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Since the launch of the human genome, technological revolution has enabled high throughput and high-resolution measurements of biological molecules. The scientific fields associated with measuring such biological molecules are called “omics’. Examples include genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics, epigenomics and microbiomics which correspond to global analyses of genomic DNA, RNA, proteins, metabolites, lipids, methylated DNA or modified histone proteins in chromosomes, and the microbiome respectively. In this lecture we will develop a basic understanding of the methods of the various ‘omics” approaches and discuss their potential in improving human health.

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