Metabolomics - CERM

Metabolomics - CERM Metabolomics - CERM

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Genomics is “only” the start! Genomics: the complete blueprint of an individual. What do we need more? There are 6 million parts in a 747 plane. If someone shows you the blueprints of all of them one after the other, would you be able to tell how the plane looks like? Proteomics: “only” 30-40,000 proteins. However, millions of potential interactions that make an “individual”. And the analysis is still very difficult… Metabolomics: Only a few thousand metabolites. However, not negligible external variability.

Metabolomica: la nuova frontiera “Genomics and proteomics tell you what might happen, but metabolomics tells you what actually did happen” Bill Lasley - University of California, Davis “If you have a disease, it’s likely that your metabolism is going to be affected. The same is true if you get hit with a toxicant. To be honest, the diagnostic potential is staggering” Mark Viant - University of Birmingham

Genomics is “only” the<br />

start!<br />

Genomics:<br />

the complete blueprint of an individual. What do we need more?<br />

There are 6 million parts in a 747 plane. If someone shows you the<br />

blueprints of all of them one after the other, would you be able to tell how<br />

the plane looks like?<br />

Proteomics:<br />

“only” 30-40,000 proteins.<br />

However, millions of potential interactions that make an “individual”. And the<br />

analysis is still very difficult…<br />

<strong>Metabolomics</strong>:<br />

Only a few thousand metabolites.<br />

However, not negligible external variability.

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