Administrative Optimization of Proteomics Networks for Drug Development

Administrative structures are gaining more and more importance in the complex world of modern science. This article will define the terms administration and networking, describing the aims and tasks of project management. The analysis of neurodegenerative diseases with proteomics technologies will be looked at from the administrative point of view with a focus on the different phases of strategy development, human resources, project control and networking. The realization of these tasks is illustrated by short presentations of a national funded network, the German Human Brain Proteome Project (HBPP) within the National Genome Research Network (NGFN), as well as of the international Brain Proteome Project of the Human Proteome Organisation (HUPO BPP).