Single-Cell Omics

Dr. Debmalya Barh is currently a Visiting Full Professor (Titular, Grade-E) in Bioinformatics and Precision Health at the Department of Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution, ICB, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil and honorary scientist of the Institute of Integrative Omics and Applied Biotechnology (IIOAB), India. With over 20 years of experience, he has led academic, healthcare, molecular diagnostic, and bioinformatics industry endeavors. He works with more than 400 scientists from 100+ top ranked organizations across 40+ countries and has 220+ publications and a branded editor for 10+ cutting-edge omics related reference books. He is an expert in in precision/personalized health and integrative omics-based biomarker and target discovery in infectious and complex lifestyle diseases. Dr. Vasco Azevedo is a full professor at the Department of Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He is a CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) researcher 1A, member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, Commander of the Order of Scientific Merit of the MCTI of the genetics advisory committee and the public policy working group on biotechnology and genetic resources of COBRG/CNPq, coordinator of the Associated International Laboratory Bactinfl from INRAE and UFMG, and vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. He holds a degree in veterinary medicine from the School of Veterinary Medicine of the Federal University of Bahia (1986), a master's degree (1989), a doctorate (1993) in the genetics of microorganisms from the Institut National Agronomique Paris Grignon, and a doctorate in bioinformatics from UFMG (2017). He did his postdoctorate work with the Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States (1994). He was a professor at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the University of São Paulo (2004). He is an expert in genetics and bioinformatics and his work mainly focuses on genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, vaccine development, diagnostics, and the development of next generation probiotics. He has more than 600 scientific publications, 14 books, and 60 chapters as well as 12 patents.

• Section I Single-Cell Omics: Biomedical Applications1. Single-Cell Diagnostics, Prognosis, and Therapy2. Single-Cell Omics in Noninvasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)3. Single-Cell Omics: Circulating Tumor Cells4. Single-Cell Technology for Human Gliomas5. Application of Single-Cell Omics in Breast Cancer6. Single-Cell Omics: Strategies Towards Theranostic Biomarker Discovery Along the Continuum of Premalignant to Invasive Disease in Oncology7. Single-Cell Omics in CVDs8. Single-Cell Omics in Metabolic Disorders9. Single-Cell Omics in Autoimmune Disorders10. Single-Cell Omics in Human Reproductive Medicine—Our Clinical Experiences in Single-Cell Therapy11. Single-Cell Omics for Drug Discovery and Development12. Single-Cell Omics in Personalized Medicine13. Cell-Based Medicine and TherapySection II Single-Cell Omics in Plants14. Single-Cell Omics Approaches in Plants15. Bulk to Individuality: Specifying Plants’ Cellular Functions Through Single-Cell Omics16. Single-Cell-Type Metabolomics for Crop Improvement17. Single-Cell Omics in Crop Plants: Opportunities and Challenges