For the first time, the Chairs of the seven HUPO Global Initiatives came together for two days to report on the progress of each project and highlight plans for the future in Montreal, Canada.
Along with sharing updates on the progress of each project, there have been opportunities to explore collaboration among them. In addition, a number of policy recommendations related to how HUPO Initiatives were managed and how future Initiatives will be selected.
Under the chairmanship of Sam Hanash, the meeting involved the following distinguished scientists:
1. John Bergeron, President of HUPO and Leader of the Mouse and Rat
Proteome Project
2. Gil Omenn, Chair of the HUPO Plasma Proteome Project
3. Fuchu He, Chair of the HUPO Liver Proteome Project
4. Laura Beretta, Co-chair of the HUPO Liver Proteome Project
5. Henning Hermjakob, Deputy Leader, HUPO Proteomics Standards
Initiative
6. Naoyoki Taniguchi, Chair of the Glycomics, Disease Proteome
Initiatives
7. Helmut Meyer, Chair of the HUPO Brain Proteome Project
8. Mathias Uhlen, Chair of the Human Antibody Initiative
9. Jan van Oostrum, Vice-President of HUPO
10. Greg Opiteck, on behalf of the Clinical Plasma Profiling
Consortium (CPPC)
Paul Stinson, Director General of HUPO, acknowledged with thanks the generous sponsorship provided by GE Healthcare, Nonlinear Dynamics, and IBM Canada.
Each of the Founding Sponsors will have representatives at the Roundtable and will be invited to form the basis for an Industry Advisory Council to HUPO.
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