Program

Thursday June 4, 2026

09.00

09.45

Welcome Message

10.00

Prof. Phil Dawson, Scripps Research Institute

11.00

11.30

Dr. David Klein Cerrejon, Johnson & Johnson

12.00

Dr. Alaric Desmarlier, Almac Group

12.30

Lunch Break & Commercial Exhibition

14.00

4 Contributed Talks

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. Kevin Schiefelbein, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

16.30

Dr. Anne Louise Bank Kodal, Novo Nordisk

17.00

Poster Session & Aperitif

Friday June 5, 2026

09.00

Morning Coffee

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

12.00

4 Contributed Talks

13.00

Lunch Break & Commercial Exhibition

14.30

Dr. Marc Kaspar, Tubulis GmbH

15.00

Dr. Thomas Fox, Böhringer Ingelheim

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