A History of Proteomics and Bioinformatics - In Conversation with Professor Denis Hochstrasser

By Dr Helen Abbott, Editor of EBR

Denis F. Hochstrasser, MD, is Head of the Central Clinical Chemistry Laboratory at Geneva University Hospital, a Founder of GeneProt, Inc., and Chairman of its Scientific Advisory Board. He is a practising internist and clinical chemist, overseeing all computing activities at Geneva University's Faculty of Medicine and supervising the institute's scientifically renowned proteomics research group. In addition, Denis serves as a Consultant at the Department of Medicine, Chairman of the Informatic Sciences Board and President of the Medical Computing Committee of the Geneva Medicine Faculty.

Denis is also Co-Founder of Geneva Bioinformatics S.A. (GeneBio) and the Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics. He is a former member of Switzerland's highest scientific advisory board, the National Council for Science, as well as numerous international, national and university bodies including the Administration Board of Geneva University, and the Swiss Clinical Chemistry Society Committee. He received his MD from the University of Geneva Medical School.