Thursday , October 26th

16.30-18.00

Registration

18.00-18.15

Welcome address

SPEAKER TITLE
Session 1 
Chair: Dr. Ulijn Rein (New York, United States)

18.15-19.00

PL1

Frank Caruso

University of Melbourne 

Australia

Engineering Biofunctional Metal–Phenolic Materials via Supramolecular Assembly

 19.00-19.20

O1

Garry Laverty

Queen's University Belfast 

N. Ireland

 Peptide hydrogels as a long-acting injectable implant for combined HIV/AIDS-contraceptive drug delivery
 19.20-19.40

O2

Teresa Sousa Pereira

University of Minho

Portugal

Self-assembled peptide-based photothermal hydrogels: cancer theranostic combining thermo-chemotherapy and MRI
19.40-20.00

O3

Alessandro Pini

University of Siena

Italy

Construction of a medical device for blood purification based on biocompatible materials conjugated with antimicrobial peptides

20.00-22.00

Welcome Party at Hotel Imperial Tramontano

Friday , October 27th

SPEAKER

TITLE

Session 2 
Chair: Prof. Matsui Hiroshi (New York, United States)

08.40-09.20

PL2

Rein Ulijn

University of New York,

United States

Peptide-Based Supramolecular Systems

09.20-9.40

O4

Niall Mahon

University of Manchester

United Kingdom

Designing a Peptide Hydrogel for Cancer Early Detection

09.40-10.00

O5

Burkhard Bechinger

University of Strasbourg / CNRS

France

Supramolecular assemblies of histidine-rich designer peptides with multiple biological functions

10.00-10.20

O6

Hans Boerner

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Germany

Cysteinyldopa as a key connectivity for polymerizing peptides to artificial mussel glue proteins

10.20-10.50

Coffee Break

Session 3
Chair: Prof. Saiani Alberto (Manchester, United Kingdom)

10.50-11.30

PL3

Nurit Ashkenasy

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

 Peptide-Based Electronic Material

11.30-11.50

O7

Carol Perry

Nottingham Trent University

United Kingdom

Mineral-Peptide interactions: using our understanding of molecular interactions to develop a time efficient biopanning approach

11.50-12.10

O8

Darrin J. Pochan

University of Delaware

United States

Biomolecules for non-biological things: Peptide ‘Bundlemer’ design for model colloidal particle creation and hierarchical solution assembly or polymerization

12.10-12.30

O9

Cristina Peggion

University of Padua
Italy

Peptides and polysaccharides: towards an antibacterial and collagen regenerative textile for wound treatment

12.30-14.00

Lunch on site

Session 4
Chairs: Prof. Accardo Antonella (Naples, Italy) and Prof. Bocchinfuso Gianfranfranco (Rome, Italy)

14.00-14.40

PL4

Carlos Aleman

Polytechnic University of Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Controlled therapeutic peptide release using nanoparticles and hydrogels

14.40-15.00

O10

Boris Apter

Holon Institute of Technology
Israel

Peptide Nanophotonics

15.00-15.20

O11

Slawomir Sek

University of Warsaw
Polska

Exploring Properties of Helical Oligourea Foldamers

15.20-15.40

O12

Marta De Zotti

University of Padova
Italy 

Peptaibol-decorated gold nanoparticles self-assembly guides their cell internalization

15.40-15.45

SC1

Carlo Diaferia

University of Naples “Federico II”
Italy

Peptide-based materials as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) supramolecular probes

15.45-15.50 SC2

Barbara Gerbelli

University of Reading
United Kingdom

 Effect of serine residue in lipopeptide sequences on the interaction of glyphosate pesticide in colorimetric analysis
15.50-15.55 SC3

Sara Aquilia

University of Florence
Italy

Valorization of Rapeseed oil by product for the development of protein/peptide-based biomaterial
15.55-16.00 SC4

Demetra Giuri

University of Bologna
Italy

 Supramolecular hydrogels for the controlled release of active compounds and fragrances
16.00-16.05 SC5

Sara La Manna

University of Naples “Federico II”
Italy

 Bioinspired short peptide hydrogels: chemical modifications and functional applications
16.05-16.20 SP1

Roberto Santoliquido

Alfatest S.r.l.
Italy

Why using microfluidics for peptide-guided lipid nanoparticles synthesis offers you so many advantages

16.20-17.10

Coffee Break & Poster Session

Session 5
Chair: Dr. Pérez-Madrigal Maria M. (Barcelona, Spain)

17.10-17.30

O13

Wendel Alves

Federal University of ABC – Santo Andre Sao Paulo
Brasil

Zinc Oxide-Based Electrochemical Immunosensor for Evaluating Antibody-Mediated Immunity to Wild-Type and Gamma SARS-CoV-2 Strains Induced by Vaccination

