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The Netherlands Proteomics Centre (NPC) is a strategic collaboration of research groups from six universities, three academic medical centres and several biotech companies. With a scientific program addressing key areas of proteomics in 56 projects, and specialised ‘research hotels’, the NPC performs high-quality research and knowledge transfer in an international context. The NPC is part of the Netherlands Genomics Initiative.
25 April 2008> NEWS
Royal decoration for NPC Executive Board member Prof.dr. Lubbert Dijkuizen: appointment as Knight in the order of the Dutch Lion.
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24 April 2008> NEWS
The group of Albert Heck, NPC scientific director, has introduced a method for sequencing peptides by mass spectrometry using a metalloendopeptidase that cleaves proteins at the amino side of lysine (Lys-N). When analyzed by electron transfer dissociation (ETD)-based mass spectrometric sequencing, Lys-N-digested peptides that contain a single lysine residue produce spectra dominated by c-type fragment ions, providing simple ladders for sequence determination. This method should be a valuable strategy for de novo sequencing and the analysis of post-translational modifications. These results are published in Nature Methods, 2008 Apr 20 [Epub ahead of print].
4 March 2008> NEWS
For the 2nd European Summer School “Proteomic Basics” to be held in Kloster Neustift, Brixen/Bressanone, South Tyrol, Italy, from 13-19 July this year, the NPC will sponsor two fellowships for participants from the NPC programme. The summer school is designed to provide an insight into the basics of state-of-the-art protein analytic techniques for graduate students and young post-doctoral workers. More information on their website. For NPC particpants, you can apply with this form until 15 April. On page 28 of the NPC Highlights #6 you can read about the experiences at the first EU Summer School.
16 - 20 August 2008> AGENDA
HUPO 7th Annual Congress 2008, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The Netherlands Proteomics Centre (NPC) will take the lead in organizing the seventh annual world congress of the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) from 16 – 20 August 2008 at the RAI in Amsterdam. NPC scientific director Albert Heck, Utrecht University, will chair the meeting, together with Anne-Claude Gavin, EMBL, Germany, and Ruedi Aebersold, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. It is expected that the meeting will attract more than 2000 international scientists from academic, governmental and industrial research institutes. For information about the confirmed speakers, registration and abstract submission, see here .
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