Proteomics = Sushi?

     New discoveries of change in proteins after translation, many forms of proteins being encoded in our cells by single genes and alternative roles of RNA are allowing us to realize that things aren't as simple as we once believed. Scientists found out that changing when and where a protein is expressed can result in very different functions for that protein. This realization gave way to Proteomics which is the study of proteins. While being coined it's name after Genomics, Proteomics is much more complex. Also, the genome is often a constant entity while the proteome is different from each cell and is constantly changing due to the environment. Scientists now have to catalog all human proteins and assess their functions/interactions which can be seen as nearly impossible. But there is an international collaboration called the Human Proteome Organization or HUPO which helps achieve these goals more precisely and quickly.