PHM5002 – Proteomics and Metabolomics in Precision Health and Medicine

Course Overview

This module covers analytical methods and technologies that enable detection and quantification of key molecular descriptors of human health and disease, including proteins, metabolites, and lipids. The first half of the course introduces experimental workflows, instrumentation, and data quality control procedures across different application areas. The second half consists of a series of application-oriented lectures by experts who routinely deploy proteomic and metabolomic profiling methods in their own research areas. We will summarize current practices and future outlook in the context of emerging applications in precision medicine.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understanding of pros and cons of the core technologies enabling proteomics and metabolomics analysis (LC-MS, affinity-based proteomics).

  • Approaches to link genomic information to protein and small molecule data as surrogate outcomes.

  • Evaluating the potential of emerging multi-omics approaches in the context of precision medicine.

  • Understanding the challenges in the standardization of omics-level data and issues in scalability and reproducibility

Course Outline

  • Principles of mass spectrometry, experimental workflows, and its application to proteomics

  • Quantitative mass spectrometry in metabolomics and lipidomics

  • Data processing and quality control

  • Application of proteomics, metabolomics, and lipidomics in clinical and biological research  

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