Previous RCCPS Speakers and Topics
| Soumitra Ghosh, Amylin Integrated Neurohormonal Therapy for Obesity |
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| 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. |
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| Les Miranda, Amgen Identification of Potent, Selective, and Metabolically Stable Peptide Antagonists to the Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Receptor |
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| Bruce Morimoto, Allon Neuroprotection by AL-108: A case study for development of a CNS-active peptide as a treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease |
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| Richard Duke, Apoplogic Breceptin: Pre-clinical data and clinical development plans for a peptide-based bradykinin antagonist in small cell lung cancer |
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| Claudio Mapelli, Bristol Myers-Squibb A Novel Class of 11-MER Peptide Agonists of the GLP-1 Receptor |
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| Soren Kjaerulff, Novozymes NZ2114 Plectasin, a new antibiotic for treatment of resistant Gram positive bacterial infections |
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| Karsten Lundgren, 7TM Pharma Development of Y2 and Y4 GI-tract satiety signals as anti-obesity agents |
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| John H. A. Amery, Pfizer An Industry Perspective on the Use of Bioassays for Synthetic Peptide and Nucleotide Pharmaceuticals |
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| Rushia Turner, University of Califonia Santa Cruz Using Click Chemistry to Synthesize and Study the Relative Permeabilities of Cyclic Peptides and Their Linear Precursors. |
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| Gunnar Kaufmann, The Scripps Research Institute Bacterial Quorum Sensing as Target for Anti-infective Therapy |
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| Paul Wentworth, The Scripps Research Institute /Oxford University A Chemical Link Between Inflammation and Protein Misfolding Diseases |
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| Ted Randolph, University of Colorado Conformational and Colloidal Contributions to Stability against Aggregation of Proteins |
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| Robert P. Hammer, Louisiana State University Amino Acid Analogues in the Design of Functional Peptide Mimics |
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| Stephen Kent, University of Chicago Total Chemical Synthesis of Proteins |
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| Derek MacMillan, University College London Developments in the synthesis of post-translationally modified proteins employing native chemical ligation |
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| Phil Dawson, The Scripps Research Institute Adaptive ligation reactions for the manipulation and assembly of peptides in aqueous solution |
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| Tom Muir, Rockefeller University Protein Semisynthesis |
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| Mike Selsted, Resolve Therapeutics Effector and Modulatory Activities of Antimicrobial Theta Defensins |
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| Brian Bray, Trimeris T1144, Our Next Generation Fusion Inhibitor |
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| 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 |
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| Floyd Romesburg, The Scripps Research Institute High structural and temporal resolution probes of protein dynamics |
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| Roger Micheli, Roche Colorado A Novel Spectroscopic Evaluation of Peptide Secondary Structure |
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| Annelise Barron, Stanford University Peptoid mimics of cationic antimicrobial peptides |
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| Chris Schafmeister, University of Pittsburgh Development and applications of shape-programmable molecules |
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| Kevin Healy, UC Berkeley Peptide Imbibed Hydrogels to Control Stem Cell Fate |
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| Waleed Danho, Hoffman-La Roche Opportunities and Challenges of Developing Peptide Drugs in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
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| Shibo Jiang, New York Blood Center/Lindsley Kimball Research Institute HIV fusion inhibitory peptides and their mechanisms of action |
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| Michael Carrasco, Santa Clara University Post-translational modifications of synthetic peptides using N-alkylaminooxy amino acids |
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| Shelli McAlpine, San Diego State University Macrocyclic peptides as antitumor agents: SAR and mechanistic studies in pancreatic and colon cancers |
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| Dewey McCafferty, Duke University To Stop a Determined Bacterial Pathogen |
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| John Mayer, Eli Lilly and Co. Cyclic ß-MSH Peptides as Novel Anti-Obesity Agents |
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| John Stewart, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Bradykinin antagonists as potential anti-cancer drugs |
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| Peter Wipf, University of Pittsburgh Parallel Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Peptide Bond Isosteres |
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| Steven Castle, Brigham Young University Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Celogentin C |
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| Akira Otaka, University of Tokushima Amide bond cleavage for the preparation of functional peptides |
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| John Vederas, University of Alberta Synthesis and biological activity of peptide analogs having sulfur replaced by carbon or oxygen |
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| David Teplow, UCLA The chemical biology of Alzheimer’s disease – A paradigm for molecular medicine |
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| 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 |
