(ISSN 2577-5790)
OBM Genetics is an international Open Access journal published quarterly online by LIDSEN Publishing Inc. It accepts papers addressing basic and medical aspects of genetics and epigenetics and also ethical, legal and social issues. Coverage includes clinical, developmental, diagnostic, evolutionary, genomic, mitochondrial, molecular, oncological, population and reproductive aspects. It publishes a variety of article types (Original Research, Review, Communication, Opinion, Comment, Conference Report, Technical Note, Book Review, etc.). There is no restriction on the length of the papers and we encourage scientists to publish their results in as much detail as possible.
Publication Speed (median values for papers published in 2023): Submission to First Decision: 5.1 weeks; Submission to Acceptance: 17.0 weeks; Acceptance to Publication: 7 days (1-2 days of FREE language polishing included)
Editorial Board (55)
Editor-in-Chief
Ass. Prof. Dr. rer. nat./ med. habil. / h.c. (YSU) Thomas Liehr is working in cytogenetics since 1991. He is head of the molecular cytogenetic group at the Institute of Human Genetics, Jena, Germany since 1998. Before he was coworker and PhD-fellow of the Herbert Quandt Stiftung der VARTA-AG at the Institute of Human Genetics, Erlangen, Germany. Concerning diagnostics, he signs out personally hundreds of (molecular) cytogenetic reports per year. Since 2002, he is clinical laboratory geneticist (Germany), and since 2015, ErCLG (European registered clinical laboratory geneticist. The results of his research are published in >15 books, >100 book chapter, >850 referred papers, and ~1000 abstracts. His particular expertise is development and application of multicolor-FISH probe sets for the characterization of marker chromosomes. He is specialist for the characterization of small supernumerary marker chromosomes (sSMC) and he collected all available literature on this special field on the freely available sSMC homepage. Also he received multiple prices, two invited professorships (see also http://cs-tl.de/).Associate professor, Institute of Human Genetics, University Clinic Jena, Am Klinikum 1, 07747 Jena, Germany
Research interests: Clinical genetics; (molecular) cytogenetics; interphase architecture; karyotype evolution; marker and derivative chromosomes; chromosomal heteromorphisms; uniparental disomy
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Applications of Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization
Associate Editor
Professor, Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Research interests: Bioinformatics and computational biology; genetics; genomics; sleep and circadian rhythms; neuroscience.
Editorial Board Members
Scientist, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, California, USA
Research Interests: gene regulation; epigenetics; genomics; NGS data analysis; cell culture; cancer research and gene therapy
Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, 35128 Padova, Italy
Research interests: Neuroscience; myasthenia gravis; congenital muscle diseases; carnitine and lipid metabolism; molecular genetics
Associate Professor, Institute of Translational Medicine, Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia
Research Interests: genetics; quantitative genetics; genomics; neurogenetics; population, ecological and evolutionary genetics;anthropological genetics; developmental genetics; genetic immunology; molecular evolution; immunogenetics
Professor, Head of Department of Genetics and Cytology; Director of Laboratory of General and Molecular Genetics of Research Institute of Biology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
Research interests: Chemical and radiation mutagenesis; DNA damage; anti-mutagenesis
Associate Professor, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Oral Sciences, Section of Medical Oncology, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy
Research Interests: human solid tumors, translational cancer research, molecular genetics of hereditary and sporadic tumors, chemotherapy and targeted therapies of solid tumors, molecular genetics
Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Union University, Jackson, TN 38305, USA
Research Interests: pharmacotherapy; pharmacogenomics; genetic disease; cancer; apoptosis; endocrine; antioxidants; natural product; nutrition, etc
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics Alterations
Senior Associate Scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Research Interests: antibody engineering; immunotherapy; recombinant immunotoxin; multiple myeloma; BCMA; mesothelin
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics
1. The Kenneth Blum Behavioral & Neurogenetic Institute, LLC., Austin, TX 78701, USA
2. Center for Psychiatry, Medicine, & Primary Care (Office of Provost), Division of Addiction Research & Education, Western University Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
3. Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Egyetem tér 1-3, 1053 Budapest, Hungary
4. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
5. Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton VA Medical Centre, Dayton, OH 45324, USA
Research interests: genetics of alcoholism; neuropsychiatry and genetics; nutritional genetics; pharmacogenetics
Professorship in Haematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Research Interests: DNA methylation of tumour suppressor genes, non-coding RNAs in blood cancers including multiple myeloma, lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics, Human Genetics, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
Research Interests: genetic epidemiology; next generation sequencing; bioinformatics; human genetics; cancer, etc
Professor of Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
Research Interests: human inherited disease; human molecular genetics; molecular basis of mutation and its underlying mechanisms
Director of Laboratory of Human Genetics, Department of Genetic Sciences and I.B.M.D.R., Galliera Hospital, Via Volta 6, 16128 Genova, Italy
Research Interests: genetics; cytogenetics; prenatal diagnosis; human biology
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Next Generation Sequencing
Professor and Chair, Graduate Program in Clinical & Translational Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 1960 East West Road, Biomed T415, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
Research Interests: Genetics; molecular and medical genetics; extracellular matrix-associated heritable disorders
