Perspectives in 2021

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  • The UK Biobank Exome Sequencing Consortium aims to sequence all the exomes of approximately 500,000 UK Biobank participants. This Perspective describes the results from approximately 200,000 exomes and discusses the lessons learned from this UK Biobank–biopharmaceutical company collaboration.

    • Joseph D. Szustakowski
    • Suganthi Balasubramanian
    • Zhan Ye
    Perspective
  • This Perspective on crop genomics discusses the promises of new technologies and approaches to help minimize food insecurity and to lay the foundation for sustainable agricultural systems needed to feed the world.

    • Michael D. Purugganan
    • Scott A. Jackson
    Perspective
  • Recent technologies allow experimental manipulation of chromatin conformation. This Perspective discusses the insights obtained from gain-of-function studies that engineer the three-dimensional genome.

    • Di Zhang
    • Jessica Lam
    • Gerd A. Blobel
    Perspective