Human Proteome Project in Russia

The International Human Proteome Project is emphasized in Russia. The Project could be represented as a technological way where technical achievements are implemented as the public health service of national priority.

Russia essentially invested in the development of material and technical proteomic resources such as mass-spectrometers and computer equipment for processing mass-spectrometry data.

Russia is ready to offer a new solution in the area of analytical nanotechnologies for low-abundance protein detection to the International community. What is expected from the Project? Primarily it is going to perform an integration of research groups. This trend was outlined in Russia at the federal level and it is necessary to maintain and amplify it at the international level. A choice of the chromosome is important to divide the activities. At the same time, the data from participating countries have to form an integration as it was recently done in the Human Genome Project.

According to the view of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russian Federation, the main aim of the Project is to obtain results that can be used in public health in 3-5 years after the start of the Project.

Participants of the international meeting on the Human Proteome Project, Moscow 2009

At the current stage, the international Human Proteome Organization (HUPO, the president — Young Ki Paik, Korea) is preparing the pilot phase of Human Proteome Project after its announcment. In August 2008, Prof. Alexander Archakov, the Full Member of Russian Academy of Medical Science, as a member of scientific council HUPO was offered to organize participation of Russia in the Project. On the initiative of Prof. Archakov powered by Prof. Anatoly Grigoriev, the vice-president of Russian Academy of Sciences. and Prof. Mikhail Davidov, the President of RAMS, two meetings with the academic community took place. The Chairman of the first one, on November 24, 2008, was Andrey Fursenko, the Minister of Education and Science, and the second one being held on February 26, 2009, was chaired by Alexander Hlunov, the Deputy Minister of Education and Science. A concept of the Project has been propose and the participation of Russia in preparation of international Project was approved..

Up to now, South Korea (13th chromosome) and Russia (18th chromosome) has decided to take part in the Project at the official level.

John Bergeron, an initiator of the Human Proteome Project has proposed the smallest 21st chromosome to be a subject of US and Canada activities. However, these countries have yet an expectative viewpoint.

Workgroup

From Ministry of Education and Science, Russian Federation
Alexander V. Hlunov	Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Russian Federation
From Federal Scientific Academies
Anatoly I. Grigoryev	Vice-President of Russian Academy of Sciences
Mikhail I. Davydov	President of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Renad Z. Sagdeev	Vice-President of Siberian branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
From leading organization
Alexander I. Archakov	Director of the Institute of Biomedical Chemistry RAMS, Full Member of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
Secretariat of workgroup
Nikolay D. Voitkevich
Andrei V. Lisitsa