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About GEN Biotechnology

The biotech industry is booming, with records being set across the board – the annual number of new drugs winning approval; the number of companies going public; the number of professionals working in biotech; the amount of funding; and the new technologies fueling further progress and innovation in the industry. New technologies such as CRISPR have sparked an entire sub-industry around genome editing, leading to cures for devastating diseases less than a decade post development. From next-gen sequencing and organs-on-chips to synthetic biology and spatial biology, the list goes on.

GEN Biotechnology is the new peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. and Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) delivering exceptional research breakthroughs, news, and analysis directly impacting biotech. Published bimonthly in print and online with flexible open access options, the Journal provides a dynamic forum aimed at unifying both traditional academic audiences and executives and researchers from across the industry.

GEN Biotechnology has assembled a dynamic, diverse editorial advisory board, featuring outstanding scientists in synthetic biology, drug discovery, genome editing, agbiotech, AI, and much more.

Meet Hana El-Samad,
Editor-in-Chief

Hana El-Samad, PhD

Hana El-Samad, PhD

Kuo Family Endowed Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Principal Investigator
Altos Labs

Hana El-Samad, PhD is currently the Kuo Family Endowed Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Principal Investigator at Altos Labs. Her lab designs programmable, plug-and-play cellular circuits that can be broadly deployed for therapeutic and biotechnological applications, including cell-based immunotherapies, metabolic engineering and bioremediation. Dr. El-Samad is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards including the Donald P. Eckman Award in 2011 and the CSB2 prize in Systems Biology in 2012. She is a former Packard Fellow, a Paul. G. Allen Distinguished Investigator and was named a senior investigator of the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub in 2017. In 2020, Dr. El-Samad was elected as an American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) fellow.

Manuscript Submissions

The GEN Biotechnology editorial team is committed to providing rapid, constructive peer review and prompt decisions for authors. We warmly invite you to submit manuscripts in all areas of biotechnology. GEN Biotechnology publishes original research articles, reviews, opinion/guest commentaries, news features and insights across all aspects of biotechnology, including:

  • Drug discovery
  • Cell and gene therapy
  • Immunotherapy
  • Genome editing
  • Genomics
  • AI/Data
  • Bio-engineering
  • Neuroscience
  • Cancer research
  • Diagnostics
  • Translational research
  • Multiomics
  • Agbiotech
  • Environmental biotechnology
  • Precision Medicine
  • Single-cell Biology

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