Omics applications genomics

Flow-based analytical procedures are already used in many fields, e.g., environment, food and health. In tandem with the developments described above, flow analysers will also be used in new and emerging fields of application such as the "omics" (metallomics, genomics and proteomics), biotechnology (enzymatic assays, platforms for bio-sensors and flow immunoassays) and quality-control applications in general. Economic resources will also be a driver for more multi-parametric flow-based methods, particularly with spectrophotometric detection. 

Without the genome sequence, tracking down these (hidden) enzymes and scaling up the production process and application would have been much more time-consuming or even impossible. Clearly, (gen)omics has helped us enormously to shorten the time from concept to customer. The period from the identification of the endoprotease to the commercial production of the sport drink (PeptoPro ) was less than two years Not so long ago, it would have taken at least five. 

The MAGE has built within it a controlled vocabulary that is used to standardize communication between data providers. However, MAGE can also be extended to encode other types of omic data beyond genomics, such as proteomic data, so long as a reference to the ontology or controlled vocabulary is provided. Although a description of the extension mechanism is beyond scope of this book, practitioners must become familiar with it in order to ensure their software products and applications will be able to accept any and all annotation data that may be submitted with the genomic data. 

Immunomics offers an excellent example for application of the systems biology and modern genomics/proteomics technology. Immunomics comprises a fruitful combination of modern molecular immunology, animal modeling, omics technologies, and application of ever-increasing immune databases. 

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