Introduction

Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) and Host Defence Peptides (HDPs)

The 8th International Meeting on Antimicrobial Peptides (IMAP 2018) will take place over 2 1/2 days in Edinburgh, UK in September 2018.IMAP 2018 will cover both the antimicrobial activity of peptides as well as their role in regulation and modulation of the immune system.

Scientific Programme

• Design, synthesis and mode of action of AMPs / HDPs
• Human and veterinary therapeutic applications of AMPs / HDPs
• Role of AMPs / HDPs in fertility and reproduction
• AMPs / HDPs in immune modulation and Alzheimer’s disease
• Peptide biomaterials, peptide-polymer hybrids
• Susceptibility testing of AMPs

Hot Topics

The Organising Committee welcomes submission of abstracts on topics that may fall outside the categories above but are of great current interest in the field.

Deadlines

• Jun 01 2018
  Oral abstracts deadline

  
• Jul 20 2018
  Poster abstract deadline

  
• Jul 27 2018
  Early bird registration deadline

  
• Aug 31 2018
  Standard registration deadline

  

Useful links

• Further event details More information about the event

Downloads

• IMAP 2018 Flyer and Offline Registration Form
• Abstract template & submission form

Speakers

• Annelise Barron Stanford School of Medicine, United States

  https://med.stanford.edu/profiles/annelise-barron?tab=bio
• Margaret Brimble University of Auckland, New Zealand

  http://brimble.chem.auckland.ac.nz/
• Matthew Cooper University of Queensland, Australia

  https://imb.uq.edu.au/drugs-and-diagnostics-for-superbugs-viruses-and-cancer
• Carl N. Kraus Arrevus, United States

  http://www.arrevus.com/
• Kieran Meade Teagasc, Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Ireland

  https://www.teagasc.ie/contact/staff-directory/m/kieran-meade/
• Victor Nizet UCSD, United States

  http://nizetlab.ucsd.edu/index.html
• Deborah O'Neil NovaBiotics Ltd, United Kingdom

  http://www.novabiotics.co.uk/
• Jennifer Payne Monash University, Australia

  https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/jennifer-payne
• Joel Schneider NIH Center for Cancer Research, United States

  https://ccr.cancer.gov/Chemical-Biology-Laboratory/joel-p-schneider
• Marc Vendrell University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  https://www.ed.ac.uk/inflammation-research/people/principal-investigators/dr-marc-vendrell

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Sponsorship & supporting organisations

NovaBiotics focuses on design and development of first-in-class anti-infectives.

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Sponsors

NovaBiotics Ltd

Iris Biotech GmbH

Venue

Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh

King Khalid Conference Centre, Surgeons' Hall, Edinburgh, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DW, United Kingdom

Useful links

• Venue information More information about the venue

Committee

• Steve Cobb (Co-chair) Durham University, United Kingdom

  https://www.dur.ac.uk/chemistry/cobb.group/
• Julia Dorin (Co-chair) University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  http://www.ed.ac.uk/inflammation-research/people/principal-investigators/professor-julia-dorin
• Kai Hilpert St Georges, University of London, United Kingdom

  https://www.sgul.ac.uk/research-profiles-a-z/kai-hilpert
• Ralf Hoffmann Leipzig University, Germany

  https://research.uni-leipzig.de/bioanalytik/index_en.html
• Karl Lohner University of Graz, Austria

  https://molekularbiologie.uni-graz.at/en/research/areas-of-research/biophysics/
• Edwin Veldhuizen Utrecht University, Netherlands

  https://www.uu.nl/staff/default.aspx?Profielpagina=EJAVeldhuizen

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Organised by

IMAP 2018 is organised by Peptide Conferences under the auspices of the Protein & Peptide Science Group of the RSC.

Peptide Conferences

Contact information

Stephen Hoare
Peptide Conferences
Orchard Bank, Fisher Lane
Bingham
NOTTINGHAM
NG13 8BQ
UK
+44 1949 839586
Contact us by email

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