Stress Biology - Call for Papers --- Special Issue "Use of single cell and spatial multiomics for uncovering cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying plant stress responses"

Recent advances in single-cell RNA sequencing technology have enabled transcriptomic analysis at a single-cell resolution and thus allowed fine dissection of gene expression and regulation at the cellular level. However, comprehending such single-cell data in the context of tissues requires the application of approaches for spatial analysis of gene expression at the genome level. In addition, obtaining intricate gene regulatory networks in a cell requires multi-omics analyses by assessing two or more modalities of omics information.

Thanks to the rapid advances in single-cell transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics technologies in the post-genome era, multi-omics data integrative analysis at a single-cell level has become an indispensable strategy for uncovering the underlying biological mechanisms. These approaches have provided unprecedented opportunities to explore the heterogeneity of tissues and to reveal cellular and molecular mechanisms of diverse biological processes such as tissue development, tissue regeneration, and tissue degeneration in response to biotic and abiotic stresses in plants. 

This special issue aims to publish high-quality studies on the topics related to single-cell and spatial multi-omics characterizations of cells, including:

I. Communication between cells;

II. Evolution of various cells in plant response to stresses;

III. Mechanisms of acquired resistance of plant response to stresses:

IV. Innovation of new omics technology or improvement of current technology:

V. Novel methods for single-cell-based experiments or data analysis.

Original research articles, reviewers and short communications can be submitted to the special issue. There is no publication fee for all accepted articles. The journal follows the peer review policy (this opens in a new tab) of Stress Biology for all the special issue submissions.

Guest editor: Dr. Xuwu Sun (sunxuwu@henu.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab)), Henan University, China

Co-guest editors: Dr. Kunpeng Jia (kunpengjia_0515@126.com (this opens in a new tab)), Henan University, China

Dr. Vincent Ninkuu (Ninkuuvincent@henu.edu.cn) (this opens in a new tab), Henan University, China

Submission deadline: 30 September 2024