IBMC

IBERIAN PEPTIDE MEETING – EPI2012

Hotel AC Alicante / Alicante, Spain

Wednesday, 1 – Friday, 3 February, 2012

WELCOME ADDRESS

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to participate in the Iberian Peptide Meeting, EPI_2012, which will be held in Alicante, Spain, from February 1st to February 3rd, 2012.

This conference will bring together the most prestigious specialists in peptides and their applications, mainly of the Iberian Peninsula, but also from different European countries. The Iberian Peptide Meeting will attract Portuguese and Spanish researchers, from both the Academia and the Industry, that use or develop peptides and their derivatives in basic and applied research, from Chemistry and Biology, to Medicine and Biotechnology. This meeting will discuss recent advances in the study, synthesis and applications of peptides, peptidomimetics and its derivatives, both from natural and synthetic origin, implemented in all areas of knowledge, from technological research to biomedical, as well as pharmaceutics and cosmeceutics.

Among the various aspects to be addressed in the Iberian Peptide Meeting we can name: Peptides and nanomaterials, peptides as models for membrane proteins, pepducins in signaling and therapeutics, chemical library in-vivo screening, molecular dynamics of peptides, design of functional biomaterials, peptide-membrane interactions, therapeutic peptides, peptidomimetics design and function, cosmeceutical peptides, peptides in chemical biology, bioactive peptides / peptide microarrays, bioinorganic peptides, clinical use of peptides, glycodendrimers, application of NMR to peptides, dendrimers, foldamers and combinatorial synthesis, brain-penetrating peptides, new approaches to signaling, peptide chemistry, peptide prodrugs and much more.

The main goal of the Iberian Peptide Meeting is to maximize the opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss new advances with fellow scientists from all over the Iberian Peninsula in particular and Europe in general. We also aim to encourage the co-operation and interaction among the participants.

We will make every effort to organize a successful meeting, and we look forward to receiving you in Alicante. We have no doubt that the Iberian Peptide Meeting, EPI_2012, will be a great success.

Yours sincerely,

Prof. Antonio Ferrer / Prof. José Villalaín

EPI2012 Local Organizing Committee

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM AGENDA

Agenda

The scientific program consists of:

THREE (3) PLENARY SESSIONS OF 50 MIN (45 min + 5 min discussion)

TWELVE (12) SENIOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS OF 25 MIN (20 min + 5 min discussion)

TWENTY-TWO (22) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS OF 20 MIN (15 min + 5 min discussion) (to be chosen from the participants).

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

PROF. ANTONIO FERRER-MONTIEL
IBMC, UNIV. MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ, ELCHE, ALICANTE, SPAIN
PROF. JOSÉ VILLALAÍN
IBMC, UNIV. MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ, ELCHE, ALICANTE, SPAIN

STEERING COMMITTEE

PROF. FERNANDO ALBERICIO
INSTITUT DE RECERCA BIOMÉDICA, BARCELONA, SPAIN
PROF. DAVID ANDREU
DEHS, UNIV. POMPEU FABRA, BARCELONA, SPAIN
PROF. MIGUEL CASTANHO
INST. MEDICINA MOLECULAR, LISBON, PORTUGAL
PROF. ANTONIO FERRER-MONTIEL
IBMC, UNIV. MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ, ELCHE, ALICANTE
PROF. PAULA GOMES
CENT. CHEM. RES., UNIV. PORTO, PORTO, PORTUGAL
PROF. ROSARIO GONZÁLEZ-MUÑIZ
INST. QUÍMICA MÉDICA-CSIC, MADRID, SPAIN
PROF. JOSÉ L. MASCAREÑAS
CHEMBIOCAT, UNIV. SANTIAGO, SPAIN
PROF. ENRIQUE PÉREZ-PAYÁ
CENTRO INVEST. PRINCIPE FELIPE, VALENCIA, SPAIN
PROF. MANUEL J.E. PRIETO
CENTRO DE QUÍMICA-FÍSICA MOLECULAR, IST, LISBON, PORTUGAL
PROF. NUNO SANTOS
INST. MEDICINA MOLECULAR, LISBON, PORTUGAL
PROF. JOSÉ VILLALAÍN
IBMC, UNIV. MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ, ELCHE, ALICANTE

