Genes and Environment

Application of image-recognition techniques to automated micronucleus detection in the in vitro micronucleus assay

Hiromi Yoda, Kazuya Abe, Hideya Takeo, Takeji Takamura-Enya & Ayumi Koike-Takeshita  

Our newly developed MN/cell detection software enables high-speed image processing and analysis without requiring high computer processing power. Furthermore, the data obtained was almost comparable to those obtained by manual MN counting.

Read this article: Volume 46, Article number: 11 (2024)

DNA cross-link repair deficiency enhances human cell sensitivity to colibactin-induced genotoxicity

Masanobu Kawanishi, Osamu Tsubohira, Ai Ueshima, Yuuta Hisatomi, Yoshimitsu Oda, Michio Sato, Noriyuki Miyoshi, Michihiro Mutoh, Hideki Ishikawa, Keiji Wakabayashi, Takashi Yagi & Kenji Watanabe 

Human cells deficient in the DNA interstrand crosslink repair pathway are significantly more susceptible to genotoxic and cytotoxic effects caused by infection with colibactin-producing E. coli.

Read this article: Volume 47, Article number: 15 (2025)

• Article Collection of Papers Related to Oxidatively Damaged Bases Dedicated to Susumu Nishimura
• Research on Genes and Environment by the Malaysian Society of Toxicology 
• Lessons Learned from Japanese Association for Cancer Prevention and Future Opportunities
• Current topics in China for Environmental Mutagen Research
• G&E Best Paper Award collection
• Special Issue in memory of Takashi Sugimura 
• Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens (ACEM2019)
• Article collection: Meeting Reports: collection of various meeting reports published in G&E
• Article collection: Genotoxicity Tests
• JEMS Open Symposia 2017&2018: “Challenges of Young Scientists”
• 10th Anniversary Special Issue
• JEMS Open Symposium 2015: “Life Style and Cancer”
• Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens (ACEM2014)

Editor-in-Chief

Masami Yamada obtained her Ph.D. in bacterial genetics from Osaka University. Since 1990, she has been one of the leading researchers in environmental mutagen studies at the National Institute of Health Sciences in Tokyo, where she has developed numerous specialized bacterial strains based on standard Ames tester strains using genetic engineering techniques. These strains are widely utilized in environmental mutagen research and are actively distributed each year to research institutions across Asia, Europe, North and South America, and other regions. Since 2017, she has also shared her expertise by teaching Biology and Genetic Engineering at the National Defense Academy of Japan.

APC Discount for JEMS members
Members of Japanese Environmental Mutagen and Genome Society(JEMS)  are entitled to receive discount on Article Processing Charge. 

Free APC for researchers in Asia
We may offer a full APC waiver to the submissions from the countries where Asian Association of the Environmental Mutagen Societies (AAEMS)–partnering societies are located (excluding Japan). Those countries are Australia, China, India, Iran, South Korea, Philippines and Thailand. Please contact EIC ([email protected]) before submission.

To request APC discount
Authors are no longer requested to submit membership code during submission.
Please take following step to receive APC discount.
1) After manuscript submission, corresponding author informs EIC ([email protected]) of the manuscript number and membership number. 
2) When the manuscript was accepted for publication, author receives URL and asked to complete post-acceptance process. 
3) During post-acceptance process author requests APC discount by requsting 'Shared Support' on journal partner page.
4) EIC approves the request and discount is granted. 
5) Author pays discounted APC. 

*those authors who were offered full APC coverage by the editor (for invited/solicited papers), should select 'Prepay for invited papers' to receive full coverage. 

see also
-Changes in Submission Process (in Japanese)
-Post acceptance workflow process (Author Journey)