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Register for our Webinar: Mathias Uhlen, PhD – Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden and Program Director of the Human Protein Atlas

Dr. Mathias Uhlen, talks Human Protein Atlas. Dec 8, 12pm EST

Date: December 8, 2010

Time: 12:00 PM EST

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20,000 protein-encoded genes.  How do we determine the expression, localization, modification and function from each?

On Dec 8, 2010, at 12pm EST we are excited to bring you Dr. Mathias Uhlen speaking about the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) program.  The HPA is using antibody-based protein profiling based on the human genome sequence data.  Through their “high throughput proteomics” they are able to produce protein localizations in human cells, tissues and organs, and many cancer tissues as well.

The Protein Atlas data is available for researchers online in Version 7 of human protein atlas to investigate.  We’ve shown you the previous version of Human Protein Atlas, and how Dr. Uhlen’s team has mined the data to discover cancer biomarkers.

Register NOW for this informative webinar as Dr. Uhlen talks about the data that’s available via HPA 7.0.

We recently showed you where to find the wealth of IHC data available from Human Protein Atlas Web portal.  Now you can listen to Dr. Fredrik Ponten, the Vice-program Director of Human Protein Atlas Project describe an antibody-based proteomics strategy to identify cancer biomarkers using Human Protein Atlas data.  Just click on our latest webinar, “Antibody-based Biomarker Discovery in Cancer Research”

The strategy combines high-throughput generation of mono-specific antibodies with protein profiling in human tissues and cells using immunohistochemistry (IHC) on cell and tissue microarrays (TMAs).  Dr. Ponten covers the development and validation of Prestige Antibodies® powered by Atlas and explores the use of these antibodies in the search and characterization of biomarkers related to cancer.

The webinar concludes with a brief overview of Your Favorite Gene Powered by Ingenuity given by yours truly.
I also recommend Kyle’s video if you want the highlights of this powerful research tool.

Speaker:  Dr. Fredrik Ponten, Professor, Uppsala University and Vice-program Director, Human Protein Atlas Project