You are welcome to take part in the Second Workshop "Peptides in biology and materials: bridging simulation and experimental data" to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria on April 28-30, 2026.
The workshop is aimed at showing the effectiveness of combined computational and experimental approaches in the thriving area of peptide-based systems.
Topics covered: peptide design, bioactive peptides (including membrane-active peptides and inhibitors of protein-protein interactions), and peptide-based materials. Additional accents are protein design or characterization and cell membranes.
Confirmed speakers:
- Burkhard Bechinger (University of Strasbourg)
- Elka Georgieva (Texas Tech University)
- Alena Khmelinskaia (Ludwig Maximilian University)
- Vittorio Limongelli (Università della Svizzera italiana)
- Diana Lousa (NOVA University of Lisbon)
- Ana Pina (NOVA University of Lisbon)
- Daniela Roversi (Tor Vergata University of Rome)
- Martin Ulmschneider (King's College London)
- Robert Vacha (Masaryk University)
- Alessandra Villa (Royal Institute of Technology)
- Marta De Zotti (University of Padova)
Registration to the workshop is open: https://peptides-in-biology-and-materials.github.io/II/
Deadline: April 1, 2026. No participation fee applies. The number of participants will be limited to enhance discussions.
We look forward to seeing you in Sofia.
Organizing committee
Gianfranco Bocchinfuso (Tor Vergata University of Rome)
Paolo Calligari (Tor Vergata University of Rome)
Anela Ivanova (Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski")
Manuel N. Melo (Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica - Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)
The workshop is supported with funding from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Republic of Bulgaria, project No BG-RRP-2.004-0008 SUMMIT.