Multiomics

Multiomics (multiple omics) provides an integrated perspective to power discovery across multiple levels of biology. This biological analysis approach combines genomic data with data from other modalities such as transcriptomics, epigenetics, and proteomics, to measure gene expression, gene activation, and protein levels.

Multiomics profiling studies enable a more comprehensive understanding of molecular changes contributing to normal development, cellular response, and disease. Using integrative omics technologies, researchers can better connect genotype to phenotype and fuel the discovery of novel drug targets and biomarkers.

Multiomics is Revolutionizing Research

Learn why these research leaders decided to use multiomics in their work.

Multiomics offers the following benefits:

• It allows researchers to directly measure causes and consequences of biological phenotypes, rather than make inferences from incomplete data.
• It helps researchers better connect genotype to phenotype, providing scientific insights that cannot be found from single omics methods alone and helping to fuel the discovery of novel drug discovery targets.
• It multiplies discovery power and provides a more holistic view of biological systems by allowing researchers to witness the complicated interplay between the molecules of life.

Multiomics is also becoming more accessible. The cost of high-throughput sequencing (price/Gb) has decreased by >90% over the past decade. At the same time, grant funding has increased for multiomic studies (since 2012, there has been a 48% average year-over-year increase in the number of active or starting grants for multiomics studies).