Seminar Series: Technology Trends 2003
Marc Wilkins
Vice President, Bioinformatics
Proteome Systems Limited
Marc Wilkins developed the concept of the proteome and coined the
term. This was recently acknowledged in the Scientific American,
April 2002. He is a co-founder of the company Proteome Systems,
which was established in January 1999.
Prior to Proteome Systems, he was a senior post-doctoral fellow
in the Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, and held a post-doctoral
fellowship from 1995-1997 at the University of Geneva, Switzerland
working with Prof. Denis Hochstrasser and Dr. Amos Bairoch. He co-developed
many of the protein analysis tools available on the ExPASy Web server.
In 1997, Marc co-edited the first book on proteomics, Proteome
Research: New Frontiers in Functional Genomics (Wilkins et al. (eds)
Springer Verlag). Marc has also published more than 65 research
and review articles, and is invited regularly to present at international
scientific conferences.
In Proteome Systems, Marc has established a bioinformatics platform
for protein identification, characterisation and the organisation
of discovery project information. More recently, Marc has been responsible
for the establishment of the software "BioinformatIQ",
an integrative platform for the storage and analysis of proteomic
information for use in high-throughput proteome analysis facilities.
This software has now been commercialised and serves to integrate
Proteome Systems commercial technology platform, ProteomIQ. In the
Discovery realm, Marc has been responsible for the planning and
execution of a two-year major research project in collaboration
with Dow AgroSciences, and has worked in the establishment of a
large program in Cystic Fibrosis in collaboration with the Cystic
Fibrosis Therapeutics Corporation.
Marc is increasingly involved in strategy and corporate affairs
inside Proteome Systems. He established the Global Strategic Alliance
with IBM, and manages this relationship. The success of this relationship
was recognised by IBM awarding Proteome Systems the 2003 "Rookie
of the Year Award" for the Asia-Pacific region. He undertakes
business development work in the areas of the proteomic platform,
ProteomIQ, and Proteome Systems bioinformatics, and continues to
lead Proteome Systems Bioinformatics R & D team. More recently,
Marc has been invited to serve as an expert member for the Bioinformatics
Task Force, a National Task force to advise the Australian Government
on the current and future bioinformatics requirements of Australia.
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