HUPOST Editor: Aleksandra Nita-Lazar | Staff Editor: HUPO Office | August 2024

HUPO 2024 Updates

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Regular registration fees are now in effect -- register before August 15 to save. Join or renew your HUPO membership to benefit from discounted registration rates.

Conference registration here.

Abstract Assignment Completed

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Social Program

Don’t miss the numerous opportunities to mingle and network with colleagues and friends:

• Welcome Networking Reception in the Exhibit Hall
• Networking Night for Early Career Researchers - scenic boat tour on the beautiful River Elbe
• Congress Dinner on the terrace level of the Maritim Hotel
• Social Networking Event with drinks, music, and dancing.

Find more social program details here.

Top Speakers of the Congress

We are delighted to share with you this year's HUPO speakers:

• Plenary Speakers
• Keynote Speakers

Accommodation at Maritim Hotel

Book your stay at the Maritim Hotel with exclusive rates and save time travelling to the congress venue every morning, as the Maritim Hotel is part of the exhibition and program venue. Find more details here.

HUPO and the Awards Committee are very pleased to announce the 2024 HUPO Awardees. Please join us in congratulating these outstanding individuals on their accomplishments and contributions to the proteomics community. The awards will be presented at HUPO 2024 on Wednesday, October 23 at 1645 (local time) during the Awards Ceremony and Closing Session in Dresden, Germany:

2024 Clinical and Translational Proteomics Sciences Award

Catherine CL Wong, Peking Union Medical College Hospital (China)

2024 Discovery in Proteomic Sciences Award

Mikhail Savitski, EMBL (Germany)

2024 Distinguished Achievement in Proteomic Sciences Award

Award Sponsored By: Journal of Proteome Research (ACS Publications)

Joshua J. Coon, University of Wisconsin (USA)

2024 Rising Star Award

Award Organized By: HUPO Early Career Researcher (ECR) Committee

Lindsay K. Pino, Talus Biosciences (USA)

2024 Science and Technology Award

Award Sponsored By: HUPO Industrial Advisory Board

Thermo Fisher Scientific (Astral Analyzer):

• Dmitry Grinfeld 
• Christian Hock 
• Alexander Makarov
• Hamish Stewart 



See all previous HUPO award recipients here.

Nominations are now open for HUPO Executive Committee positions. This is an opportunity to lead and shape the future of a significant scientific organization and work with an enthusiastic global team to promote and represent proteomics.

The Executive Committee (EC) of the Human Proteome Organization consists of seven officers as follows: President, Immediate Past President or President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary General, Treasurer and two Members-at-Large. There is also an Early Career Researcher (ECR) representative that sits on the EC, however, this position is advisory and not an official officer.

All positions, except the Secretary General (appointed by the President Elect) and the ECR representative (appointed by ECR Committee), are to be elected by the vote of HUPO Council.

Executive Committee nominees must be active (paid) HUPO members and scientists from the public or private sector with professional experience in the educational, research, or commercial activities related to the purposes of HUPO.

The Executive Committee should represent a regional and gender balance.

The following Executive Committee positions will be elected by Council vote for a two-year term, commencing in January 2025:

• Treasurer (2025-2026)
• Secretary General (2025-2026) - appointed by the President Elect, ratified by Council
• Member-at-Large (2025-2026)
• Member-at-Large (2025-2026)

Click here to view a list of the current HUPO Executive Committee.

To submit a self-nomination, complete the Nomination Form here and include a headshot photo.

Deadline to submit nominations - August 30 - 11:59 pm PDT.

If you have any questions please contact the HUPO Office:  office@hupo.org

We look forward to your participation.

The HUPO Nominations and Elections Committee is pleased to present the official slate of candidates for the 2024 HUPO Council election. HUPO would like to thank all candidates standing for Council election for a three-year term beginning in January 2025 (2025-2027). The voting period is September 20 to October 21, 2024.

The list of candidates is available on the HUPO website here. We encourage all HUPO members to review the slate of candidates prior to the voting opening date.

If you wish to participate in the voting process and are not currently a HUPO member, please visit the HUPO website here and join today!

Should you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the HUPO Office at office@hupo.org

Standard BioTools Inc. equips the life science industry with a unique suite of innovative and reliable multi-omic technologies that enable researchers to boldly explore biological challenges to advance human health. 

In 2024, SomaLogic merged with Standard BioTools to bring the power of proteomics to the company’s comprehensive suite of genomics, mass cytometry and imaging mass cytometry tools. Standard BioTools now offers the entire line of SomaScan® high-plex, high-throughput proteomics services at our labs in Colorado and through our worldwide Authorized Sites program, offering the most comprehensive coverage of the proteome with 11,000 protein measurements. 

The SomaScan Platform offers an end-to-end solution for protein biomarker discovery with service offerings and bioinformatics analysis to support basic medical research and biotech and pharmaceutical pipeline development. Using modified DNA aptamers, called SOMAmer® Reagents, the SomaScan technology provides high-affinity binding and specificity across a wide range of sample types, achieving sensitive detection in the fmol-umol range, from samples as small as 55ul. 

The SomaScan Platform is optimized for reproducibility with coefficients of variation of ~5%, eliminating assay-to-assay variability and enabling longitudinal studies across populations. Standard BioTools also offers SOMAmer Reagents individually to researchers for experimental validation. With more than 1,000 peer-reviewed publications, the SomaScan Platform has been used by -omics experts for more than a decade. 

