Advances in Genomics

Chapter 1. Introduction to genomics and their applications.- Chapter 2. Methods for generating genomics data.- Chapter 3. Computational tools for genomics data analysis.- Chapter 4. Gene and genome annotation.- Chapter 5. Transcriptomics and their significance.- Chapter 6. DNA barcoding and its applications.- Chapter 7. Next-generation genome sequencing and its use.- Chapter 8. Genome-wise analysis for drug targeting.- Chapter 9. Functional genomics.- Chapter 10. Metagenomics.- Chapter 11. Synthetic genomics.-Chapter 12. Microarray in genomics.- Chapter 13. Nutrigenomics.- Chapter 14. Role of synthetic biology in genomics.- Chapter 15. Role of genome editing in genomics.- Chapter 16. Mitochondrial genomics and their clinical use.- Chapter 17. Chloroplast genomics and their uses in crop improvement.- Chapter 18. Microfluidics in genomics.- Chapter 19. Cell-free systems for genomics.- Chapter 20. Artificial intelligence in genomics.

Dr. Vijai Singh serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Biosciences, School of Science at Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana, Gujarat, India. He has worked as Associate Professor in the Department of Biosciences, School of Science at Indrashil University, Rajpur, Mehsana, India. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology at the Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar, India and was also as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the Invertis University, Bareilly, India. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Synthetic Biology Group at the Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, Paris, France and School of Energy & Chemical Engineering at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea. He received his Ph.D. in Biotechnology (2009) from the National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India with a research focus on the development of molecular and immunoassays for diagnosis of Aeromonas hydrophila. His research interests are focused on building novel biosynthetic pathways for production of medically and industrially important biomolecules. Additionally, his laboratory is working on CRISPR-Cas9 tools for genome editing. He has more than 12 years of research and teaching experience in synthetic biology, metabolic engineering, bioinformatics, microbiology, and industrial microbiology. He has published 105 articles, 74 book chapters, 25 books and 3 patents. He serves as an associate editor, editorial board member, and reviewer of several peer-reviewed journals. He is also a member of the Board of Study and Academic Council of Indrashil University and is the Member Secretary of the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC) at the same University.