Program

European Peptide Synthesis Symposium 2023

February 28th - 2nd March, LEEDS, UK 

Feb 28th 2023 - Day 1 Peptide Discovery
12.00 - 13.00 Registration & Lunch New Dock Hall
13.00 - 13.30 Welcome Address Event Chairs - Fernando Albericio and Wendy Hartsock
13.30 - 14.15 Greener production approaches for therapeutic peptides David Craik / The University of Queensland
14.15 - 14.45 Combining classical SAR and machine learning approaches for the design of novel peptide drug candidates Stefan Schunk /Zealand Pharma
14.45 - 15.15 Expanding the Functionality of De Novo Cyclic Peptides Louise Walport / The Francis Crick Institute
15.15 - 15.30 1st Session of Poster Snap Shots Event Chair - Fernando Albericio
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 - 16.15 2nd Session of Poster Snap Shots Event Chair - Fernando Albericio
16.15 - 17.00 Chemoselective Chemistries to Generate Modified Peptides and Proteins Christian Becker / University of Vienna
17.15 - 19.00 Night in the Museum The Royal Armouries Museum
Gala Dinner New Dock Hall
19.00 - 19.30 Red Carpet Reception & Drinks
19.30 - 22.30 Dinner and Evening Activities
11.30 Bar Closes
March 1st 2023 - Day 2 Peptide Therapeutics and Production
8.30 - 9.00 Arrival
9.00 - 9.15 Welcome Day 2 Brunello Nardone / Event Chair
9.15 - 10.00 Solid phase synthesis of beta-hairpin mimics for amyloidosis treatment Sara Pellegrino / Università degli Studi di Milano
10.00 - 10.45 Re imagining Peptide Synthesis with UE-SPPS Jon Collins / CEM Corp
10.45 - 11.15 Coffee Break
11.15 - 11.45 Derivatisation with fatty acids in peptide and protein drug discovery Søren Østergaard / Novo Nordisk
11.45 - 12.15 Engineering Peptide Based Materials for Regenerative Medicine: from lab to commercialization Aline Miller / University of Manchester
12.15 - 12.45 Final Session of Poster Snap Shots Event Chair - Fernando Albericio
12.45 - 13.45 Lunch and Poster Viewing
13.45 - 14.15 Rising Star Researcher Presentations TBA
14.15 - 14.45 Chemical Approaches for Next Generation Peptide Therapeutics Elisabetta Bianchi / IRBM S.p.A
14.45 - 15.15 Short and Ultra Short Peptides: Less is More Yiannis Sarigiannis / University of Nicosia
15.15 - 15.45 Delivery approaches for long-acting peptide formulations Silvia Sonzini / Astra Zeneca
15.45 - 16.15 Coffee Break
16.15 - 16.45 The jigsaw puzzle of greeness in peptide synthesis Walter Cabri / University of Bologna
16.45 - 17.15 Selected examples on the use of SPPS/CEPS in scale-up of peptides Leendert van den Bos / EnzyTag B.V
17.15 - 18.15 Final Poster Viewings
Day 2 Close
March 2nd 2023 - Day 3 Peptide Applications and Purification
8.30 - 9.00 Arrival
9.00 - 9.15 Welcome Day 3 Wendy Hartsock / CEM
9.15 - 9.30 Poster Prizes
9.30 - 10.00 Modulation of Protein-Protein Interactions Employing Intrinsically Disordered Motifs: A Chemical Biology Approach Andy Wilson / University of Leeds
10.00 - 10.30 Designing biomimetic materials from silylated amino acids, peptides and proteins Gilles Subra / University of Montpellier
10.30 -11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.30 Peptide bioinsectidides for sustainable agriculture Yousef Abul-Haija / Solasta Bio Ltd
11.30 - 11.45 Key Factors in Reverse Phase Method Development of Peptides Diego Rodriguez / Silicycle
11.45 - 12.15 Developing peptide drugs faster with the Peptide Easy Clean (PEC) technology Dominik Sarma / Gyros Protein Technologies AB
12.15 - 12.30 Unique challenges of peptide radiopharmaceuticals CMC in clinical development Alaric Desmarchelier /Almac
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.00 Design and synthesis of conotoxin peptidomimetics: potent and stable blockers of human muscle-type nAChRs Andrew Jamieson / Glasgow University
14.00 - 14.30 Applications of Fluorine in Peptide and Peptoid Science Steven Cobb / Durham University
14.30 - 14.45 Closing Comments Event Chairs / Sponsors