(updated September 25, 2023)
Groupe Français des Peptides et Protéines
French Peptide Society
The French Peptide Society
Our missions
The French Group of Peptides and Proteins (GFPP) is a society funded in 1978 which brings together around 200 members who are de facto the participants in biennial congresses of the GFPP. It is administered by an executive commitee composed of twelve members elected during these congresses, as well as the French delegate at the European Peptide Society (EPS) who is elected every four years by the French EPS members.
The missions of the GFPP are:
1) to promote the development of research in the field of peptide and protein science.
2) to stimulate the circulation of national and international scientific informations in these fields. With this in mind, the GFPP organizes its congress every two years (4 to 5 days), short thematic meetings (1 to 3 days) and manages a mailing list.
3) to participate in the training of young researchers, engineers and technicians from French laboratories. The GFPP regularly awards grants to: participate in international congresses in the field of peptides / proteins or fund inter-laboratory exchanges to disseminate new techniques and / or train young scientists in multidisciplinary approaches.
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You have been invited to prepare a GFPP Featured Article to be published on the GFPP website home page. This is a unique opportunity to promote your research and make your team more visible, given the number of visits GFPP website receives each day.
Please follow carefully the guidelines as not doing so will considerably delay the publication of the Featured Article. The GFPP reserves the right to not publish the Featured Article if quality standards are not met.
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We thank you for the time spent to prepare your submission.
Aurélie Tasiemski |
The environment shapes immune peptides |
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) play a key role in the external immunity of animals, offering an interesting model for studying the influence of the environment on the diversification and evolution of immune effectors. Alvinellacin (ALV), arenicin (ARE) and polaricin (POL, a novel AMP identified here), characterized from three marine worms inhabiting contrasted habitats (‘hot’ vents, temperate and polar respectively), possess a well conserved BRICHOS domain in their precursor molecule despite a profound amino acid and structural diversification of the C-terminal part containing the core active peptide.
Peter Faller |
Transporting Cu into Cells with a Peptide |
In Alzheimer’s disease (AD) copper ions accumulates in amyloid plaques, a hallmark of this disease. This copper likely originating from intracellular sources. The Cu in amyloid plaques is bound to its main constituent, the peptide amyloid-β (Aβ). Cu-Aβ can catalyze the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in vitro and is thought to contribute to the oxidative stress observed in AD. The paper reports on the development of a novel Cu shuttle able to restore the Cu balance between intra- and extracellular Cu. (more…)
Jean-Philippe Combier |
Short peptides to replace chemicals in agronomy |
The current agriculture main challenge is to maintain food production while facing multiple threats such as increasing world population, temperature increase, lack of agrochemicals due to health issues and uprising of weeds resistant to herbicides. Developing novel, alternative, and safe methods is hence of paramount importance. Here we show that complementary peptides (cPEPs) from any gene can be designed to target specifically plant coding genes. (more…)
Gilles Subra (Zervas Award 2020) |
Moulding proteins with amino acids |
Gilles Subra received the Zervas award from the EPS in 2022 during the 36th EPS meeting in Sitges (Spain). With this recent article, he shares with us some of the innovative work pursued in his team.
MIP (molecular imprinted polymers) are prepared by polymerizing monomers around a template. After the removal of the template, the cavities in the material will be able to recognise and recapture selectively the molecule of interest. (more…)
Journal of Peptide Science, EarlyView.
Journal of Peptide Science, EarlyView.
Registrations to the 23rd GFPP are now open Key Dates for Registration : 15th January 2023 : opening of registration 15th April 2023 : deadline for young researcher GFPP bursary applications. 15th May 2023 : end of early bird fee for registration. Key Dates for Abstract submission: 15th April 2023 : deadline for oral communications …
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Other events sponsored by GFPP
Year | Meeting title | City |
2022 | 7th International Symposium on Antimicrobial Peptides – AMP2022 | Paris |
2022 | Ecole thématique du GDR MuFoPAM PAMOMICS | Roscoff |
2022 | MBP 2022. International Conference on Metal-Binding Peptides: Methodologies and Applications | Nancy |
2021 | 2nd PEPPERSchool | Virtual event |
2018 | Pepperschool | Carry-Le-Rouet |
2016 | Ecole thématique GDR MuFoPam | Beg Meil |
2015 | Symposium Foldamères | Bordeaux |
2013 | Paris Foldamers 2013 Symposium (COST Action CM0803) | Paris |
2012 | Bordeaux 2012 Symposium on Foldamers (COST Action CM0803) | Bordeaux |
2010 | Congrès international d’endocrinologie | Rouen |
Past Thematic Days
Forthcoming Thematic Days
Past GFPP meetings
Year | City | GFPP meeting number |
2023 | Fournols | 23 |
2022 | Port-Leucate |
22e GFPP / BPGM5, French-Belgian joint meeting |
2019 | Amboise | 21st |
2017 | Arcachon | 20th |
2015 | Portbail | 19th |
2013 | Sète | 18 |
2011 | Aussois | 17 |
2009 | Albé | 16 |
2007 | Dinard | 15 |
2005 | Aussois | 14 |
2003 | Biarritz | 13 |
2002 | Aussois | 12 |