17.30-17.50

O14

Christofer Lendel

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm
Sweden

Hierarchical peptide materials from agricultural resources

 17.50-18.10  O15

Gil Rosenman

Tel Aviv University
Israel

 Biological Refolding and Fold-Sensitive Physical Properties
18.10-18.30 O16

Tilmann J. Neubert

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany

The peptide is the key: Mussel-inspired pressure-sensitive adhesives (mPSA)

Free Evening

Saturday , October 28th

SPEAKER

TITLE

Session 6
Chair: Prof. Giancarlo Morelli (Naples, Italy)

08.40-09.20

PL5

Alberto Saiani

University of Manchester

United Kingdom

B-sheet forming peptides: from molecular self-assembly to biomedical materials design

09.20-9.40

O17

Om Shanker Tiwari

Tel Aviv University
Israel

Entropically-Driven Co-assembly of L-Histidine and L-Phenylalanine to Form Supramolecular Materials

09.40-10.00

O18

Antonietta Pepe

University of Basilicata - Potenza
Italy

Peptide-Hyaluranon Bioconjugates designed to improve bioactivity of electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering

10.00-10.20

O19

Dana Copolovici

Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad
Romania

New synthetic peptides with potential applications in medicine and biotechnology

10.20-10.50

Coffee Break

Session 7
Chair: Prof.  Mariano Venanzi  (Rome, Italy)

10.50-11.30

PL6 

Hiroshi Matsui
Cornell University

USA

Peptide Self-Assembly to Control Intracellular Activities for Biomedical Applications

11.30-11.50

O20

Alessandra Romanelli

University of Milan
Italy

Fiber formation upon self-assembly of PNA-peptide conjugates

11.50-12.10

O21

Valeria Castelletto

University of Reading
United Kingdom

Peptide nanotubes self-assembled from leucine-rich alpha helical surfactant-like peptides

12.10-12.30

O22

Beatriu Escuder

Universitat Jaume I – Castelló
Spain

Self-assembled short peptides and pseudopeptides: balance between aromatic and ionizable residues

12.30-14.00

Lunch on site

Session 8
Chairs: Prof. Cavalieri Francesca (Grottaferrata, Italy) and Dr. Diaferia Carlo (Naples, Italy)

14.00-14.40

PL7 

Ian Hamley

University of Reading,

United Kingdom

Bioactive Self-Assembling Peptides and Lipopeptides

14.40-15.00 O23 

Aline Miller

The University of Manchester
United Kingdom

 Self-assembling peptide hydrogels; the journey to commercialisation
 15.00-15.20 O24

Elisabeth Garanger

University of Bordeaux
France

 Stimuli-responsive self-assemblies of synthetic and recombinant polypeptides

15.20-15.40

O25

Alexandra Iversen

Linköping University
Sweden

Enzymatically Triggered Lipid Conjugation of Membrane Active Peptides

15.40-15.45

SC6

Fabiola L. Castro

Federal University of ABC Santo André
Brasil

Antibody conjugated with gold nanoparticle for construction of a biosensor for COVID-19

15.45-15.50

SC7

Antonia Antoniou

University of Milan
Italy

Diving into the blue: Synthetic methodologies toward aggregation induced fluorescent peptide materials

15.50-15.55

SC8

Annarita Falanga

University of Naples “Federico II”
Italy

 Self-assembled peptides as smart materials

15.55-16.00

SC9

Elena Zeni

University of Padua
Italy

 Chitosan functionalized with bioactive peptides for bone tissue engineering

16.00-16.05

SC10

Valéria Gomes

University of Minho
Portugal

Versatile magneto-plasmonic composites based on dehydropeptide hydrogels for multimodal cancer therapy

16.05-17.00

Coffee Break & Poster Session

Session 9
Chair: Prof. Hamley Ian (Reading, United Kingdom)

17.00-17.20

O26

Carolina Amorim

University of Minho
Portugal

Design and Self-Assembly of Symmetrical Bolaamphiphiles Derived from Dehydrodipeptides: A Pathway to Tailored Nanostructures

17.20-17.40

O27

Leonardo Cassari

University of Padua
Italy

Functionalizations with BMP2-derived peptide for overcoming Polyetheretherketone bioinertness

17.40-18.00

O28

Katarzyna Szot-Karpińska

Institute of Physical Chemistry
Polish Academy of Science

Poland

Novel Peptide as a Recognition Element for C-Reactive Protein Detection – Characterization and Application in Electrochemical Sequential Microfluidic Device
18.00-18.20

O29

Francesca Cavalieri

Università di Roma “Tor Vergata"
Italy

An engineered nanosugar enables rapid and sustained glucose-responsive insulin delivery in diabetic mice

18.20-19.00

Concluding Remarks: A Round Table on the ten-year-long journey into the world of peptide materials

21.00

Gala Diner