Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2026
4.-5. June 2026, Biozentrum Basel
Peptide Therapeutics Forum 2026
4.-5. June 2026, Biozentrum Basel
Program
Thursday June 4, 2026
09.00
Opening of the registration desk. Welcome coffee
09.45
Welcome Message
Session 1. Chair: Prof. Nina Hartrampf, University of Zurich
10.00
Prof. Phil Dawson, Scripps Research Institute
«Synthetic manipulation of biological macromolecules»
11.00
Coffee Break
11.30
Dr. David Klein Cerrejon, Johnson & Johnson
«Buccal delivery of peptide drugs with an octopus inspired suction patch»
12.00
Dr. Alaric Desmarlier, Almac Group
«Individualised Cancer Vaccines: Developing a High-throughput cGMP Peptide Manufacturing Philosophy»
12.30
Lunch Break & Commercial Exhibition
Session 2. Chair: Prof. Nathalie Grob, ETH Zurich
14.00
4 Contributed Talks
Gildas Deniau, Johnson&Johnson
«How oral peptides like Icotrokinra triggers the revival of LPPS»
Sacha Javor, Space Peptides AG
«AI-driven peptide drug discovery enables sub-6-month identification of clinically validated binders»
Thomas Fessard, Spirochem AG
«From Peptides to Drugs: Expanding the Frontiers of Medicinal Chemistry»
Christos Tsiamantas, Crelux GmbH
«DNA-Encoded Libraries and Display Technologies Empower Early Discovery of Peptide Drugs and Peptide-Based Delivery Tools»
15.00
Dr. René Thürmer, Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte
«Regulatory Update – The New European Peptide Quality Guideline»
15.30
Coffee Break
16.00
Dr. Anne Louise Bank Kodal, Novo Nordisk
«A C-type Natriuretic Peptide for Treatment of Heart Failure»
16.30
Dr. Kevin Schiefelbein, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
«Combining Flow-Based Chemical Peptide Synthesis and Biochemical Tools to Investigate Post-Translationally Modified Peptides with a Focus on Lasso Peptides»
17.00
Poster Session & Aperitif
Friday June 5, 2026
09.00
Morning Coffee
Session 3. Chair: Prof. Roderich Süssmuth, TU Berlin
09.30
Prof. Christian Gruber, Medical University of Vienna
«Nature-inspired peptide hormones as next generation GPCR drug scaffolds»
10.00
Prof. Alesia Tietze, University of Gothenburg
«Disarming Bacterial Pathogens with Peptide-Based Antivirulence Strategy»
10.30
Coffee Break
11.00
Prof. Oliver Zerbe, University of Zurich
«The development of novel peptide antibiotics based on the Thanatin scaffold to help overcoming antimicrobial resistance»
11.30
Dr. Yael David, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
«From mechanism to medicine: Decoding Chromatin and Cell Fate with Chemical Precision»
12.00
4 Contributed Talks
Elena Rebecca Cotroneo, Göttingen University
«Design and Synthesis of Bicyclic Helical Peptides as β-Catenin Binders»
Jannes Felsch, University of Basel
«From Mono- to Bicyclic: Stability and Affinity Enhancement by the Introduction of a Click-Bridge into the Cyclic Peptide 5C6»
Vincent Freiburghaus, University of Zurich
«Drop in solvents derived from glycerol can increase sustainability and efficiency of peptide synthesis»
Nomathamsanqa Tholo, Ulster University
«AI and bioinformatics for accelerating peptide-based vaccine discovery in infectious diseases response»
13.00
Lunch Break & Commercial Exhibition
Session 4. Chair: Dr. Thomas Vorherr, TU Berlin
15.00
Dr. Thomas Fox, Boehringer Ingelheim
«Computational Tools to Support Peptide Projects»
15.30
Coffee Break
16.00
Prof. Joshua Kritzer, Tufts University
«Chemical Biology Tools for Measuring Cytosolic Penetration»
16.30
Best Poster & Oral Presentation Award and Closing Remarks