Call for papers - Omics of Parasites 2

Guest Editors:

Anzhelika Butenko, PhD, University of Ostrava, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
Vyacheslav Yurchenko, PhD, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 16 December 2024

BMC Genomics welcomes submissions to our Collection on Omics of parasites 2. 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, PhD, 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, PhD, 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 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.

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Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Omics of parasites 2" from the dropdown menu.

Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process 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.