Call for papers - Tumor microenvironment (TME) in cancer genomics

Guest Editors

Manoj Kumar Kashyap, PhD, Amity University Haryana, India
Anuja Sathe, PhD, Stanford University, USA

Submission Status: Open | Submission Deadline: 19 November 2025

BMC Medical Genomics is calling for submissions to our Collection on Tumor microenvironment (TME) in cancer genomics.

This Collection aims to gather innovative research exploring the tumor microenvironment (TME) in the context of cancer genomics. We invite submissions that investigate the interactions between the TME and genomic alterations, implications for drug delivery, and the mechanisms underlying treatment resistance.

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Meet the Guest Editors

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Manoj Kumar Kashyap, PhD, Amity University Haryana, India

Since August 2019, Dr Kashyap has served as Associate Professor and Head at Amity Stem Cell Institute/Amity Medical School, Amity University Haryana. Previously, he was Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at Glocal University (2017–2019). He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Moores Cancer Center, UC San Diego (2012–2017), working with Prof Michael Burkart and others. He earned his PhD through a joint program with Johns Hopkins University and Institute of Bioinformatics, Bangalore, under Prof Akhilesh Pandey, focusing on tumorigenesis in gastrointestinal cancers using genomics and proteomics. His research area is molecular biology and pathophysiology of gastro-intestinal malignancies including tumor-microenvironment, signaling and RNA splicing.

Anuja Sathe, PhD, Stanford University, USA

Dr Anuja Sathe is an Instructor at Stanford University, studying the heterogeneity of the tumor microenvironment. She integrates single-cell and spatial approaches with patient-derived models to uncover new therapeutic targets and determine their mechanisms of action. Her research bridges basic and translational science, exploring how cellular interactions shape tumor progression, immune evasion, and treatment resistance.

About the Collection

BMC Medical Genomics is calling for submissions to our Collection on Tumor microenvironment in cancer genomics. The tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a critical role in the survival, progression, and treatment response of various cancers. It encompasses a complex network of cells, extracellular matrix components, and signaling molecules that interact dynamically with tumor cells. Understanding the TME is essential for deciphering the mechanisms underlying tumorigenesis, metastasis, and therapeutic resistance. Recent advances in cancer genomics have provided valuable insights into how genomic alterations within tumor cells are influenced by their surrounding microenvironment, paving the way for a deeper understanding of cancer biology. Advances in single-cell genomics, and spatial transcriptomics have revolutionized our ability to characterize the cellular composition and functional states within the TME. These technologies enable researchers to pinpoint specific cellular interactions, and signaling pathways linked to treatment resistance, aiding in the design of targeted therapies that can effectively disrupt these processes.

This Collection aims to gather innovative research exploring the TME in the context of cancer genomics. We invite submissions that investigate the interactions between TME and genomic alterations, implications for drug delivery, and the mechanisms underlying treatment resistance.

All manuscripts submitted to this journal, including those submitted to collections and special issues, are assessed in line with our editorial policies and the journal’s peer review process. Reviewers and editors are required to declare competing interests and can be excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists.

There are currently no articles in this collection.

Submission Guidelines

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This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles, Database, Software, Case Report, Study protocol, Matters Arising and Comment. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines to confirm that type is accepted by the journal. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select "Tumor microenvironment (TME) in cancer genomics" from the dropdown menu.

All manuscripts submitted to this journal, including those submitted to collections and special issues, are assessed in line with our editorial policies and the journal’s peer review process. Reviewers and editors are required to declare competing interests and can be excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists.