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HALL OF FAME

Previous RCCPS Speakers and Topics

Craig Beattie, CDG Therapeutics
Noncationic Peptides Obtained from Cupredoxins as Therapeutics and Therapeutic Adjuncts in Human Cancer
Alan Snow, Proteotech, Inc.
Pepticlere: A novel small peptide for the treatment of alzheimer’s disease that markedly reduces brain beta-amyloid protein load and improves memory
Derek MacClean, KAI Pharmaceuticals
Cell Penetrating Peptides In The Clinic: Modulating Protein Kinase C To Treat Ischemia Reperfusion Damage And Pain.
Jean Rivier, The Salk Institute
Hypothalamic Hormone Analogs Come Of Age
Tomi Sawyer, Aileron Therapeutics
Targeting Intracellular Pathways With Stapled Peptides
Richard Dimarchi, Indiana University
KEY NOTE ADDRESS: Emergence of Chemical Biotechnology and its Application to Endocrine Diseases
Ulo Langel, Stockholm University
Applications of Cell-Penetrating Peptides in Oligonucleotide Delivery
Randall Myrsny, University of Bath
Selected Intracellular Peptide Drug Delivery as a Tool to Control Barrier Properties of Polarized Epithelia
Jamal Temsamani, CLL Pharma
Synb Peptide Vetors: A New Approach To Drug Delivery
Homa Sadeghi, Phase Bio, Inc.
Controlled Pharmacokinetic Improvement of Peptides by Elastin-Like Polymers
Volker Stadler, German Cancer Research Center
High Density Peptide Arrays for Biomarker Profiling
Paul Watt, Phylogica Ltd.
From Phylomer to Phenotype: Discovering Bioactive Peptides in Phenotypic and Target Directed Screens of Phylomer Libraries
Hal Padgett, Novici Biotech LLC
Gene Shuffling Technology For Directed Evolution Of Large And Small Proteins
Nicolas Mourier, Peptimmune Inc.
Challenges And Solutions In Analytical Method Development For Peptide Copolymer Mixtures
John Tolle, Abbott Laboratories
Evolution Of The Synthetic Process For Abt-510
Hanomi Naora, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
A peptide-based therapeutic approach to inhibit the translational machinery in tumors
Duu-Gong Wu, PharmaNet
Expectations for Impurity Specifications in Peptide Therapeutics
Soumitra Ghosh, Amylin
Integrated Neurohormonal Therapy for Obesity
Angelika Fretzen, Ironwood Pharma
Linaclotide, a first-in-class, guanylate cyclase C agonist in development for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and chronic constipation.
Chris Roberts, Roche Colorado Corporation
Scale-up and development of an MC-4 agonist
Les Miranda, Amgen
Identification of Potent, Selective, and Metabolically Stable Peptide Antagonists to the Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Receptor
Bruce Morimoto, Allon
Neuroprotection by AL-108: A case study for development of a CNS-active peptide as a treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
Richard Duke, Apoplogic
Breceptin: Pre-clinical data and clinical development plans for a peptide-based bradykinin antagonist in small cell lung cancer
Claudio Mapelli, Bristol Myers-Squibb
A Novel Class of 11-MER Peptide Agonists of the GLP-1 Receptor
Soren Kjaerulff, Novozymes
NZ2114 Plectasin, a new antibiotic for treatment of resistant Gram positive bacterial infections
Karsten Lundgren, 7TM Pharma
Development of Y2 and Y4 GI-tract satiety signals as anti-obesity agents
John H. A. Amery, Pfizer
An Industry Perspective on the Use of Bioassays for Synthetic Peptide and Nucleotide Pharmaceuticals
Rushia Turner, University of Califonia Santa Cruz
Using Click Chemistry to Synthesize and Study the Relative Permeabilities of Cyclic Peptides and Their Linear Precursors.
Gunnar Kaufmann, The Scripps Research Institute
Bacterial Quorum Sensing as Target for Anti-infective Therapy
Paul Wentworth, The Scripps Research Institute /Oxford University
A Chemical Link Between Inflammation and Protein Misfolding Diseases
Ted Randolph, University of Colorado
Conformational and Colloidal Contributions to Stability against Aggregation of Proteins
Robert P. Hammer, Louisiana State University
Amino Acid Analogues in the Design of Functional Peptide Mimics
Stephen Kent, University of Chicago
Total Chemical Synthesis of Proteins
Derek MacMillan, University College London
Developments in the synthesis of post-translationally modified proteins employing native chemical ligation
Phil Dawson, The Scripps Research Institute
Adaptive ligation reactions for the manipulation and assembly of peptides in aqueous solution
Tom Muir, Rockefeller University
Protein Semisynthesis
Mike Selsted, Resolve Therapeutics
Effector and Modulatory Activities of Antimicrobial Theta Defensins
Brian Bray, Trimeris
T1144, Our Next Generation Fusion Inhibitor
Dennis B. Henriksen, Sanos Bioscience A/S
GLP-2 and the Gut Feeling of Bone Remodeling
Michael Fitzgerald, Duke University
SUPREX: A Mass Spectrometry- and H/D Exchange-Based Method for the Investigation of Protein Folding and Function
Floyd Romesburg, The Scripps Research Institute
High structural and temporal resolution probes of protein dynamics
Roger Micheli, Roche Colorado
A Novel Spectroscopic Evaluation of Peptide Secondary Structure
Annelise Barron, Stanford University
Peptoid mimics of cationic antimicrobial peptides
Chris Schafmeister, University of Pittsburgh
Development and applications of shape-programmable molecules
Kevin Healy, UC Berkeley
Peptide Imbibed Hydrogels to Control Stem Cell Fate
Waleed Danho, Hoffman-La Roche
Opportunities and Challenges of Developing Peptide Drugs in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Shibo Jiang, New York Blood Center/Lindsley Kimball Research Institute
HIV fusion inhibitory peptides and their mechanisms of action
Michael Carrasco, Santa Clara University
Post-translational modifications of synthetic peptides using N-alkylaminooxy amino acids
Shelli McAlpine, San Diego State University
Macrocyclic peptides as antitumor agents: SAR and mechanistic studies in pancreatic and colon cancers
Dewey McCafferty, Duke University
To Stop a Determined Bacterial Pathogen
John Mayer, Eli Lilly and Co.
Cyclic ß-MSH Peptides as Novel Anti-Obesity Agents
John Stewart, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Bradykinin antagonists as potential anti-cancer drugs
Peter Wipf, University of Pittsburgh
Parallel Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Peptide Bond Isosteres
Steven Castle, Brigham Young University
Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Celogentin C
Akira Otaka, University of Tokushima
Amide bond cleavage for the preparation of functional peptides
John Vederas, University of Alberta
Synthesis and biological activity of peptide analogs having sulfur replaced by carbon or oxygen
David Teplow, UCLA
The chemical biology of Alzheimer’s disease – A paradigm for molecular medicine
Aphrodite Kapurniotu, University Hospital RWTH-Aachen
A designed peptide cross-amyloid disease inhibitor uncovers a molecular link between Alzheimer’s disease and type 2 diabetes