This international thematic school brings together chemists and biologists interested in engineering peptides and proteins endowed with tailored functionalities and useful for solving current societal challenges in the areas of Health, Energy and Environment.
I had a great opportunity to participate in the second edition of the international thematic school Peptide and Protein Engineering: from Concepts to Biotechnological Applications (PEPPERSchool), which was held on March 15-18 in a virtual format since the COVID-19 sanitary conditions.
Virtual school covered the following topics:
State of the art chemical and biological tools to produce peptides and proteins. It includes all types of modifications, cyclic/branched scaffolds etc.
Peptide and protein folding
Advanced methodologies to evolve/screen for new activities - construction of gene libraries and display technologies (phage display/ribosome display)
Site-selective modification of peptides and proteins
In addition to extremely interesting lectures and case studies, part of the school was a CONTEST FOR YOUNG RESEARCHERS.
The problem was presented and the participants had to propose their strategy/approach which was presented on the last day of the school. They were divided in groups, combining always chemists and biologists, and they were provided with interactive tools and different time frames along the school to prepare for the contest.
My team (Aromal Asokan, Yasmine Boughanmi, Nicolas Capit, Carlos Costa, Giorgia Ferretti, Maxime Naudé, Anna Puszko, Gabrielle Schanne) won the 1st prize and was awarded with a copy of the book "Total Chemical Synthesis of Proteins" (Wiley)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here, you can see our team work:
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