Confirmed Invited Speakers
Kelly Chibale
Department of Chemistry
University of Cape Town
Rondebosch, South Africa
Steven Ballet
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Zoe Cournia
Biomedical Research Foundation
Academy of Athens
Athens Greece
Ana Martinez
Profesor de Investigación
Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas-CSIC
Madrid, Spain
Thomas Lundback
Mechanistic & Structural Biology, Discovery Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
Alessandro Accetta
Chiesi Farmaceutici
"Medicinal chemistry of inhaled drugs: examples from validation to clinical candidates"
Alessia Bertamino
Department of Pharmacy
University of Salerno Fisciano, Salerno, Italy
"Design and development of new soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors as pharmacological tools in inflammatory diseases"
Giovanni Bottegoni
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences
Università degli Studi di Urbino "Carlo Bo"
Honorary Sr. Research Fellow
Institute of Clinical Sciences
University of Birmingham
"In silico Polypharmacology: an update"
Enrica Calleri
Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia
“Applications of protein-based analytical methods in drug discovery”
Simona Collina
Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia
"Small molecules interfering with ELAV/mRNA complexes: a promising strategy to discover new drugs"
Enza Lacivita
Department of Pharmacy-Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Bari Aldo Moro
"Targeting Formyl Peptide Receptors to tackle inflammation in neurodegenerative disorders and cancer"
Alessia Petrocchi
IRBM S.p.A
"Identification and development of potent and bioavailable allosteric SHP2 inhibitors for the treatment of RAS-driven tumors"
Paolo Rovero
Interdepartmental Research Unit of Peptide and Protein Chemistry and Biology,
Department of NEUROFARBA,
University of Florence
"The contribution of peptide research to the fight against SARS-CoV-2: from vaccines to antivirals"