SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
Plenary speakers
Professor Margus POOGA, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Estonia
"From cell penetration of transportan to receptor-mediated internalization of peptide nanoparticles".
Professor Gilles SUBRA, Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, Université de Montpellier, France
"Crafting new materials and polymers with hybrid peptide building blocks."
Professor Derek WOOLFSON, School of Chemistry of the University of Bristol, United Kingdom
"Using designed peptide modules to move into unexplored regions of protein structure/function space".
Keynote speakers
Professor Helena AZEVEDO, School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
"The use of peptides for self-assembling biomaterials: instructive building blocks for constructing complexity and functionality in biomaterials".
Doctor Diana GASPAR, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
"Improving cancer therapy with anticancer peptides."
Doctor Meritxell TEIXIDÓ, Institut de Recerca Biomédica, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
"Peptide Nanoambulances for CNS Drug Delivery".
Professor Miguel VÁZQUEZ, CIQUS, Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
"Bioactive metallopeptides derived from 2,2'-bipyridine."
The full scientific programme can be found here.
