Universities and research institutes at PepTalk 2027

Jan 18–21, 2027 Carlsbad, CA ~1k attendees Website

38 universities and research institutes are at PepTalk 2027 — 56 presentations on the program. Most represented: Institute for Protein Innovation (2 on the program), UC Davis (2 on the program), University of California, Santa Barbara (2 on the program). 12 of them have their own page in this guide. As of Oct 17, 2026.

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Showing 1–14 of 38 organizations

Organization	PepTalk 2027 Attendance
Institute for Protein Innovation Boston, MA
proteininnovation.org Academic Non-profit research institute making recombinant antibodies and protein reagents against human surface and secreted proteins for open science.	Chair Tue Jan 19 8:30am–8:40am Chairperson's Opening Remarks Recombinant Protein Production - Part 1 Chair Tue Jan 19 1:25pm–1:30pm Chairperson's Remarks Automation in Protein Discovery Talk Tue Jan 19 1:30pm–2:00pm Flexible Automation for AI-Driven Antibody Discovery and Validation Automation in Protein Discovery Talk Wed Jan 20 9:35am–10:05am Breaking the Antigen Bottleneck: Open, Structure-Guided Construct Design across the Human Surfaceome and Secretome Recombinant Protein Production - Part 1
UC Davis Davis, CA
ucdavis.edu Academic Public research university in the University of California system, with strengths in plant and agricultural biotechnology.	Chair Mon Jan 18 1:30pm–1:35pm Chairperson's Remarks SYMPOSIUM: (Re) Discovering Protein Expression Platforms Talk Mon Jan 18 3:30pm–4:00pm Engineered Plants in Culture: Distributed Biomanufacturing for Low Resource Environments SYMPOSIUM: (Re) Discovering Protein Expression Platforms Talk Mon Jan 18 4:30pm–5:00pm Cyborg Mammalian Cells as Robust, Non-Replicating Biosynthesis Micromachines SYMPOSIUM: (Re) Discovering Protein Expression Platforms
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
ucsb.edu Academic Public research university in the University of California system.	Chair Wed Jan 20 2:25pm–2:30pm Chairperson's Opening Remarks Recombinant Protein Production - Part 2 Talk Thu Jan 21 9:40am–10:10am Developing an Anaerobic Cell-Free Protein Expression Platform Recombinant Protein Production - Part 2 Talk Thu Jan 21 9:40am–10:10am Development of Expedient Access to Functionalized Unnatural Amino Acids for Direct Peptide Synthesis Peptide Therapeutics: Emerging Modalities & Development
Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
hms.harvard.edu Academic Harvard University's medical school, whose faculty work across Boston's affiliated research hospitals.	Talk Mon Jan 18 11:15am–11:45am Decoding Functional and Post-Translational States in Tumor and Immune Systems with Display Technologies SYMPOSIUM: Display of Biologics Talk Tue Jan 19 2:30pm–3:00pm Nanobody-Based Bispecific Antibody Engagers Targeting CTLA-4 or PD-L1 for Cancer Immunotherapy Multispecifics Engineering & Design
Stanford University Stanford, CA
stanford.edu Academic Private research university in the San Francisco Bay Area.	Talk Mon Jan 18 1:35pm–2:05pm Predictable Protein Production in Cell-Free Systems: Integrating Experimental Data and AI SYMPOSIUM: Predictive Protein Production Talk Mon Jan 18 2:05pm–2:35pm Probing Ribosomal RNA Homogeneity via Multiplex Automated Genome Engineering SYMPOSIUM: (Re) Discovering Protein Expression Platforms
University of Florida Gainesville, FL
ufl.edu Academic Public research university in Gainesville, Florida.	Chair Mon Jan 18 8:50am–9:00am Chairperson's Remarks SYMPOSIUM: Peptide Drug Hunting—From Emerging Technologies to Clinical Impact Talk Mon Jan 18 2:05pm–2:35pm Cyclic Peptides for Targets in the CNS SYMPOSIUM: Peptide Drug Hunting—From Emerging Technologies to Clinical Impact Panel Mon Jan 18 4:30pm–5:00pm Breaking Down Silos—Integrating Disciplines to Accelerate Peptide Drug Discovery SYMPOSIUM: Peptide Drug Hunting—From Emerging Technologies to Clinical Impact · with EPOC Scientific, University of Queensland, Genentech +1 more
