Genes & Nutrition

Featured series: Sprouts, a valuable functional food in search of evaluation

Genes and Nutrition is proud to share our latest thematic series, the scope of which links plant biologists and food chemists with cell biology and clinical researchers to develop a scientific understanding of how sprouts consumption may improve diets and how sprouts fortification can help to maintain health, reduce the risk of chronic disease, and lead to healthy ageing. For more information, please click here. 

Featured series: Neuroprotection by Nutraceuticals and Physical Activity

Genes & Nutrition is proud to open this thematic series, guest edited by John Lodge. We will collect topic reviews and researches by leaders in the field, which focus on the ability of nutraceuticals and physical activity to modulate recognized and novel cellular and molecular targets for preventing neurodegeneration. Click here for more information. 

Notes on what makes a good peer-review report

Recently, some Genes and Nutrition editors took place in a webinar about peer review. In an effort to bring some uniformity to the peer-review process, we have put together this page of suggestions to reviewers with regard to what makes a good peer-review report (pease note- this list represents recommendations not requirements).

Featured article: to drink or not to drink?

We are proud to present a new Debate article in Genes and Nutrition “Will guidelines on alcohol consumption be personalized by a genetic approach?” Our co-Editor-in-Chief Fabio Virgili moderates a discussion between Simona Costanzo aand Salvatore Panico, stems from the recent “shift” of several nutritional guidelines from the previous suggested/recommended low-to-moderate alcohol consumption to advised against at any level. Read here!

World Biological Science and Technology Conference 2022 (BioST 2022)

BioST 2022 will be held during July 20-22, 2022 in Osaka, Japan and includes a plenary forum, 20 breakout sessions, as well as poster exhibition in the three-day scientific program. The topics will focus on Breakthrough in Biology and Biotechnology Research, Medical Biotechnology and Biomedicine and Latest Research in Plant, Animal and Microbes etc.

Considering the impact that the current COVID-19 pandemic has on travel and event restrictions, BioST 2022 is planned as a hybrid event. We will hold the conference as a face-to-face meeting, while providing opportunities for participants who can only join in online.

Featured content: Publishing with our journal

If you are submitting work to Genes and Nutrition, in addition to reviewing the Submission Guidelines for the relevant article type, we ask that you also read our 2017 Editorial ("Propelling the paradigm shift from reductionism to systems nutrition") on the journal's publication guidelines (and if you are submitting a manuscript related to an epidemiological study, please be sure to review our 2019 Editorial on STROBE-nut, discussing our recommendations and policies).