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Call for Papers: The Cis-Regulatory Impact of Transposable Elements on Gene Expression

Mobile DNA is calling for submissions to our Collection on The Cis-Regulatory Impact of Transposable Elements (TEs) on Gene Expression. This Collection aims at exploring the various facets by which TEs can impact the expression of genes beyond the simple disruption of their protein-coding capacity, through compilation of new and original results on species across the tree of life, including cultivated organisms and natural populations.

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Call for Papers: Transposable Elements in Cancer and Aging

Mobile DNA is calling for submissions to our new Collection on Transposable Elements (TEs) in Cancer and Aging. We welcome submissions that investigate how TEs influence cancer initiation, progression, and treatment resistance, as well as their impact on cellular aging and senescence.

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Call for Papers: Horizontal Transfer of Transposable Elements

Mobile DNA is calling for submissions to our new Collection on Horizontal Transfer of Transposable Elements. This Collection is intended to include research papers presenting new and original results of bioinformatics, modeling and/or experimental studies of horizontal transposon transfer in eukaryotic genomes.

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Call for Papers - Endogenous Viral Elements

Mobile DNA is calling for submissions to our new Collection on Endogenous Viral Elements (EVEs). This Collection welcomes submissions of articles covering different fields of research on EVEs and EVE-derived elements in model and non-model organisms.

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Call for Papers - Transposable Elements as Epigenetic Agents of Development, Immunity, Phenotypic Variation and Disease

Mobile DNA is calling for submissions to our new Collection on Transposable Elements (TEs). This Collection will focus on the epigenetic mechanisms targeting TE sequences and the functional consequences of this targeting.

Featured series: Transposable Elements in Model Organisms

New Content ItemWe are proud to present a new series of review papers focused on transposable elements (TE) in model organisms. This series will deliver a comprehensive and even coverage of the diversity of TEs populating the model species; outstanding questions and future directions with the study of TEs in species; and much more! 

Upcoming meetings:

The fifth meeting on Transposable Elements to be held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, October 15-19, 2024, https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetings.aspx?meet=TRANSPOSE&year=24

Organizers:

Orsolya Barabas, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Cedric Feschotte, Cornell University

Rob Martienssen, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory


Keynote Speakers:

Tetsuji Kakutani, University of Tokyo, Japan

Maria Elena Torres-Padilla, Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany


CLIK HERE TO REGISTER: https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetingsregistrationgeneral.aspx?meet=TRANSPOSE&year=24

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Editors' Picks

Regulatory transposable elements in the encyclopedia of DNA elements. 

Du AY, Chobirko JD, Zhuo X, Feschotte C, Wang T.

Nat Commun. 2024 Aug 31;15(1):7594. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-51921-6.

PMID: 39217141

Retrotransposon addiction promotes centromere function via epigenetically activated small RNAs. 

Shimada A, Cahn J, Ernst E, Lynn J, Grimanelli D, Henderson I, Kakutani T, Martienssen RA.

Nat Plants. 2024 Sep 2. doi: 10.1038/s41477-024-01773-1. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 39223305

A centromere's obsession with transposons. 

Quadrana L.

Nat Plants. 2024 Sep 2. doi: 10.1038/s41477-024-01724-w. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 39223306

Human cytomegalovirus harnesses host L1 retrotransposon for efficient replication. 

Hwang SY, Kim H, Denisko D, Zhao B, Lee D, Jeong J, Kim J, Park K, Park J, Jeong D, Park S, Choi HJ, Kim S, Lee EA, Ahn K.

Nat Commun. 2024 Sep 2;15(1):7640. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-51961-y.

PMID: 39223139

Natural transposable element insertions contribute to host fitness in model yeasts. 

Wang Y, Xu H, He Q, Wu Z, Han GZ.

Genome Biol Evol. 2024 Sep 4:evae193. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evae193. Online ahead of print.

PMID: 39228319

Aims and scope

Mobile DNA is an online, peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes articles providing novel insights into the function, biological impact, and evolution of transposable elements in any organism. Topics related to transposable elements may include genetic or epigenetic variation, genome rearrangements, mechanisms, patterns and processes of transposition, and the role of mobile elements in host genome evolution.

Mobile DNA aims to understand:
  • mechanisms of intra- and intergenomic mobility via genetic, comparative genomic, biochemical and structural approaches
  • regulation of DNA rearrangements by the environment and during development
  • how DNA restructuring reshapes cellular function and organism evolution
  • the role of transposable elements in disease in a variety of organisms
  • host—element interaction and genetic/epigenetic regulatory networks

Mobile DNA reflects the need for a journal that spans all aspects of specialized recombination, from structure and mechanism to evolutionary impact. In addition, the journal will consider articles on the utility of mobile genetic elements in biotechnological methods and protocols, and related biocomputational tools.

Editors-in-Chief

Irina Arkhipova, Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole
Kathleen Burns, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School, USA
Pascale Lesage, INSERM, France
 

Our Associate Editors: 
Orsolya Barabas, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany
Gael Cristofari, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, France 
Adam Ewing, Mater Research Institute-University of Queensland, Australia
Clément Gilbert, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, France 
Molly G Hammell, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
Damon R Lisch, Purdue University, USA
Joe Peters, Cornell University, USA
Phoebe Rice, The University of Chicago, USA 
Vincent Colot, Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), France

Links to Useful TE Community Resources

Transposable elements labs directory

Women in TEs (maintained by Cedric Feschotte)

Job vacancies

Transposons Worldwide SLACK Page (Managed by Rebecca Berrens)

Mobile DNA Tools Collection

TE digest (Managed by Alexander Suh)

TE Hub

TnCentral

ISfinder (Insertion Sequence database)

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • Citation Impact 2023
    Journal Impact Factor: 4.7
    5-year Journal Impact Factor: 4.3
    Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.976
    SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 2.196

    Speed 2023
    Submission to first editorial decision (median days): 6
    Submission to acceptance (median days): 95

    Usage 2023
    Downloads: 407,319
    Altmetric mentions: 313

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ISSN: 1759-8753