12/11/2024 (Wednesday)

11:00 am –   1:30 pm        Registration

  2:10 pm –   2:30 pm        Opening session

  2:30 pm –   3:30 pm        Opening conference

                                              Maria Elena de Lima – Faculdade Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

                                              “Mining peptides from animal venoms: challenges for new drugs”

  3:30 pm –   3:45 pm        Coffee break

  3:45 pm –   5:45 pm        Symposium I: Animal Venom Peptides and Their Uses

                                               Gisele Picolo – Instituto Butantan (Brazil)

                                              “Snake venom-derived peptides in the pain management"

                                               Guilherme Dotto Brand – Universidade de Brasília (Brazil)

                                              “Bradykinin-potentiating peptides (BPPs) from Bothrops moojeni: old molecules, new targets”

                                              Ihtisham Ul Haq – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)

                                              “Antibiofilm effects of LyeTx I mnΔK, a synthetic peptide derived from Lycosa erythrognatha spider venom, against quinolone-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC)”

                                               Marcus Vinicius Buri – Instituto Butantan (Brazil)

                                              “Animal venom peptides and their uses: Molecular Target Discovery”

 

12/12/2024 (Thursday)

  8:30 am –   9:30 am        Plenary Conference

                                              Glenn King – University of Queensland (Australia)

                                              “Deadly cures: a venom-derived drug candidate to treat ischemic injuries of the heart and brain”

  9:30 am –   9:45 am        Coffee break

  9:45 am – 11:45 am        Symposium II: Peptides Active on Ion Channels

                                              Diogo Tibery – Universidade de Brasília (Brazil)

                                             "Investigating the toxicity of Brazilian scorpion venoms: Ion channel-active peptides and their therapeutic potential"

                                              Mandë Holford – Hunter College and CUNY-Graduate Center (USA)

                                               "A venom trail from snails to cephalopods"

                                              Célio José de Castro Júnior - Faculdade Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

                                              “Exploring the potential of peptides obtained from the venom of the Brazilian “armed” spider Phoneutria nigriventer to treat pain: A focus on Phα1β toxin"

  2:00 pm –   3:00 pm        Plenary Conference

                                              Denis Servent - Université Paris-Saclay (France)

                                              “Toxins interacting with GPCRs with therapeutic applications”

  3:00 pm –   3:15 pm        Coffee break

  3:15 pm –   5:15 pm        Symposium III: Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Peptides

                                              Anamélia Lorenzetti Bocca – Universidade de Brasília / Fiocruz-SP (Brazil)

                                             “Peptide-mediated modulation of chronic inflammatory responses”

                                              Daniel Carneiro Moreira – Universidade de Brasília (Brazil)

                                              “Amphibian skin peptides: Natural antioxidants for managing oxidative stress”

                                              Glória Regina Franco – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)

                                              “Comparative genomics and transcriptomics of Acinetobacter baumannii in response to LyeTx I mn∆K peptide”

 

12/13/2024 (Friday)

  8:30 am – 10:30 am        Symposium IV: Drug Discovery and Neurodegenerative Disorders

                                              Márcia Renata Mortari – Universidade de Brasília (Brazil)

                                              “Float like a butterfly, sting like a wasp: Bioinspired breakthroughs in epilepsy treatment”

                                              Juliana Mozer Sciani – Universidade São Francisco (Brazil)

                                              “Peptides derived from marine animals for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease”

                                              Luana Cristina Camargo – Universidade de Brasília (Brazil)

                                              “Aging with ease: Exploring natural occurring modified peptides for Alzheimer's disease treatment”

10:30 am – 10:45 am        Coffee break

10:45 am – 11:45 am        Plenary Conference

                                              Ahmad Saad – University of Strasbourg (France)

                                              “Biophysical investigation of magainin antimicrobial peptides in a realistic membrane environment”

  1:00 pm –   2:00 pm        Plenary Conference

                                              César de la Fuente – University of Pennsylvania (USA)

                                              “AI for antibiotic discovery”

  2:00 pm –   4:00 pm         Symposium V: Animal Venom Peptides into Medicines

                                               Russolina B. Zingali – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

                                               "Disintegrins interaction with integrins: Role and mechanism of action"

                                               Julio César M. Brito – FUNED (Brazil)

                                               “Antimicrobial peptides in the Post-Antibiotic Era: innovation and defense in the fight against resistant infections"

                                               Rachel Basques Caligiorne – Faculdade Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

                                               “Antigungal activity against the fungus Sporothrix spp. of a peptide derived from bee venom: Efficiency, toxicity and pharmaceutical formulation”

                                               Rui Seabra - UNESP – Botucatu (Brazil)

                                               “Use of a peptide in the hyperimmunization process. Development of apilic antivenom”

  4:00 pm –   4:15 pm        Coffee break

  4:15 pm –   5:15 pm        Plenary Conference

                                              Jan Tytgat – University of Leuven (Belgium)

                                              “Calcitonin gene-related peptides: from venom to druggable targets involved in multiple forms of pathogenesis

  5:30 pm –   6:30 pm        Poster Session

 

12/14/2024 (Saturday) 

  8:30 am – 10:30 am        Symposium VI: Prediction, Chemical Synthesis and Development of New Drugs

                                              Matheus Freitas Fernandes-Pedrosa – Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil)

                                              “Enhanced antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of stigmurin analog peptides: A structure-function study”

                                              Octávio Luiz Franco – Universidade Católica Dom Bosco (Brazil)

                                              “Harnessing wasp-derived mastoparans: Optimizing novel biomolecules for advanced biotechnological applications”

                                              Mariana S. Castro – Universidade de Brasília (Brazil)

                                              “Playing with antimicrobial peptides: some strategies to improve their therapeutical properties”

10:30 am – 10:45 am        Coffee break

10:45 am – 11:45 am        Closing conference

                                              Fernanda Cardoso – University of Queensland (Australia)

                                              “From sting to Pharma: Venom peptides to treat neurodegeneration”

11:45 am – 12:00 pm        Closing session

12:30 pm –   2:30 pm        Farewell lunch (pay-to-attend event)