CPP-en-2020

Montpellier is close to the Mediterranean Sea, in the south-east of the  Hérault department, whose territory is defined as an amphitheater open to the sea, bordered by the Cévennes to the north-east and the Haut-Languedoc to the north-west.

 

 

 

Montpellier is accessible by:

– Plane: Airport Montpellier Méditerrannée

– Train: Station Saint-Roch (in the city center) or Station Montpellier Sud de France (outside of the city)

Thanks to 4 lines of tramway, ample bus services (line 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16) taxis, you can go anywhere your heart desires in and around Montpellier. Please note that a three days transportation ticket will be kindly provided in the Conference package. Just pay for the first ride.

 

 

The CPP-2020 conference on “Cell-Penetrating peptides: Next generation delivery systems” will be held on April 27-29, 2020, in Montpellier at the Maison des étudiants – Aimé Shoenig – Espace Richter.

The “Maison des étudiants” is in the east of Montpellier near the border of the river “Lez” and is situated at the following address:

Rue Vendémiaire, 34000 Montpellier (Google map)

Access via tramway 1 (Station Rives du Lez) or tramway 3 (Station Port Marianne)

Different hotels and accommodations are available in the near.

• Hôtel Mercure Montpellier Centre Antigone (accor.com)
• Hôtel Courtyard (com)
• Hotel Suite Novotel Montpellier (accor.com)
• Le Strasbourg hôtel (le-strasbourg.com)

Many others hotels of different categories are also available in the city center (near the Place de la Comédie), located only 5 tramway stations (12 min transportation) from the Conference Hall.

NEW DEADLINE for submitting an abstract for oral communication:

March 7^th, 2020

Deadline for submitting an abstract for poster communication: March 31^th, 2020

 

Please upload your abstract during the registration or send it before the deadline to the organizing comittee.

 

The number of oral presentations is limited, scientific committee will process a selection and confirm your presentation a.s.a.p.

Please note that we do not print the posters, but racks & pins will be provided for up to A0 sizes, portrait format.

Please download the template for abstract submission.

 

Regarding the worldwide situation about the COVID-19, we are sorry to announce that the conference “Cell-penetrating peptides: Next generation delivery systems” will be postponed.

 The new dates for the conference will be
from Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th October 2020.

Registration is open

 

Key Dates:

February 29^th, 2020: deadline for oral communication submission

March 31^th, 2020: deadline for poster submission.

March 31^th, 2020: end of registration.

Registration types	Registration Fees
Students / PhDs	100€
Academics / PostDocs	150€
Private company delegates	250€

 

 

Registration fees include:

• Access to all scientific sessions
• Abstract book
• Coffee breaks
• Welcome evening (27 April 2020)
• Lunch (28 April 2020)
• Gala dinner (28 April 2020) with a contribution to the cost of 20€/person
• 3-days ticket for the tram in Montpellier

Regarding the worldwide situation about the COVID-19, we are sorry to announce that the conference “Cell-penetrating peptides: Next generation delivery systems” will be postponed.

 The new dates for the conference will be
from Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th October 2020.

Monday April 27th

14:00 – 14:30	Opening
14:30 – 15:15	Sarah Jones (UK) “Spermatozoa and Schmidtea mediterranea as alternative models for the evaluation of CPPs and bioportides: Progress towards a non-hormonal male contraceptive and generation of a novel CPP.”
15:15 – 15:40	Christopher Aisenbrey (France) “The LAH4 system for DNA delivery: The metamorphosis of a model peptide to a medical tool”
15:40 – 16:10	Coffee break
16:10 – 16:35	Hellen O McCarthy (Northern Ireland) “Therapeutic Nucleic Acid Vaccinations: RALA peptide-mediated gene delivery via dissolving microneedles”
16:35– 18:00	5 short talks (10 min + 2 questions)
18:15	Poster session 1
19:00	Welcome cocktail

Thuesday April 28th

9:30 – 10:15	Pu Chen (Canada) (to be announced)
10:15 – 10:55	Ines Neundorf (Germany) “Towards the design and biological activity of cell-permeable peptide-drug conjugates”
10:55 – 11:25	Coffee break
11:25 – 12:10	3 short talks (10 min + 2 questions)
12:10-14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 15:15	Meritxell Teixido (Spain) “Blood-Brain Barrier Shuttle Peptides, From Discovery to Applications”
15:15 – 15:40	Diana Costa (Portugal) “Exploring the potential of peptide-plasmid DNA vectors for gene delivery in cancer therapy”
15:40 – 17:00	Coffee break + Poster session 2
17:00 – 18:00	4 short talks (10 min + 2 questions)

Wednesday April 29th

9:30 – 10:15	Henry David Herce (USA) “Cell-Penetrating Peptides: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic applications”
10:15 – 10:40	Astrid Walrant (France) “Contributions of PIP2 to Penetratin internalization biophysical and affinity photocrosslinking approaches”
10:40 – 11:10	Coffee break
11:10 – 11:40	2 short talks (10 min + 2 questions)
11:40 – 12:05	Kaido Kurrikoff (Estonia) “Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acid with CPPs – Development Towards Mammalian Models and Applications in Biotechnology”
12:05 – 12:15	Closing remarks