Dear Colleagues,

Breakthrough technologies in gene editing and advances in computational biology are enabling scientists from across disciplines, such as biology, bioinformatics, and engineering, to tweak biological systems to reach desired goals. Innovations in CRISPR-Cas9 technology are rapidly advancing our knowledge of gene function at a significant speed and precision. Gene editing by the CRISPR-Cas9 system has been established in more than 40 different species of filamentous fungi (including Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Sclerotinia) and oomycetes. In addition to disrupting genes, this system has also been adapted for gene replacement and for precision editing (nucleotide changes) in fungi.

This Special Issue will focus on several key aspects and advancements in the field of gene editing in fungi. How gene editing is advancing our knowledge in inter- and intra-species interations, microbiome, microbial evolution, metabolism, and bioproduct discovery, etc., is within the scope of this Special Issue. The use of gene editing in various synthetic biology platforms will also be considered. In addition to primary research articles, we are also seeking articles that offer new perspectives in the use of this technology to further our knowledge in basic sciences and its use in synthetic biology platforms, gene and meiotic drives, etc.

Dr. David P. Overy
Dr. Rajagopal Subramaniam
Dr. Daniela Matias de Carvalho Bittencourt
Guest Editors

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• gene editing
• CRISPR
• functional genetics
• synthetic biology
• integrated ‘omics’