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New CPTC RFA Announced

The National Cancer Institute announces a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for a network of Proteome Characterization Centers

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are now available

RFA-CA-10-016

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  • CPTC 2010 Annual Meeting: Establishing the Standards in Clinical Proteomics. September 8-9, 2010, Bethesda, Maryland
  • CPTC and AACC: Now sharing knowledge and practice. Learn More
  • CPTC and KIST join efforts to solve complex proteomic issues. See how

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In Focus

NIH Announces New CPTC SBIR Contract Topics for FY2011
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the solicitation of the 2011 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract proposals for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read more.

CPTC Announces the Development of the Retention Time Viewer
CPTC and the Buck Institute for Age Research have developed the Retention Time Viewer (RT-Viewer), an interactive program for the visualization of chromatographic properties for peptides from replicate, multi-site HPLC-MRM-MS experiments. Read more.

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Now Available
The Clinical Proteomic Technologies for Cancer initiative (CPTC) has addressed the questions and concerns with regards to the recently released Request-for-Applications Announcement (RFA-CA-10-016). Read more.

CPTC and NIST-sponsored Yeast Reference Material Now Publically Available
The Yeast Standard Reference Material that the Clinical Proteomic Technologies for Cancer networks used in several research publications is now publically available via the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) website: https://www-s.nist.gov/srmors/view_detail.cfm?srm=8323. Read more.

New Funding Announcement for Proteome Characterization Centers (RFA-CA-10-016)
The Center for Strategic Scientific Initiatives of the National Cancer Institute announces a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for a network of Proteome Characterization Centers (PCCs) in the Clinical Proteomic Technologies for Cancer initiative (CPTC). Read more.

"The ultimate goal of the [CPTAC network] will be a pipeline for biomarker discovery in which each step has been rigorously and quantitatively tested."

Leland Hartwell, Ph.D.

President and Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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  • N. Leigh Anderson, Ph.D., Plasma Proteome Institute
  • Steve Carr, Ph.D., Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
  • Glen Hortin, M.D., Ph.D., NIH Clinical Center

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