Agenda

Chemical Biology: Peptide and Protein Design

Thursday, October 29, 2026, 12:30 PM - 5:25 PM ET

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Check-in and Poster Set-up
1:00 PM - 1:55 PM
Welcome Remarks and Keynote Presentation

1:00 PM

Welcome Remarks
Cassie Chartier, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences 

1:15 PM

Keynote Presentation: Non-Traditional Modulation of Polypeptide Information: Novel Agonists of Class B1 GPCRs
Introduction by Jonathan Lai PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 
Samuel Gellman, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

 

1:55 PM - 2:55 PM
Session I: Chemical Tailoring of Bioactive Peptides

Chairperson: Charles Jayne, MS, Merck

1:55 PM

Exploring the Chemical Space of Venom Peptides and Proteins Using Prediction Models
Mandë Holford, PhD, Harvard University 

2:25 PM

Oral Macrocyclic Peptide Inhibitors of IL-1b
Christopher Plummer, PhD,
 Merck 

2:55 PM - 3:40 PM
Poster Session and Networking Coffee Break
3:40 PM - 4:05 PM
Session II: Short Talks Selected from Submitted Abstracts

Chairperson: Sarah Slavoff, PhD, Yale University

3:40 PM

Targeting Bacterial Multidrug Resistance: A Macrocyclic Peptide Inhibitor of NorA Reveals a Dual Mode of Recognition
Stefan Belic,
New York University 

3:50 PM

Discovery Platform for Phase Separating Peptides using Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Kübra Kaygisiz, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

4:00 PM

Mapping the Transcriptional Landscape of SOX10 Utilizing HaloPROTAC Mediated Degradation
Ashleigh Purvis,
Yale University 

4:10 PM

Design and Evolution of an Orthogonal HaloTag for Multiplexed Labeling in Cells 
Benjamin Goldberg,
Tufts University 

4:20 PM - 5:25 PM
Session III: Engineering Proteins for Therapeutic Applications

Chairperson: Kevin Gardner, PhD, City University of New York

4:20 PM

Lentiviral Display Selects Internalizing Antibodies that Reprogram Receptors into Productive Cellular Entry Portals
Jie Zhou, PhD, University of Chicago 

4:50 PM

Speaker to be announced

5:20 PM

Closing Remarks
Cassie Chartier, PhD, The New York Academy of Sciences 

5:25 PM

Conference Ends

Submit Your Abstract

Deadline: September 10, 2026

Are you interested in being considered for a short talk or poster session? Researchers at all levels and across disciplines and sectors can advance their work in a welcoming environment designed to encourage dynamic dialogues and meaningful exchange - propelling their research, and the science, forward.