We are excited to announce that the next CCG European UGM & Conference will be held from May 18 to 21 in Antwerp, Belgium. This 4-day event will feature workshops, scientific presentations, a poster session, and social activities, including receptions and a conference dinner.
If you would be interested in presenting at the meeting, please contact Steve Maginn at .
Peptide Structural Insights through NMR
Belén Chaves-Arquero, Senior Scientist – Global Discovery Chemistry, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Modelling and Design Across Therapeutic Peptide Discovery
David Rodriguez Diaz, Associate Director, In Silico Peptide Discovery, Novo Nordisk
"Protein Prepping" Revisited. MLIP and SQM Workflows for Nailing Down Protonation States and Resolving Ensembles in X-ray Diffraction, cryoEM and for "Elevating" Generated Structures
Birger Dittrich, Associate Director, Data Science, Novartis
Virtual Screening in Action: Examples from Recent Projects in Infectious Diseases and Oncology
Edgar Jacoby, Senior Principal Scientist II, In Silico Discovery, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Presentation Title to Be Announced
Arnout Voet, Associate Professor, KU Leuven
TUESDAY, May 18 - Workshops
Day 1
TUESDAY, May 18 - Day 1
Workshops
11:30
Registration Opens (Check-in/Badge pick-up)
13:30-16:30
Linear, stapled and cyclic peptides / Molecular surfaces and maps / Properties / Peptide design and optimization / Fragment replacement / Non-natural amino acids / Mutation Analysis / Protein-peptide docking / Conformational analysis
Linear, stapled and cyclic peptides / Molecular surfaces and maps / Properties / Peptide design and optimization / Fragment replacement / Non-natural amino acids / Mutation Analysis / Protein-peptide docking / Conformational analysis
13:30-16:30
Ternary Complex Analysis / Method 4B / Degrader Scoring / Fragment-Based Linker Design / Combinatorial Library Enumeration (CLE)
Ternary Complex Analysis / Method 4B / Degrader Scoring / Fragment-Based Linker Design / Combinatorial Library Enumeration (CLE)
WEDNESDAY, May 19 - Workshops & Poster Session
Day 2
WEDNESDAY, May 19 - Day 2
Workshops & Poster Session
09:00-12:00
Protein Engineering / Protein Properties / Protein Contacts / Developability / Molecular surfaces / Hot spot analysis / Antibody modeling
Protein Engineering / Protein Properties / Protein Contacts / Developability / Molecular surfaces / Hot spot analysis / Antibody modeling
09:00-12:00
MOEsaic / Matched Molecular Pairs / R-group analysis / Similarity and substructure searching / Multi-parameter optimization / Free-Wilson analysis / Molecular alignments / Pharmacophores
MOEsaic / Matched Molecular Pairs / R-group analysis / Similarity and substructure searching / Multi-parameter optimization / Free-Wilson analysis / Molecular alignments / Pharmacophores
12:00-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-16:30
Modeling scFvs / Building bispecific models / ADCs / Protein Properties / Developability assessment / Antibody-Antigen docking / Epitope analysis
Modeling scFvs / Building bispecific models / ADCs / Protein Properties / Developability assessment / Antibody-Antigen docking / Epitope analysis
13:30-16:30
Molecular surfaces and maps / SiteFinder / MOE-Project / Structure superposition / Solvent analysis with 3D-RISM / Protein-Ligand interactions / Receptor-based pharmacophores / Fragment-based design
Molecular surfaces and maps / SiteFinder / MOE-Project / Structure superposition / Solvent analysis with 3D-RISM / Protein-Ligand interactions / Receptor-based pharmacophores / Fragment-based design
18:30-20:30
Opening Reception & Poster Session
21:00
Group Activity: Walking Tour
THURSDAY, May 20 - Scientific Presentations
Day 3
THURSDAY, May 20 - Day 3
Scientific Presentations
09:00-12:00
Scientific Presentations
12:00-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-17:00
Scientific Presentations
18:30-22:00
Drinks Reception and Conference Dinner at Paleis op de Meir
FRIDAY, May 21 - Scientific Presentations
Day 4
FRIDAY, May 21 - Day 4
Scientific Presentations
09:00-12:30
Scientific Presentations
12:30-14:00
Lunch Break
14:00-15:30
Scientific Presentations
15:30-17:00
Closing Reception
There will be a poster session on Wednesday, May 19. Prospective presenters are invited to submit their poster abstracts as part of the registration process. Submission deadline: Friday, April 9.
We look forward very much to seeing you in Antwerp this coming May!