Cytomics is the study of cell

Cell (biology)

The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all known living organisms. It is the smallest unit of life that is classified as a living thing, and is often called the building block of life. The Alberts text discusses how the "cellular building blocks" move to shape developing embryos....

 systems (cytomes) at a single cell level. It combines all the bioinformatic knowledge to attempt to understand the molecular architecture and functionality of the cell system (Cytome

Cytome

Cytomes are the cellular systems, subsystems, and functional components of thebody. The cytome is the collection of the complex and dynamic cellular processes underlying physiological processes. It describes the structural and functional heterogeneity of the cellular diversity of an organism...

). Much of this is achieved by using molecular and microscopic

Microscopic

The microscopic scale is the scale of size or length used to describe objects smaller than those that can easily be seen by the naked eye and which require a lens or microscope to see them clearly.-History:...

 techniques that allow the various components of a cell to be visualised as they interact in vivo

In vivo

In vivo is experimentation using a whole, living organism as opposed to a partial or dead organism, or an in vitro controlled environment. Animal testing and clinical trials are two forms of in vivo research...

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See also

• Cytome
  Cytome
  Cytomes are the cellular systems, subsystems, and functional components of thebody. The cytome is the collection of the complex and dynamic cellular processes underlying physiological processes. It describes the structural and functional heterogeneity of the cellular diversity of an organism...
  
  
• EuroPhysiome
  EuroPhysiome
  The Europhysiome initiative is coordinated by the Coordination action, which aims to establish a better coordination between European Physiome projects. The term is also used to indicate collectively all Europe-based Physiome projects such as the [Renal Physiome Project], the [Giome Project], the...
  
  
• Flow cytometry
  Flow cytometry
  Flow cytometry is a technique for counting and examining microscopic particles, such as cells and chromosomes, by suspending them in a stream of fluid and passing them by an electronic detection apparatus. It allows simultaneous multiparametric analysis of the physical and/or chemical...
  
  
• Genomics
  Genomics
  Genomics is a discipline in genetics concerning the study of the genomes of organisms. The field includes intensive efforts to determine the entire DNA sequence of organisms and fine-scale genetic mapping efforts. The field also includes studies of intragenomic phenomena such as heterosis,...
  
  
• Human Genome Project
  Human Genome Project
  The Human Genome Project is an international scientific research project with a primary goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA, and of identifying and mapping the approximately 20,000–25,000 genes of the human genome from both a physical and functional...
  
  
• Lipidomics
  Lipidomics
  Lipidomics may be defined as the large-scale study of pathways and networks of cellular lipids in biological systems The word "lipidome" is used to describe the complete lipid profile within a cell, tissue or organism and is a subset of the "metabolome" which also includes the three other major...
  
  
• List of omics topics in biology
• Metabolomics
  Metabolomics
  Metabolomics is the scientific study of chemical processes involving metabolites. Specifically, metabolomics is the "systematic study of the unique chemical fingerprints that specific cellular processes leave behind", the study of their small-molecule metabolite profiles...
  
  
• Microscopy
  Microscopy
  Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view samples and objects that cannot be seen with the unaided eye...
  
  
• Omics
• Proteomics
  Proteomics
  Proteomics is the large-scale study of proteins, particularly their structures and functions. Proteins are vital parts of living organisms, as they are the main components of the physiological metabolic pathways of cells. The term "proteomics" was first coined in 1997 to make an analogy with...
  
  
• Tissue microarray
  Tissue microarray
  Tissue microarrays consist of paraffin blocks in which up to 1000 separate tissue cores are assembled in array fashion to allow multiplex histological analysis.-History:...