The course aims to provide lectures and practice to help students to understand the principles and applications of various -omics approaches. Topics include (1) principles of sequencing and commonly used sequencing platforms; (2) Genome sequencing transcriptome sequencing and their road applications; (3) Epigenetic modifications and regulation; (4) Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation; (5) Advances of proteomics and challenges; (6) Integrative data analyses and comprehensive functional genomics; (7) Gene editing, genome manipulation, emerging challenges during medical and therapeutic implementations (8) Novel inter-disciplinary and data-driven sciences. In all topics, special attention will be paid to building a fundamental understanding of omics research and applying knowledge to approach biological questions.

The final assessment (exam or proposal writing) covers the content of week 1-13