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From hu@animalgenome.org  Mon Aug 24 09:35:55 2020
From: "Cheng, Hans" <hcheng@msu.edu>
Date: Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 07:07 AM
Subject: Updated submission date for papers to FAANG Frontiers Research
       Topic
To: Members of <faang@animalgenome.org>

Hi All,

Earlier this year (see below), a call went out to solicit papers to the
Frontier Research Topic on FAANG.  Due to the restrictions placed by the
pandemic, the submission deadline has been moved back to January 8, 2021.
However, papers have and will continue to be reviewed prior to this
deadline. In fact, to avoid a large number of submission at the end of the
year, I and my guest editors are encouraging authors to submit as soon as
they can; there are currently 33 anticipated submissions.

I also remind submitters that the primary goal of this Research Topic is
functional annotation of farm animal genomes. In other words, the primary
goal of any submission should be only this goal and not an ancillary one.

Feel free to contact me or any of the guest editors if you have questions.

Sincerely,

Hans Cheng

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To Whom It May Concern:

I am pleased to announce a call for Original Research papers and
Commentaries for a Frontiers Research Topic on the Functional Annotation of
Farm Animals (see below for the overview). Submissions will be reviewed by a
team that includes Amanda Chamberlain (Agriculture Victoria, Australia),
Elisabetta Giuffra (INRA, France), Christa Kuehn (Leibniz Institute for Farm
Animal Biology, Germany), Chris Tuggle (Iowa State U., USA), and Huaijun
Zhou (University of California at Davis, USA) as associate editors. As of
today, there are already 15 submissions to this Research Topic, which
assures that we will have critical mass and an eBook.

The deadline for submission is September 25, 2020; the website also has an
abstract deadline of May 29 but this is optional, however, it would help to
know if you have interest.

For more information, please see
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/13606/functional-annotation-of-farm-animal-genomes

Sincerely,

Hans Cheng


Functional Annotation of Farm Animal Genomes Research Topic Overview

All fields of biology have been greatly influenced by the generation of
complete and well-annotated genome assemblies. This impact is most apparent
with the findings and resulting applications from the Human Genome Project
(HGP), which has transformed biomedical science. The original justification
for having a genome assembly was to get a complete “parts list” with the
primary goal being the identification and location of all genes. However, it
soon became readily apparent that genomes were much more than just sequences
that code for proteins; protein-coding regions account for ~1.5% of the
human genome. Thus, current efforts have been focused on finding relevant
functional elements, such as non-coding elements that regulate when, where,
and how much specific genes and/or particular isoforms are expressed.

To address the need for annotation of farm animal genomes, the Functional
Annotation of Animal Genomes (FAANG) Consortium was launched in 2015. Like
other research consortia, FAANG is committed to sharing data rapidly and
before publication for the benefit of the whole community
(https://www.faang.org/data-share-principle), with data and metadata (standardized
details on samples, laboratory and bioinformatic protocols applied) being
collected in the FAANG Data Portal (data.faang.org).

The goal of this Research Topic is to add value to the FAANG community
across different farm animal species and topics. We wish to solicit Original
Research articles and Commentaries that address efforts to annotate farm
animal genomes and inform genomic biology. This includes but is not limited
to protocols, results, databases, computational tools, or standards to
identify functional elements in both coding and non-coding regions of the
genome.

In addition, submissions must be compliant with Frontiers data policy which
can be viewed here:
https://www.frontiersin.org/about/policies-and-publication-ethics

Keywords: genome annotation, regulatory elements, epigenetics, farm animals

Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the
scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in
their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an
out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage
of peer review.

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Hans H. Cheng
Research Geneticist
USDA-ARS
Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory
4279 E. Mount Hope Rd.
East Lansing, MI  48823
Tel: (517) 337-6758
FAX: (517) 337-6829
E-mail: hchengmsu.eduor
Hans.Chengusda.gov========================================