Standard BioTools’ rigorous, data-driven approach ensures that our technologies deliver accurate results, quickly and reliably, earning the trust of our customers one breakthrough at a time. To learn more about our work and our tools, visit www.standardbiotools.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, and YouTube. 

Get to Know the Finalists of the Prestigious Manuscript Competition

The manuscript competition is a unique platform that showcases exceptional contributions from postdoctoral fellows, young clinicians and junior faculty members to the proteomics field. Three finalists were selected to present their manuscripts published during the 2023 and 2024 calendar years in a dedicated plenary session at HUPO 2024. A panel of experts will evaluate their talks to select the “Proteomics Highlight of the Year”.

The ECR is delighted to showcase the finalists:

• Stacy Malaker (Yale University, USA)
• Leyuan Li (Beijing Proteome Research Center, CN)
• Marc van Oostrum (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)

In this issue we turn the spotlight to Stacy Malaker who submitted her work: Glycoproteomic landscape and structural dynamics of TIM family immune checkpoints enabled by mucinase SmE. Take a look at her short bio here.

Get Your (Boat) Tickets for the HUPO Early Career Researcher Networking Evening at HUPO 2024 World Congress

Early career researchers and senior scientists alike are invited to this exciting event taking place on Sunday, October 20th 19:30-22:30. The ECR Networking Evening brings the proteomics community together in an entertaining night providing a fantastic opportunity for early-stage researchers to meet, share, and connect with colleagues and senior researchers.

This year, the ECR networking evening will take place on a scenic boat ride around Dresden! This is your chance to enjoy stunning views, drinks, and to mingle in a relaxed atmosphere. It's the perfect setting to network with peers and mentors from around the world.

Don’t miss this boat and get your ticket now, as space is limited!

Secure your spot at the HUPO 2024 ETC Pre-Congress Training Courses. Three exceptional training courses will be offered:

1. Post-translational Modifications: Insights into Sample Preparation, Enrichment, Detection and Computational

Chairs

• Yansheng Liu (Yale University, USA)
• Sayantani Chatterjee (Boston University, USA)

Speakers

• Martin R. Larsen (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
• Birgit Schilling (Buck Institute for Reseach on Aging, USA)
• Daniel Kolarich (Griffith University, Australia)

2. Leveraging Repository Data to Improve Study Designs

Chairs

• Giuseppe Palmisano (Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
• Marie A Brunet (University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada)

Proposed Speakers

• David L. Tabb (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
• Deepti Jaiswal Kundu (EMBL-EBI European Bioinformatics Institute, UK)
• Lars Juhl Jensen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

3. Principal Investigator School

Chairs

• Brian Searle (The Ohio State University, USA)
• Bernhard Küster (TUM School of Life Sciences, Germany)

Proposed Speakers

• Jennifer Van Eyk (Cedars Sinai Medical Center, USA)
• Ruth Huttenhain (Stanford University, USA)
• Bernhard Küster (TUM School of Life Sciences, Germany)

Elections in Dresden for C-HPP EC Members

Please send nominations for the following open positions to the C-HPP Secretary General, Dr Peter Horvatovich (p.l.horvatovich@rug.nl)

1. Chris Overall will be stepping down as Chair of the C-HPP at the end of 2024, and we invite nominations for the new Chair.
2. Gilberto Domont is a current member, and we invite nominations to fill this position for three years starting in January 2025.
3. C-HPP Secretary General Dr Peter Horvatovich will be stepping down at the end of 2024, and we invite nominations to fill this position for three years starting in January 2025.
4. We are creating a new ECR position for the C-HPP EC, and we will elect in Dresden a new ECR to sit on the EC from January 2025 for 3 years. Please self nominate.
5. Election for a member-at-large of the C-HPP EC for three years starting in January 2025.

Our goal is to have equal female and male representation on the C-HPP EC.

C-HPP Workshops

Upcoming C-HPP workshops for 2024 and 2025:

• 26^th C-HPP Workshop: (0.5 day), Dresden, Sunday 20^th October 2024, 9:00 AM – 14:00 PM (before HUPO Congress).
• 27^th C-HPP Workshop on the new Human Proteome Project Portal, Guangzhou LEDY Life and Health City, China, November 28 & 29th 2024.
• 28^th C-HPP Workshop: The HPP Grand Challenge, Saint-Malo, France, June 13-15, 2025 (before EUPA).

September 9-13, 2024 - MaxQuant Summer School 2024

(Munich, Germany)

September 16-19, 2024 - Congress of Mass Spectrometry and Proteomic Analysis (SMAP)

(Lille, France)

October 20-24, 2024 - HUPO 2024 World Congress

(Dresden, Germany)

November 18-19, 2024 - Sydney International Conference: Advancing Multi-Omics into the Clinic

(Sydney, Australia)

June 16-20, 2025 - EuPA 2025 Conference

(Saint-Malo, France)

The job board on the HUPO website is a valuable resource for both employers and individuals seeking ideas and opportunities.

See the latest job postings here:

• Job opening at WEHI for a Senior Research Officer (Melbourne, AUS)

If you have a job posting and would like to advertise it, send your information to office@hupo.org. For more information and job listing details - visit the website here.