Congress Center Basel, 10 - 11 September 2019
Chairs  
Thomas Vorherr (Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland)  
Roderich Süssmuth (Technical University of Berlin, Germany) 
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
| 10.00 | Playmolecule, a repository of deep learning based applications for biomolecule design  Franck Chevalier (Acellera, Barcelona, Spain)  | 
| 10.30 | Optimization of the lipopeptide arylomycin natural product into Gram-negative antibiotics  Christopher Heise (Genentech Research & Early Development, San Francisco, United States)  | 
| 11.00 | Break | 
| 11.30 | Activation of the Hippo pathway via targeting of transcription factor TEAD using designed tertiary protein structure mimetics  Helene Adihou (Astra Zeneca, Dortmund, Germany)  | 
| 12.00 | Elimination of Aβ oligomers by the orally available all-D-peptide PRI-002 reverses cognition deficits and decelerates neurodegeneration  Dieter Willbold (University of Düsseldorf, Germany)  | 
| 12.30 | Lunch break and Industry Symposium | 
| 14.00 | PLENARY LECTURE The chemical evolution of endocrine hormones  Richard DiMarchi (University of Indiana, Bloomington, United States)  | 
| 15.00 | Break | 
| 15.30 | Peptide platforms for therapy and imaging: The first total synthesis of amanitin for ADCs and one-step 18F-labeling PET-oncology  David Perrin (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)  | 
| 16.00 | Virobiome derived anti-inflammatory short peptides Michael Ruff (Creative BioPeptides)  | 
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
| 10.00 | Exotic side chain-to-side-chain cyclization modes in octreotide analogs for tumor pretargeting  Anna Maria Papini (University of Florence, Italy)  | 
| 10.30 | Peptide-based radiopharmaceuticals for cancer imaging and therapy Agonist or Antagonist? Does it really matter?  Melpomeni Fani (University Hospital Basel, Switzerland)  | 
| 11.00 | Break | 
| 11.30 | Vancomycin regains effectiveness for resistant bacteria by  conjugation to cationic peptides Walter Mier (University of Heidelberg, Germany)  | 
| 12.00 | Peptide discovery at protagonist therapeutics: A platform yielding multiple clinical candidates  Mark Smythe (Protagonist, Newark, United States)  | 
| 12.30 | Lunch break and Industry Symposium | 
| 14.00 | Disulfide-rich peptide production  Mike Pennington (AmbioPharm, North Augusta, United States)  | 
| 14.30 | A new green solvent for solid phase peptide synthesis  Jon Collins (CEM, Matthews, United States)  | 
| 15.00 | Break | 
| 15.30 | Synthetic immune system engagers target cancer cells and  prevent tumor formation   Christian Becker (University of Vienna, Austria)  | 
| 16.00 | Discovery and clinical development of an inhaled cyclic peptide elastase inhibitor for the treatment of cystic fibrosis   Roxana Drake & Marc Thommen (Santhera Pharmaceuticals CH Ltd., Pratteln, Switzerland)  | 
The programme indicated maybe subject to change!
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