“…Proteomics, being the study of global protein composition of an organism, cell or organelle, was first attempted over 30 years ago with the development of multidimensional separation of proteins based on the initial use of a basic proteomics tools, namely twodimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DGE), in both plant and animal systems (Klose, 1975;Scheele, 1975;Cremer & Van de Walle, 1985;Görg, 1991;Herbert et al, 2001;Righetti, Stoyanov, & Zhukov, 2001;Görg, Weiss, & Dunn, 2004). However, it should be remembered that 2-DGE has a dynamic history that can be traced back to the use of pH gradient in protein separation [the isoelectric focusing (IEF) phenomenon], which was the basis for the gel-based proteomics of today (Tiselius, 1937;Kolin, 1954;Svensson, 1961;Ornstein, 1964;Vesterberg, 1969;O'Farrell, 1975;Righetti et al, 2008). Since then, 2-DGE and its complementary arm, mass spectrometry (MS; Karas & Hillenkamp, 1988;Fenn et al, 1989;Bauer, 2001;Bergmuller, Baginsky, & Gruissem, 2008;Feng et al, 2008) have revolutionized the way we find, identify and look at proteins on a global scale today.…”