Goals

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Goals

• Establishment of a high density proteome map of Arabidopsis thaliana using different tissues and high throughput mass spectrometry as a basis for future systems biology approaches.

• Discuss international network grant proposals for plant proteomics.

• Develop standards for two-dimensional gel-electrophoresis, shotgun proteomics, and quantitative proteomics.

• Write guidelines for minimum requirements for different types of proteomic studies and distribute these to plant journals (specifically: Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, The Plant Cell, and The Plant Journal) for their consideration of publication standards—issues include experimental method, data analysis and call of identifications.

• Work towards a central international database of MS/ MS spectra derived from Arabidopsis samples.

• Collaborate with other interested parties on Arabidopsis proteomic data storage.

• Seek funding opportunities for the exchange of students and young researchers between different labs in order to develop a common training initiative.