Guest Editors:
Pil Joon Seo, PhD, Seoul National University, South Korea
Klaas Vandepoele, PhD, Ghent University, Belgium
Genome Biology is calling for submissions to our Collection on the latest research into gene regulatory elements in plants.
Pil Joon Seo, PhD, Seoul National University, South Korea
Dr Pil Joon Seo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Seoul National University, South Korea. His research focuses on the dynamic interplay between 3D chromatin organization, epigenetic regulation, and RNA modification in plants. Dr Seo is particularly interested in 3D genome organization in plants, exploring how genetic variants located in enhancer elements regulate target genes through long-range chromatin looping interactions in a cell-type specific manner. The Seo lab is also actively developing deep-learning algorithms to extract novel biological features from large-scale single-cell and higher-order genomic data.
Klaas Vandepoele, PhD, Ghent University, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB Center for AI & Computational Biology, Belgium
Klaas Vandepoele is Full Professor at Ghent University and group leader in the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology. His aim is to extract biological knowledge from large-scale experimental data sets using data integration, comparative sequence/chromatin/expression analysis, and network biology. Through the development and application of various bioinformatics methods, he identifies new aspects of genome biology, especially in the area of gene function prediction, gene regulation and evolutionary/systems biology in plants, green algae, and diatoms. Klaas Vandepoele published >160 papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and is a Highly Cited Researcher.
Genome Biology is calling for submissions to our Collection on understanding the regulatory elements and the function in plants.
Regulatory elements in plants are DNA sequences that control cell type-specific gene expression. Regulatory elements, such as promoters, enhancers, silencers, and insulators, interact with proteins like transcription factors to activate or repress gene activity, which in turn regulate cellular function. These elements are crucial for understanding plant growth, development, adaptation, and response to environmental stimuli. New genomic technologies enable genome-wide characterization of regulatory elements at fine scale, which are invaluable for better understanding of diverse biological activities regulated by these elements. Accurate identification and subsequent manipulation of these elements in plants offers promising strategies for improving crop resilience, optimizing plant growth, and enhancing agricultural productivity.
This collection aims to highlight the advances of the methods and their application in understanding plant regulatory elements, offering a platform for scientists to contribute to our growing knowledge of these vital processes.
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