PENCE (The Protein Engineering Network of Centres of Excellence) is a discovery, research, technology, and development organization that focuses on the study of proteomics and protein engineering. Created in 1990 as part of the NCE (Networks of Centres of Excellence) program, PENCE brings together over 100 leading researchers from 20 Canadian universities and institutes. Comprising bioinformaticians, protein biochemists, physicists, chemists, cell biologists and engineers, it is the diverse expertise present within the PENCE Network that catalyzes profound science innovation, facilitates the creation of new technologies, and fosters the design on commercializable protein products and services.