryotes, exhibit sophisticated life cycles and develop complex interactions with their hosts. The development and application of high-throughput omics techniques enabling simultaneous analysis of virtually all genes, transcripts, and proteins has greatly facilitated research in parasite biology. At the dawn of the sequencing era, the sequencing of parasites’ genomes led to the identification of numerous novel virulence factors and potential drug targets. Nowadays, multi-omics approaches are becoming instrumental for pinpointing molecules and pathways involved in parasite development and its complex network of interactions with the host.

For this BMC Genomics and BMC Genomic Data Collection, we welcome submissions generating or analyzing omics data (including, but not limited to, genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic data) or combining them to shed light on parasites’ biology and the molecular basis of host-parasite interactions. The scope of this Collection is wide and submissions on any kind of parasites are welcome. Research Articles will be considered by both journals and we would like to encourage the submissions of Data Notes to BMC Genomic Data.

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  1. Protists of the family Trypanosomatidae (phylum Euglenozoa) have gained notoriety as parasites affecting humans, domestic animals, and agricultural plants. However, the true extent of the group's diversity spr...

    Authors: Amanda T. S. Albanaz, Mark Carrington, Alexander O. Frolov, Anna I. Ganyukova, Evgeny S. Gerasimov, Alexei Y. Kostygov, Julius Lukeš, Marina N. Malysheva, Jan Votýpka, Alexandra Zakharova, Kristína Záhonová, Sara L. Zimmer, Vyacheslav Yurchenko and Anzhelika Butenko
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:471
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. Biocontrol is a key technology for the control of pest species. Microctonus parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) have been released in Aotearoa New Zealand as biocontrol agents, targeting three different pe...

    Authors: Sarah N. Inwood, John Skelly, Joseph G. Guhlin, Thomas W.R. Harrop, Stephen L. Goldson and Peter K. Dearden
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:440
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  3. Monogenea (Platyhelminthes, Neodermata) are the most species-rich class within the Neodermata superclass of primarily fish parasites. Despite their economic and ecological importance, monogenean research tends...

    Authors: Jiří Vorel, Nikol Kmentová, Christoph Hahn, Petr Bureš and Martin Kašný
    Citation: BMC Genomics 2023 24:363
    Content type: Research Published on:

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of Research Articles, Data Notes, Database Articles and Software Articles. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read the submission guidelines of the journal you are submitting to (BMC Genomics and BMC Genomic Data). Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp (BMC Genomics and BMC Genomic Data). During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Omics of Parasites" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the standard peer-review process of the journal they are considered in (BMC Genomics and BMC Genomic Data) and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.