SATURDAY |
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Pushing the Boundaries of Peptide Methodology and Applications |
| Discussion Leaders: Anna Maria Papini (Universita di Firenze, Italy) and Geoffrey Woollard (University of British Columbia, Canada) |
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Christina Haussner (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)
"Peptide Paratope Mimics of Anti HIV-1 Antibodies: Synthesis and Virus Neutralization"
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4:00 pm - 4:07 pm | Discussion |
4:07 pm - 4:22 pm | Michael Bertucci (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Cleavage of the 3-Oxo-N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone with Hydrazine-Containing Peptides"
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4:22 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Structure-Activity Relationships of Biologically Active Peptides |
| Discussion Leaders: Carrie Haskell-Luevano (University of Minnesota) and Haifan Wu (University of South Florida) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Antony Burton (University of Bristol, UK)
"Reactivity and Selectivity of Side Chains Within a Channel of De Novo Peptide Assembly"
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7:45 pm - 7:52 pm | Discussion |
7:52 pm - 8:07 pm | Markus Muttenthaler (Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), Spain)
"Selenocysteine in Peptide Drug Development"
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8:07 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Tracy Stone (Hospital of Sick Children, U. of Toronto, ON)
"Residue Patterning Determines the Lipid Compatibility of Transmembrane Peptides"
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8:30 pm - 8:37 pm | Discussion |
8:37 pm - 8:52 pm | Erik Faber (Dartmouth College)
"Discovery and Biochemical Analysis of Peptide Ligands for the PDZ Domain" |
8:52 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Phoom Chairatana (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Proteolysis of a Host-Defense Peptide Unmasks Innate Immune Function"
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9:15 pm - 9:22 pm | Discussion |
9:22 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Synthetic Strategies for Peptide Scaffolds |
| Discussion Leaders: James Nowick (University of California, Irvine) and Imola Zigoneanu (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | James Checco (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Peptide Foldamer Mimicry of the Z-Domain Scaffold: Targeting Topologically Complex Protein Surfaces Using Alpha/Beta-Peptides"
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9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
9:20 am - 9:35 am | Abrrey Monreal (Washington State University)
"Unnatural Cationic Peptide Constructs from N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Derivative Neu2en"
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9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 9:55 am | Jose Manuel Ageitos (RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Japan)
"Proteinase K Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Cationic Peptides
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9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:15 am | Shikha Singh (National Institute of Immunology, India)
"A Chemo-Enzymatic Double Click Strategy for Facile Semisynthesis of Defined Protein Dendrimers"
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10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 10:35 am | Elsa Zacco (Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany)
"Self-Assembling Peptide Scaffolds for the Tailored Presentation of Antigenic Ligands to Multivalent Binding Partners"
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10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 10:55 am | Yi-Lin Huang (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Beta-Peptide Libraries, On-Demand"
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10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion: Becoming an Independent Scientist: Career Paths in Academia and Industry |
| Discussion Leaders: Neha Garg (University of California at San Diego) and Yftah Tal-Gan (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| Panelists: Samuel Gellman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Karthikan Rajagopal (Genentech Inc.) |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |