Dr. Artem Evdokimov <eudokima at mail.ncifcrf.gov> wrote:
:gene transfer (genetics)
:signal transduction (signal transduction)
:apoptosis (journal of apoptosis)
:microarrays (biotechniques)
:gene expression (biotechniques)
:SNP technologies (same)
:data mining (fancy name for computational biology)
:2-D gel electrophoresis (journal of electrophoresis)
:mass spectroscopy (several MS journals)
:robotics and automation (techniques)
:protein characterization (biochemistry, protein analysis)
:PCR (biotechniques, journal of pcr)
::And so I wonder : what IS proteomics ? Why is it different from good ole
:biochemistry ?
Formally, the term proteomics was coined to ease getting
more money for whatever protein-related research. Fanciful name =
new = more chances to be funded. Apart from that and trying to
understand new realities, I'd suggest the following answer:
Proteomics is the same old anything about proteins but with one
twist: proteomics is mindless. That is, it is not hypothesis-driven
and it does not aim to understand anything specifically. Instead,
its intent is to make a cataloog of features (expression profiles,
2D maps, 3D structures, sequences, etc, ect, ect) which will
be useful for all other protein-related research. Kinda like
genome sequencing projects - pretty boring and bringing very
little new knowledge but unquestionably useful in many respects.
- Dima
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