The Human Disease Glycomics/Proteome Initiative
(HGPI) is to define community standards for data presentation
in functional glycomics in relation to diseases. The goal
is to facilitate data comparison, exchange and verification.
The HGPI will be comprised of a number of researchers
and collaborators throughout the world who are dedicated
to fostering and accelerating research progress in desease
glycomics by pursuing collaborative and interdisciplinary
research. This initiative will connect the other initiatives
in HUPO more tightly and will permit the exchange of information
of mutual interest. The data and information will be shared
with members, non-participating researchers and will be
made available for public, academic research and teaching
purposes. In order to avoid diluting efforts by other
on-going related activities such as NIH consortium for
functional glycomics, Japanese consortium for glycobiology
and glycotechnology, Eurocarb etc, this initiative will
focus exclusively on disease glycomics.
