The placemat is a two-page, 11" x 17" color document with the following contents.
The Genomics for Energy and Environmental Science placemat explains genomics, DNA, metagenomics, omics; depicts genome expression in plant and bacterial cells; includes a chart depicting the three-letter mRNA codons and the particular amino acids they specify; includes a timeline of select milestones in genomics history. (January 2011)