Welcome to the age of proteomics
Gunnar De Winter
Welcome to the age of proteomics
A conversation with Simon Devos, head of VIB's Proteomics Core
Proteomics, a (very brief) primer
In 1995, the word proteomics first appeared in a scientific paper, referring to the "protein complement" encoded in microbial genomes. In other words, the proteome is the collection of all proteins in a sample, whether that sample is a microbe, a cell, or a tissue biopsy. Proteomics is the study of the composition, structure, and activity of these proteins. Since...