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Plenary Speaker

Dr. Michal Shoshan
metaLead Therapeutics AG,
Basel, Switzerland

“From science to industry”

Eugenio Vázquez Sentís

Prof. Eugenio Vázquez Sentís
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

“Catalytic Affibodies for HER2-targeted prodrug activation“

Prof. Peter Faller
University of Strasbourg, France

“Cu- and Fe-binding to peptides and peptide-based ligands: general features, biological relevance and applications“

Prof. Anna Peacock
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

“Peptide Coiled Coils in the Inorganic Chemist’s Toolbox“

Prof. Alfredo M. Angeles-Boza
University of Connecticut, Storrs, United States of America

“Designing Metal-Peptide Therapeutics to Combat Antibiotic Resistance: From Natural Motifs to Synthetic Leads“

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Eva Freisinger
University of Zurich, Switzerland

“Ligand Recruitment and Cluster Formation in Microbial Metallothioneins“

Prof. Chunxia Zhao
University of Adelaide, Australia

“Biomolecular Engineering for Sustainable Metal and Mineral Separation“

Dr. Christelle Hureau
LCC-CNRS, Toulouse, France

“Metal-dependent modulation of diseases-related amylin and amyloid-beta peptides self-assembly by Mn-, Cu- and Au-porphyrins“

Prof. Satoru Tsushima
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany

“Computer chemistry as a tool for studying peptide interactions with lanthanides and actinides”

Prof. Daniela Valensin
University of Siena, Italy


“Influence of Metal Ions and Bioactive Natural Compounds on Amyloidogenic Peptide Dynamics”

Prof. Attila Jancsó
University of Szeged, Hungary


“The position of cysteines affecting AsIII binding to multithiol sites in proteins: a systematic peptide modeling approach”

Invited Lecturers

  • Dr. Laetitia Canabady-Rochelle (CNRS, LRGP Lab, Nancy, France)”
    “Sunflower meal protein hydrolysate: a natural source of metal-binding peptides to valorize for their Antioxidant properties”
  • Prof. Carole Perry (Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom)
  • Dr. Oscar Palacios Bonilla (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
    “Evolution of metallothioneins driven by their metal preferences”
  • Prof. Lubomir Rulíšek (IOCB, Prague, Czech Republic)
    “From Computations of Metal-Binding Constants to Design of Small (Presumably) Catalytic Metallopeptides”
  • Prof. Simone Dell’Acqua (University of Pavia, Italy):
    “Design of a novel artificial heme catalyst using the SpyTag/SpyCatcher system”
  • Prof. Joanna Wątły (University of Wrocław, Poland)
    “Metal-Activated Salivary Peptidomimetics: A Protease-Resistant Strategy against Oral Pathogens”
  • Prof. Artur Krężel (University of Wrocław, Poland)
    “Coordination and thermodynamics of Cu(I)/Zn(II) interplay in human MT1-MT4 metallothioneins”
  • Dr. Catherine Berthomieu (Aix-Marseille University, France)
    “Lanthanide and actinide (III) interaction with proteins: insights from EF-Hand Engineering”
  • Dr. Sophie Gutenthaler-Tietze (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Germany)
    “Let’s get cyclic – Influence of Head-to-Tail Cyclisation of Lanmodulin-Inspired Peptides on Structure and Lanthanide Affinity“
  • Prof. Matteo Tegoni (University of Parma, Italy)
    “Spy artificial metalloproteins for oxidation reactions and hydrogen production”
  • Prof. Katharina Fromm (​​University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
  • Aleksandra Hecel (University of Wrocław, Poland)
    “How sequence organization controls copper binding in bacterial metallophores and regulatory systems”
  • Prof. Fabio Zobi (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
    “Enabling Protein Docking of Heavy Transition Metal Complexes in AutoDock Vina through Congener Substitution”
  • Prof. Wojciech Bal (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
    “The effect of biomembrane mimics on properties of copper complexes of amphiphilic biopeptides“
  • Prof. Katalin Várnagy (University of Debrecen, Hungary)
    “Interactions of Metal Ions with Tau and Tubulin Fragments: Complex Formation and Hydrolytic Processes“
  • Prof. Yifat Miller (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
    “Revealing the mechanisms of neuropeptides and metals in amyloidogenic diseases”
  • Claudia Blindauer (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
    “Accessing Disordered Species of a Bacterial Metallothionein by Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry
  • Arian Kola (University of Siena, Italy)
    “NMR Study of Natural Antioxidant Conjugates Interfering with Metal-Peptide Oxidative Systems”