1999 | Aussois | 11 |
1997 | Montpellier | 10: Fourth Forum on Peptides and Proteins |
1995 | Aussois | 9 |
1993 | Biarritz | 8: Third Forum on Peptides |
1991 | Aussois | 7 |
1988 | Nancy | 6: Second Forum on Peptides |
1986 | Le Touquet | 5 |
1984 | Montpellier | 4: First Forum on Peptides |
1982 | Chamerolles | 3 |
1980 | Toulon | 2 |
1978 | Pont-à-Mousson | 1 |
Dr Sonia Cantel
Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron
IBMM, UMR 5247, Montpellier – France
Steven Ballet
Organic Chemistry Research Group
OCRG, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel – Belgium
Nicolas Inguimbert
CRIOBE
USR 3278, Perpignan – France
Annemieke Madder
Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry
Universiteit Gent, Gent – Belgium
Vincent Aucagne
Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire (CBM, UPR 4301) Orléans
Steven Ballet
Organic Chemistry Research Group (OCRG, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Brussel
Frédéric Bihel
Laboratoire d’innovation thérapeutique (UMR7200) Strasbourg
Sonia Cantel
Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM, UMR 5247) Montpellier
Florine Cavelier
Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (IBMM, UMR 5247) Montpellier
Grégory Chaume
Laboratoire de Chimie Biologique (LCB, EA 4505) Cergy-Pontoise
Sophie Faure
Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF, UMR 6296) Clermond-Ferrand
Elisabeth Garanger
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO, UMR 5629) Bordeaux
Matthieu Giraud
CordenPharma International, Switzerland
Nicolas Inguimbert
Centre de Recherche et Observatoire de l’Environnement (CRIOBE, USR 3278) Perpignan
Olivier Lequin
Laboratoire des Biomolécules (UMR 7203, Paris)
Annemieke Madder
Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Universiteit Gent, Gent
Françoise Ochsenbein
CEA Saclay (IBITEC-S/SB2SM/LBSR) Gif sur Yvette
Isabelle Segalas-Milazzo
COBRA (UMR 6014), Rouen
Olivier Sénèque
Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux (UMR 5249, CEA) Grenoble
Dirk Tourwé
Organic Chemistry Research Group (OCRG, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Brussel
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November 22, 2019 | Brussels, Belgium
The objective of the event is to discuss the multifaceted therapeutic potential of peptides. Topics such as peptidomimetics and macrocycles, protein-protein interactions, peptide shuttles, chemical ligation and main aspects of peptide synthesis will be tackled.
The confirmed speakers are:
• Linkers for Peptide Conjugation
Prof. Fernando Albericio, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
• Synthetic Immune System Engagers – a Peptide-based Approach to Immune-oncology
Prof. Christian Becker, University of Vienna, Austria
• From Structure to Function: Peptide Recognition at G Protein-coupled Receptors
Dr Anette Kaiser, University of Leipzig, Germany
• Macrocyclization as an Enabling Tool Toward Novel Peptide Drug Candidates
Prof. Eric Marsault, University of Sherbrooke, Canada
• Targeting Receptor Complexes: A New Dimension in Drug Discovery
Prof. Kristian Strømgaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Gate2Brain, Opening the Gate to CNS Therapies
Dr Meritxell Teixido, Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain
All participants are invited to submit abstracts for scientific communications. Out of the submitted proposals, 3 Oral Communications will be selected. The other accepted abstracts will get the opportunity to be presented as Posters.
Submission deadline: October 10, 2019
More information is available on www.medchem.be
Closing lecture
Please find below the finalized speaker list, after a couple of last minute changes.
Royal Society Newton International Fellow in Prof. Gonçalo BERNARDES group
« Title to be announced »
We are pleased to announce that the next meeting of the French Peptides and Proteins Group will be held in Amboise (Région Centre-Val-de-Loire), from Sunday 12th to Thursday 16th May 2019, in the beautiful and historic Loire valley area.
Note that 2019 will be the 41th anniversary of the creation of the GFPP and also the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo Da Vinci, who spent his last years in Amboise, in the Chateau du Clos-Lucé, located a few kilometers away from the conference center.
We have gathered a rich program of plenary speakers, spanning cutting-edge themes in the peptide and protein science field.
A large part of the program will be dedicated to oral communications from young scientists. As usual, around 20 grants will be attributed to young investigators to cover their registration fees.
The official language of the congress is English. For any enquiry, please contact us.
Looking forward to seeing you in Amboise !
The GFPP board members
1st November 2018 : opening of registration and abstract submission
18th January 2019 : deadline for oral communications submissions and young researchers bursary applications.
1st March 2019 : end of early bird fees for registration.
15th March 2019 : deadline for poster communication abstract submission. 1st April 2019 : end of registration.12th May 2019, 6:30 pm : official opening of the congress
Note that the above-mentionned fees apply for twin room accomodation (academic or private company delegates) or triple rooms (students/postdoc). A single room option will be available (not applicable for students/postdocs) at a supplementary cost of 150 € for academic delegate and of 130 € for private company delegate.
Deadline for submitting an abstract for poster communication has been extended to March 15th, 2019
Deadline for submitting an abstract for oral communication expired on January 18th, 2019
Please, download one of the following template :
Word (.docx): GFPP_Abstract_YourName
Word (.doc): GFPP_Abstract_YourName