Assistant Professor, Program in Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore 169857
Research Interests: cancer genomics; molecular genetics; genetic heterogeneity; precision medicine
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Genetic Heterogeneity in Cancer
Joep Geraedts (1948) obtained a BSc (1969) and MSc (1972) in general biology at the University of Nijmegen. At Leiden University he defended his PhD thesis in 1975. From 1982 to 2013 he was professor of Genetics and Cell Biology at Maastricht University and head of the Department of Clinical Genetics of the University Hospital. In 1995 he started the first and only licensed PGD programme in the Netherlands. He was chairman of the Dutch Society of Human Genetics (1984-1988); chairman of the Dutch Association of Clinical Genetics Centers (2000-2013), chairman of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (2007-2009) and member of the Dutch Health Council.Emeritus Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, the Netherlands
Research Interests: reproductive genetics; cancer genetics; preimplantation genetic diagnosis; genetic testing; evolution, etc
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Genetic Testing
Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Research Interests: chromosome biology; mitosis; meiosis
Professor of Genetics, School of Biosciences, University of Kent,
Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Reproduction (CISoR),
Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, UK
Research Interests: genetics; chromosomes; cytogenetics; infertility; genome evolution
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Reproductive Genetics
Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
Research Interests: DNA damage response; cell cycle check point; cancer biology
Center for Experimental Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
Research Interests: population genetics; gene, diabetes; cardiovascular genetics; genetic predisposition of noncommunicable diseases
Mental Health Research Center, Moscow, Russia
Veltischev Research and Clinical Institute for Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, Moscow, Russia
Research interests: genomics; neuroscience; biology; medicine; cytogenetics
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, PL-27, Helsinki, Finland
Research interests: mutation breeding; Haploidy, transgenic crops; genetic diversity; erosion; conservation and utilization; micropropagation; bioreactor; somatic embryogenesis; somatic cell hybridization; molecular marker-assisted selection; breeding.
Professor of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Chairman of Department of Biology and Medical Genetics, Chairman of the National Coordination Centre for Rare Diseases, University Hospital Motol and 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University Prague, V Uvalu 84, Praha 5, CZ 150 06, Czech Republic
Research Interests: molecular genetics; human genetics; medical genomics; reproductive genetics; rare diseases; cystic fibrosis; health economics
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Third Generation Sequencing
Research Professor, Genomics and Biomarkers Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
Research Interests: rare diseases; genetic testing and counseling
Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol; Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK
Research Interests: RNA biology; alternative splicing; noncoding RNA; RNA-based cancer therapies
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Alternative Splicing: A Key Process in Development and Disease
Department of Medical, Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Research interests: Gut microbiome; lose weight
Professor, Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Research Interests: genome diagnostics; epigenetics of disease; cardiogenetics
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Epigenetic Mechanisms in Health and Disease
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
Research Interests: physiology; pharmacology; liver cancer; chemotherapy; genetics; molecular; cell
Professor of Ophthalmology, Institute of Ophthalmology (UCL), United Kingdom
Research Interests: Ophthalmology; inherited retinal disease; diabetes; glaucoma; neurodegenerative diseases
Department of Plant Breeding, CEBAS-CSIC, PO Box 164, Espinardo, Murcia E-30100, Spain
Research interests: Prunus genetics, genomics, transcriptomics and epigenetics
Emeritus Professor, School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TH, UK
Research Interests: justice in health care; ethics of research; care of older people; evidence-based medicine; bioethics
Professor, Institute of Human Genetics, Heidelberg University, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Research Interests: genetics; pediatrics; dysmorphology; intellectual disability; neurocutaneous disorders
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Next Generation Sequencing
1. Professor, Integrative Systems Biology Institute, University of Valencia and CSIC, Valencia, Spain
2. Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedicar Research in the Valencian Community (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain
3. Network Research Center for Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBER-ESP), Madrid, Spain
Research Interests: evolutionary biology; evolutionary thought; symbiosis; microbiome; systems and synthetic biology
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Pneumocystis: A Model of Adaptive Coevolution
Department of Basic Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University California, 1310 Club Drive, Mare Island, Vallejo, CA 94592, USA
Research interests: aging; stress resistance; neurocognition; Alzheimer’s disease; genetics; epigenetics; geriatrics; age-related comorbidities; midlife crisis theory of aging; cell cycle and chromosome
1. Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16132 Genoa, Italy
2. IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 16132 Genoa, Italy
Research interests: Immunodeficiency; autoimmunity; rheumatic diseases; neuro-endocrino-immunology; pharmacogenomics
Professor and Co-Director of Cancer Biology Program, Department of OB/GYN, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Ga, USA
Research Interests: triple negative breast cancers, ovarian cancers, tumor suppressor genes, biomarkers, cancer biology, epigenetics, protein-protein interactions, gene therapy, molecular biology, BRCA1, post translational modifications, precision medicine, etc.