University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia
uq.edu.au Academic Public research university in Brisbane whose Institute for Molecular Bioscience works on peptide drug discovery, including cyclotide scaffolds.	Talk Mon Jan 18 9:30am–10:00am Combining Cyclotide Scaffolds and mRNA Display for Peptide Lead Discovery SYMPOSIUM: Peptide Drug Hunting—From Emerging Technologies to Clinical Impact Panel Mon Jan 18 4:30pm–5:00pm Breaking Down Silos—Integrating Disciplines to Accelerate Peptide Drug Discovery SYMPOSIUM: Peptide Drug Hunting—From Emerging Technologies to Clinical Impact · with EPOC Scientific, University of Florida, Genentech +1 more Talk Wed Jan 20 5:10pm–5:40pm Optimizing Recombinant Expression of Miniprotein Cyclotide Binders Recombinant Protein Production - Part 2
Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
asu.edu Academic Public research university in the Phoenix area.	Chair Tue Jan 19 1:15pm–1:20pm Chairperson's Remarks Peptide Discovery & Engineering Talk Wed Jan 20 9:15am–9:40am Engineering Antibody-Inspired Cyclic Peptides for Precision Targeting: A Platform for in vivo Peptide Discovery and Drug Delivery Peptide Discovery & Engineering
Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute Jupiter, FL
wertheim.scripps.ufl.edu Academic University of Florida biomedical research institute in Jupiter, Florida, working on drug discovery including macrocyclic peptides.	Talk Mon Jan 18 3:30pm–4:00pm Synthesis and Characterization of Polar Macrocyclic Peptides with Enhanced Passive Cell Permeability SYMPOSIUM: Peptide Drug Hunting—From Emerging Technologies to Clinical Impact Talk Wed Jan 20 8:50am–9:15am A Fragment-Based Drug Development-like Workflow for the Discovery of Bioactive Macrocyclic Peptides Peptide Discovery & Engineering
Ohio State University Columbus, OH
osu.edu Academic Public research university in Columbus, Ohio.	Talk Thu Jan 21 9:40am–10:10am Streamlined Refolding and Affinity Purification of Tagless Proteins via a Self-Removing Affinity Tag Tools for Purification and Quality Panel Thu Jan 21 3:00pm–3:40pm Building Effective Cross-Functional Protein Production Teams Recombinant Protein Production - Part 2 / Tools for Purification and Quality · with Thomson Instrument Company, UCLA, BioMarin +1 more
UCLA Los Angeles, CA
ucla.edu Academic Public research university in the University of California system.	Talk Thu Jan 21 2:20pm–2:40pm AlphaFold-Enabled Prediction of Protein Complexes for Structural Characterization Recombinant Protein Production - Part 2 / Tools for Purification and Quality Predictive and AI-driven protein scienceBiophysical methods and models Panel Thu Jan 21 3:00pm–3:40pm Building Effective Cross-Functional Protein Production Teams Recombinant Protein Production - Part 2 / Tools for Purification and Quality · with Thomson Instrument Company, BioMarin, AstraZeneca +1 more
University of Surrey Guildford, UK
surrey.ac.uk Academic Public research university in Guildford, England.	Panel Tue Jan 19 1:30pm–2:00pm Building Better Data for Predictive Protein Expression Recombinant Protein Production - Part 1 · with University College London, Cell-Free Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory +1 more Chair Thu Jan 21 1:35pm–1:40pm Chairperson's Remarks Recombinant Protein Production - Part 2 / Tools for Purification and Quality
Autonomous University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
uab.cat Academic Public research university near Barcelona with research in biotechnology, biochemistry and biomedicine.	Talk Thu Jan 21 2:30pm–2:55pm HELICURE: Intranasal Helical Peptides as a Disease-Modifying Strategy in Parkinson’s Disease Peptide Therapeutics: Emerging Modalities & Development
Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope Duarte, CA
cityofhope.org Academic Research arm of City of Hope, a cancer treatment and research center near Los Angeles.	Talk Thu Jan 21 8:40am–9:10am Modular Programmable Antibody Cell-Engager Technology (MPACT) Emerging T Cell Engagers