专题征稿：千种本草基因组计划 | Engineering

To maintain China’s leading position in medicinal plant genomics on the international stage and to foster the application of advanced life science technologies in the realms of medicinal plants and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), “1K Herb Genomes Project” is designed to achieve substantial integration and advancement in pharmaceutical research. It is intended to bolster the “Healthy China” strategy. The “1K Herb Genomes Project” will persistently enhance the use of cutting-edge technologies, including telomere-to-telomere (T2T) sequencing, haplotype analysis, and pan-genomics, in medicinal plant genomics research. By incorporating single-cell sequencing, the project will develop a spatial map of active compounds and apply spatiotemporal multi-omics technologies to precisely elucidate the intricate composition of TCM and its metabolic variations from both temporal and spatial dimensions. This approach will offer a novel perspective for deciphering the scientific essence of TCM.

This special issue focuses on herbal genomics at its core, integrating new technologies such as single-cell sequencing and spatiotemporal multi-omics to advance the research of the “1K Herb Genomes Project”.

This issue will publish original research papers, reviews, and Views & Comments including but not limited to the following fields:

(1) Innovative joint research on the genetic engineering of medicinal plants using multi-omics (T2T or haploid genomes, single-cell sequencing, epigenomics, spatiotemporal multi-omics, and degradomics, etc.);

(2) Analysis of the biosynthetic pathways of active compounds in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) based on multi-omics, discovery of active compound targets, and research on in vitro biosynthesis and green manufacturing.

Guest editors

Guest Editors-in-Chief:

Shilin Chen, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China;

Daniele Werck-Reichhart, French CNRS Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Franch;

Guest Executive Editor-in-Chief:

Shengxiong Huang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;

Guest Editorial Board:

Huanming Yang, Beijing Genomics Institute, China;

Xiaoya Chen, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;

Yung-chi Cheng, Yale University, Taipei, China;

Aiping Lü, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China;

Yves Van de Peer, Ghent University, Belgium;

Deyu Xie, North Carolina State University, USA;

Ling Yuan, University of Kentucky, USA;

Manuscript submission information

Only original manuscripts can be submitted, according to the “Guide for Authors” published on the Engineering website at https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/engineering.

The authors are invited to follow the link “Submit your Paper”, located in the main page of the Journal website, and submit manuscript to Article Type “1K Herb Genomes Project” in Engineering.

The submission portal will open on 10 October, 2024;

Deadline for Paper Submission: 31 May, 2025;

Deadline for Acceptance: 30 July, 2025

Keywords

Genomics; Medicinal plant; Transcriptome; Single-cell sequencing; Synthetic biology;

Paper Length Limitations

• Research Article: ~6,000 words;

• Review: ~10,000 words;

• Views & Comments: 1,000–2,000 words.
  

Why publish in this Special Issue?

• Special Issue articles are published together on ScienceDirect, making it incredibly easy for other researchers to discover your work.
  

• Special content articles are downloaded on ScienceDirect twice as often within the first 24 months than articles published in regular issues.
  

• Special content articles attract 20% more citations in the first 24 months than articles published in regular issues.
  

• All articles in this special issue will be reviewed by no fewer than two independent experts to ensure the quality, originality and novelty of the work published.

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