INDIANAPOLIS, June 4, 2007 --The Indiana Centers for Applied Protein Sciences (INCAPS) today announced that they have changed their name to Monarch LifeSciences LLC. The new name was chosen to highlight the significance of proteomics – the company’s primary focus. Proteins are the major functional entity responsible for all biological processes within an organism, and the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is often used to illustrate the importance of proteins in biology. Butterflies and caterpillars have the same genome, yet their appearance is completely different. Changes at the protein level are responsible for these differences.
