PRE AND POST CONGRESS ACTIVITIES

Enjoy Your Time Before and After the Congress - Here are three (3) Pre & Post Congress Activities that you can easily participate:

Pre-Congress Workshops - Access to Three (3) Workshops and Asia/Oceania Networking Session. Join us onsite Sunday, December 4th before the official Congress kicks off to enjoy some incredible workshops and the Asia/Oceania Networking Session. 

ICPC Cancer Moonshot Pre-Congress Workshop - The International Cancer Proteogenome Consortium (ICPC) Cancer Moonshot 2022 Investigator Retreat. The ICPC started in 2016 inspired by the spirit of international collaboration and data sharing encouraged by the Cancer Moonshot. Its vision is aligned with the Moonshot goals of accelerating progress in cancer research and its translation to patient care.

UPCOMING REGISTRATION DEADLINE

Book now to take advantage of regular registration rates only available until October 14! Onsite rates will apply after October 14.

Full Congress Registration Includes: 

Date and Time: Thursday, December 8, 2022, 08:00 to 15:00

Get ready to learn and be inspired by recognizable names from the proteomics community. HUPO is very grateful and excited to be joined by many talented and empowering speakers and presenters. Learn more about this year’s speakers on the Meet the Speakers Page and browse the Scientific Program here to start planning your schedule.

Title: HEDI Initiative: Proteomics Industry and Investments 

Date and Time: Monday, December 5, 2022, 14:30 to 15:30 (local time)

Session Chair: Sudhir Srivastava 

HUPO and the Awards Committee are very pleased to announce the 2022 HUPO Award winners. Please join us in congratulating these outstanding individuals on their accomplishments and contributions to the proteomics community. The awards will be presented during HUPO 2022 on Wednesday, December 7 at 16:30 (local time) at the Awards Ceremony and Closing Plenary session in Cancun, Mexico:

Bogdan Budnik and Nikolai Slavov, Harvard University, USA

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

Alexey Nesvizhskii, University of Michigan, USA

Award Sponsored By: HUPO Early Career Researcher (ECR) Initiative

Ling Hao, The George Washington University, USA

Award Sponsored By: HUPO Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) 

Daniel Hornburg, Seer

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.

Executive Committee nominees must be active 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 following Executive Committee positions will be elected by Council vote for a two-year term, commencing in January 2023:

The Executive Committee should represent a regional and gender balance.

SELF-NOMINATION FORM and more details found here.

Submission deadline is October 15, 2022.

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

The 2022 General Assembly of Members will be held during HUPO 2022 in Cancun, Mexico just prior to the Awards Ceremony and Closing Plenary Session:

Date:            Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Time:           1600-1630 (local Time)

Location:      Cancun International Convention Centre; Room: TBA

HUPO members are invited to attend for important HUPO updates and networking. Complimentary beverages will be provided.

Contact the HUPO Office for more information.

HUPO committees and initiatives are an essential part of the association's activities, mission and success. With previous support from HUPO members, volunteers, industry sponsors and past congress organizers, HUPO’s financial situation is currently stable. HUPO would like to utilize the available budget to formalize a way of supporting its committees and initiatives.

As a pilot, HUPO is inviting funding requests from all committees and initiatives. There is no restriction on the type of activity for which funding is requested, but all requests must detail how the proposed activity is supporting the HUPO mission.

Congratulations goes out to the HUPO Education and Training Committee (ETC) as the first group to receive $5,000 in funding support. These funds will support a number of activities including:

Please see the funding request form here for submission details. All questions and forms are to be submitted to: office@hupo.org

The election period to vote for the HUPO Council is October 29 - December 5, 2022. All active members will receive an email containing online voting instructions. The member voting process is quick, easy and anonymous - you don’t need to attend the Congress to participate – so please vote - every vote counts!

The official slate of candidates can be viewed here.

Please register as a member here if you wish to receive a voting ballot.

The last three years have been challenging, but many organizations have used that time to take stock and look at themselves and their readiness for the future. HUPO is a well-run and respected organization, however, there is always an opportunity for improvement. The future HUPO landscape will be different from the one when HUPO was first launched. To help facilitate and stimulate new ideas, activities and opportunities, the HUPO Executive Committee (EC) embarked on a Strategic Plan Review to ensure HUPO’s readiness and planned future activities provide the best possible services to its members and the proteomics community.

A Strategic Plan Working Group with representatives from the HUPO EC, HUPO committees and regional members, was formed in late 2021 and has dedicated significant time and effort on a regular basis to work with Facilitator Ian Wright and help shape the future of HUPO. Sincere appreciation is extended to the following individuals:

The process for creating the plan included input and feedback from across the proteomics community in all regions of the world through HUPO Council and the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), and ensuring a step-by-step process of understanding the current organization, dreaming for the future, creating goals, deciding what is important, describing initiatives that would support success and creating a plan. In 2023, we look forward to “living the plan” and monitoring its implementation.

Please join us! We invite you to register for the HUPO 2022 Congress in Cancun and attend the HUPO Strategic Plan Overview. It will be an exciting time for HUPO and we encourage all members to take part on Monday, December 5 from 6:00-7:00 pm (local time).

Topic: Scientific Writing

Date: Early December

Want to learn more about academic writing? We are here for you! The ETC will launch a lecture and discussion series - "ETC Auditorium", focusing on proteomics and academic writing. For the debut in early December, we are honored to have with us Professor John Yates III, a celebrated scientist in the field of proteomics and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Proteome Research. John studies proteins using the coolest method on the planet, mass spectrometry. Other big names will be announced soon.

More about Professor Yates here.

Check the Education and Training webpage here for updates.

Since the HUPO Early Career Researcher Initiative, in collaboration with the European Proteomics Association’s Young Proteomics Investigators Club, relaunched its online panel series, we have enjoyed engaging sessions about relevant topics for fostering professional development. Our panel on September 14^th, 2022, was no exception! The online panel, titled “How to start your own lab”, featured three remarkable panelists: Dr. Ling Hao (George Washington University, USA), Dr. Ben Collins (Queen's Belfast University, UK), and Dr. Lennart Martens (Ghent University, Belgium), who shared their experiences in navigating the start-up of their labs. They commented on the valuable lessons they learned along the way and how these are applicable to other aspects of forging a career path. Panel attendees were taught the importance of building a vision and finding the right mentors, prompting lively discussions. Thank you to everyone that participated and made this such a great event!

Our next online panel will be covering the topic, “Science Communication: Who, how, where and why?” Without a doubt, effective science communication drives more than just the dissemination of scientific research. It can have ripple effects through all aspects of society such as politics, healthcare, policy, and the environment. But how do you convey clear and concise messages? What is the best way to get these messages across a wide range of platforms? Get the answers to all these questions and more!

Join us for the ECR Mentoring Sessions at the HUPO 2022 World Congress in Cancun, Mexico!

The HUPO ECR Initiative Welcomes a New Member: Dr. Saeed Seyedmohammad

The ECR Initiative is proud to welcome a new member, Dr. Saeed Seyedmohammad! Dr. Seyedmohammad is currently a post-doctoral research fellow in Dr. Jennifer Van Eyk’s lab (Cedars Sinai, USA), researching novel proteomic approaches for studying heart failure. To learn more about Dr. Seyedmohammad and his work, click here.