congress Proteomics at the University of Navarra, Spain.
The meeting brings together 250 specialists from nine countries for four days at the School de Ciencias.
The University of Navarra hosts the international Proteomics congress "Proteomics and Human Proteome. From bench to bedside", organized by the Spanish Proteomics Society and the Latin American Human Proteome Organization (LAHUPO).
Held at the School de Ciencias of the academic center, the meeting will be attended by 250 experts from nine countries, including some of the most important international specialists in this field subject.
According to Fernando Corrales, director of the Proteomics, Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit of research center Applied Medicine (CIMA) of the University of Navarra, this discipline -which has as goal the study of the proteome or set of proteins of a cell, a tissue or an organ- will make it possible to obtain a global vision of cell biology and its alterations, "and with it to devise new diagnostic methods in the future that will enable therapeutic strategies adjusted to the needs of each individual", he explains.
In this sense, the doctor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology emphasizes that one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century will be, precisely, the identification of biomarkers for the early diagnosis and monitoring of diseases, "which will facilitate a more appropriate clinical intervention". With this goal, the Proteomics Unit of CIMA develops projects to analyze the molecular instructions of liver diseases and find biomarkers for liver fibrosis and liver cancer. His team's work has already resulted in 25 international publications and four patents in five years.
Among the speakers at congress are three of the pioneers of this discipline: Peter Roepstorff, Michael Karas and Franz Hillenkamp, who will be made honorary members of the Spanish Proteomics Society. In addition, the President of the Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO), Professor Rolf Apweiler, and the leaders of the organization in the fields of liver and brain -Fuchu He and Helmut E. Meyer, respectively- will present in Pamplona the most recent advances in the study of the human proteome and its alterations associated with diseases.
partnership The meeting, which has the support of the Government of Navarra, SODENA, Digna Biotech and Genoma España, among other entities, will be completed with plenary sessions, oral communications and a wide range of posters sample on the main research being carried out in this field area.