the post-genomic era
 functional genomics and proteomics
•Post-genomic = after the sequencing of the genome
•Functional genomics = the study of the genome in order to determine
–coordinated expession of mRNAs for all the genes in the genome
–the control regions of the genes
–the as yet unknown function of additional expressed but non-coding DNA regions (e.g., template for micro RNAs?)
Identify every gene or transcript template