Scientific Committee Carlos Lodeiro Espiño, PhD UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT- University NOVA of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal) e-mail: cle@fct.unl.pt José Luís Capelo Martínez, PhD UCIBIO-REQUIMTE, FCT- University NOVA of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal) e-mail: jlcm@fct.unl.pt Harald Mischak, PhD Chair of Proteomics and Systems Medicine University of Glasgow Gilberto Igrejas, PhD University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro Peter Harrington, PhD University of Ohio, USA William A. LaFramboise, PhD University of Pittsburgh, USA Florentino Fdez-Riverola, PhD Universidade de Vigo, Spain Dr. Péter Horvatovich University of Groningen, Netherlands José Santiago Torrecilla, PhD Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain