Human Proteome Organization
Encyclopedia
The Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) is an international consortium of national proteomics
research associations, government researchers, academic institutions, and industry partners. HUPO was founded in June 2001 and it promotes the development and awareness of proteomics
research, advocates on behalf of proteomics
researchers throughout the world, and facilitates scientific collaborations between HUPO members and Initiatives. Ultimately, it is organized to gain a better and more complete understanding of the human proteome
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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...
research associations, government researchers, academic institutions, and industry partners. HUPO was founded in June 2001 and it promotes the development and awareness of 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...
research, advocates on behalf of 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...
researchers throughout the world, and facilitates scientific collaborations between HUPO members and Initiatives. Ultimately, it is organized to gain a better and more complete understanding of the human proteome
Proteome
The proteome is the entire set of proteins expressed by a genome, cell, tissue or organism. More specifically, it is the set of expressed proteins in a given type of cells or an organism at a given time under defined conditions. The term is a portmanteau of proteins and genome.The term has been...
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Key members, past and present
- Rolf ApweilerRolf ApweilerRolf Apweiler is a senior scientist at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory-European Bioinformatics Institute and joint head of the Protein And Nucleic Acids group with Ewan Birney....
- Samir Hanash
- Matthias MannMatthias MannMatthias Mann is a scientist in the area of mass spectrometry and proteomics. Born 1959 in Germany he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Göttingen. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 at Yale University where he worked in the group of John Fenn, who was later awarded the Nobel Prize in...
- Gil OmennGil OmennGilbert Omenn is Professor of Internal Medicine, Human Genetics, and Public Health at the University of Michigan. He is the director of the UM Center for Computational Medicine & Biology and the Proteomics Alliance for Cancer Research....
- Young-Ki Paik
See also
- HUGOHuman Genome OrganisationThe Human Genome Organisation is an organization involved in the Human Genome Project, a project about mapping the human genome. HUGO was established in 1989 as an international organization, primarily to foster collaboration between genome scientists around the world...
(Human Genome Organisation), Human Genome ProjectHuman Genome ProjectThe 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... - PSIProteomics Standards InitiativeThe Proteomics Standards Initiative is a working group of HUPO. It aims to define data standards for proteomics in order to facilitate data comparison, exchange and verification.PSI focuses on the following subjects:...
(Proteomics Standards Initiative)