Proteome Biology of Stem Cells A NEW JOINT HUPO AND ISSCR INITIATIVE

The HUPO initiative “Proteome biology of stem cells ” has been established as a collaborative platform bringing to-gether stem cell biologists and researchers in proteomics. The aim is to effectuate the implementation of cutting edge proteomics technology in stem cell research to further our understanding of stem cell biology. This has been prompted primarily by the recent major breakthroughs in stem cell biology, the potential that stem cells have for biomedical application, and the awareness that proteomics has a role in accelerating this progress further or to open as yet unex-plored areas. The increasing interest in the characterization and function of stem cells is primarily related to the notion that human embryonic stem cells are highly flexible and have the unique property to form all cells in the human body. The control o