The Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) is an international consortium of national
proteomics research associations, government researchers, academic institutions, and industry partners. The organization was launched in February 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 members and initiatives. Ultimately, it is organized to gain a better and more complete understanding of the human
proteome
The proteome is the entire set of proteins that is, or can be, expressed by a genome, cell, tissue, or organism at a certain time. It is the set of expressed proteins in a given type of cell or organism, at a given time, under defined conditions. ...
.
Congress
Since 2002, HUPO organizes one international congress each year, with past congresses held in
Orlando
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in 2018, in
Dublin
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in 2017, in
Taiwan
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in 2016 and in
Vancouver
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2015.
Awards
HUPO awards multiple awards each year,
among them the
* Distinguished Service Award
* Translational Proteomics Award
* Science & Technology Award
* Discovery in Proteomic Sciences Award
* Distinguished Achievement Award in Proteomic Sciences
See also
*
Human Genome Organisation
The Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) is a non-profit organization founded in 1988. HUGO represents an international coordinating scientific body in response to initiatives such as the Human Genome Project. HUGO has four active committees, includi ...
*
Human Genome Project
*
Proteomics Standards Initiative
*
Human Proteome Project
References
External links
HUPO
Proteomics
Research projects
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