Full Professor, Department of Medical Biology, Biochemistry and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Québec, Québec G1L 3L5, Canada
Research Interests: laboratory medicine; evaluative research; population genetics; genetic epidemiology; technology transfer; health systems research
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Genetic Screening
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
Research interests: epigenetics; lung injury and repair; aging; aging related diseases; histone modifications; DNA methylation.
Department of Genome Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan
Research interests: molecular biology; biotechnology; in vivo genome editing; gene expression analysis; mouse and pig disease model; in vivo gene delivery; stem cells
Laboratory of Fish Genetics, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rumburská 89, Liběchov 277 21, Czech Republic
Research interests: Fish genetics; chromosomes; karyotyping; molecular cytogenetics; cytogenomics; repetitive DNA; meiosis; sex chromosomes; chromosome rearrangements; genome and karyotype evolution
College of Science and Engineering (Biological Sciences), Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
Research interests: plant genetics and genomics; gene structure and expression analysis in plants; molecular markers (development and application) in plant biology.
"Giustino Fortunato" University of Benevento, Benevento, Italy
Research interests: autism spectrum disorders; Cerebral Palsy; Rare genetic syndromes (e.g. Angelman, Rett, Cornelia de Lange, fragile X); cognitive-behavioral interventions; Post-coma; Alzeimer; Parkinson; sclerosis neurodegenerative diseases; single-subject experimental designs
Professor, Human Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Spebo Medical, Leskovac, Serbia
Research Interests: embryology; stem cell biology; differentiation; regenerative medicine; reprogramming
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Reproductive Genetics
1. Group Leader, Department of Evolutionary Genetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
2. Honorary Professor of Biological Anthropology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Research Interests: genetic evolution; origin and dispersal of modern humans
Former-Head, Nuclear Agriculture and Biotechnology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, & Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute, India.
Research interests: crop biotechnology research through radiation-induced mutagenesis; plant cell and tissue culture; genomics; abiotic stress tolerance
Professor of Law, The George Washington University Law School, 2000 H St., NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA
Research Interests: bioethics; health policy; medical law; genetic law; reproductive rights
Florida Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Children's Cancer Research Group Laboratory, 13719 North Nebraska Avenue, Tampa, Florida, 33613 USA
Research interests: acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Mycoviruses; adolescent oncology; etiology of leukemia
Associate Professor of Anatomy, Department of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32612, USA
Research Interests: reproductive genetics; developmental genetics; adrenal development; developmental biology
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Genetic Control of Ovarian Differentiation
Associate Professor of Genetics, Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens 11527, Greece
Research Interests: medical genetics; molecular genetics; reproductive genetics
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Genetic Screening
National Research Council-Institute for Experimental Endocrinology & Oncology 'Gaetano Salvatore', 80145 Napoli, Italy.
Research interests: epigenetics, transcriptional regulation, obesity related genes, polyphenols, metabolism
Director, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Research Interests: genomics; human genetics; translational genomics
Professor, LABORATOIRE DE DIAGNOSTIC GENETIQUE, UF3472 – Infertilité, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, 1 place de l’Hôpital, 67091 Strasbourg cedex, France
Research Interests: human genetics of infertility; male and female infertility; human gametogenesis; human infertility and epigenetics; embryonic stem cells
Special Issues and Collections in LIDSEN journals:
Special Issue: Epigenetic Mechanisms in Health and Disease
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Research Interests: DNA damage response; molecular genetics; autophagy; cancer
Director of Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Director of Cytogenomics Laboratory, Associate Director of Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, and Associate Professor, Department of Genetic Medicine and Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Research interests: genomics; molecular diagnostics; cytogenomics; cancer genetics; chromosomal structure abnormalities; telomere biology and ageing.
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