What is Genomics? The study of all of an organisms genes (the - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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What is Genomics? The study of all of an organisms genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the environment. Why Study Genomics? Know About Sequencing Technologies Process Genomics


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What is Genomics?

  • The study of all of an organisms’ genes (the genome),

including interactions of those genes with each other and with the environment.

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Why Study Genomics?

  • Know About Sequencing

– Technologies – Process

  • Genomics and Medicine

– Heart disease, diabetes, blindness, and cancer (The Cancer Genome Atlas)

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Components of a Sequencer

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BIOL 4903 Genomics

  • Tuesday/Thursday
  • Pre-requisite: Genetics (BIOL 3000K)
  • Topics

– Sequencing

  • Sequencing chemistry (Sanger & Next-generation)
  • Assembly
  • Annotation

– Human

  • Genome
  • Microbiome (skin, GI track, oral, etc) - http://commonfund.nih.gov/hmp/
  • Cancer genomics
  • Genomic medicine
  • Pharmacogenomics

– Metagenomics

  • Environmental samples

– Chemical Genomics – Comparative Genomics – Functional Genomics