What is omics? The past several decades have seen an explosion of ‘omics’ approaches, a broad term for any technique or field of study that seeks to characterize all of the molecules of a particular class within a cell, organism, or other biological system. Made possible by advances in sequencing, mass spectrometry, and other technologies, omics-level methods have allowed researchers to comprehensively investigate a range of cellular phenomena. No longer restricted to studying a single gene, protein, etc. in isolation (or a panel of pre-selected targets of interest), Omics techniques enable...