ORGANIZATION CONTACT

Ms. Raquel Jorquera (IBMC Secretariat)
rjorquera@umh.es

FOR REGISTRATION ON-LINE, CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK:

http://epi2012.inscribete.es

TECHNICAL SECRETARIAT

Viajes Hispania (Ms. Beatriz Baeza)

Phone: +34 965228393

bbaeza@viajeshispania.es

EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETIES´ ASSOCIATION (EBSA) FELLOWSHIPS

Up to two 400€ fellowships for non-Iberian students have been granted by EBSA. Applicants must be graduate students or post doctoral fellows. Scholarships are awarded to the individual and are non-transferable. If you want to apply for them, you must submit an abstract as a presenting author, register normally and, afterwards, fill a form available on the EBSA website http://www.ebsa.org/bursaries.htm and send it to rjorquera@umh.es. Please, take into account that applications should be sent at least 2 months before the start of the meeting

EBSA FELLOWSHIPS

EBSA fellowships have been awarded to Anna Jarzab from Wroclaw, Poland and Ana Margarida Pereira de Melo from Lisbon, Portugal.

SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE BIOQUIMICA Y BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR (SEBBM) FELLOWSHIPS

Up to five 200€ travel fellowships have been granted by SEBBM. Applicants must be registered graduate students or post Doctoral fellows, less than 31 years old and members of SEBBM. Scholarships are awarded to the individual and are non-transferable. If you want to apply for them, you must submit an abstract as a presenting author, register normally and, afterwards, send a message to rjorquera@umh.es attaching your current Curriculum Vitae, country of citizenship, organization/institution, mailing address and mail.

CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE

A Certificate of Attendance will be provided to each delegate.

POSTERS

Poster Sessions will be held in the Ballroom and Foyer at the AC Alicante Hotel (1st floor, adjacent to the conference room).

Poster installation will be possible on Wednesday, 1 February 2012 from 14:00 through 20:00. Poster space will approximately be 122 cm x 122 cm (4 ft x 4 ft) with a tackable surface of 110 cm x 110 cm (about 45 in x 45 in). Push pins will be provided by the Congress organizers.

Registrants should be present at their poster location during the Get-together lunch (2nd and 3rd February, from 13.30 to 15.00) as well as at the Poster Party (from 18.10 to 20.00, 2nd February).

ABSTRACTS

Abstracts should be prepared in strict accordance with the Word template available through the registration link, http://epi2012.inscribete.es. Formatted abstracts should be sent through the same registration link.

Guidelines:

• TITLE OF THE ABSTRACT -> Boldface 14 pt, capital letters, center, two lines maximum.
• Authors -> Times New Roman 12 pt, Italics, center. Underline the name of the presenting author. Do not include the title of the authors (such as Prof., Dr., etc.).
• Author Affiliation -> Include snail-mail and optionally, e-mail address. Times New Roman 12 pt, Italics, center
• Body of text -> Times New Roman 12pt, 500 word maximum.

The presenting author should indicate if he/she would prefer to present his/her work as an oral or poster presentation at the time of abstract submission. This suggestion will be used as a reference in organizing the oral communications; we cannot guarantee that all preferences will be met.

The Program Committee will be responsible for determining the suitability of the Abstracts.

The abstract book will include only those of which at least one of the authors has been registered to the meeting. We cannot guarantee the inclusion of your abstract in the abstracts book if it arrives later than the deadline.

In order to send the abstract, the presenting author should complete first his/her registration to the meeting. Notification of the abstract acceptance will be sent to the author/s by e-mail.

LANGUAGE

English is the official language of the EPI2012 Meeting.

MEETING VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION

The meeting and accommodation will take place at Hotel AC ALICANTE, Avenida de Elche, 3, E-03008 Alicante. All meeting events will be held at the AC. The Local Organizing Committee has negotiated a special discounted rate though the Technical Secretariat (Viajes Hispania, bbaeza@viajeshispania.es) that is available to all meeting delegates. We strongly recommend the mixing of students and seniors in the same location, so please support our efforts reserving your room through the Technical Secretariat.

For a map with venue and hotel location, use this link.

Reservations can be made through the Technical Secretariat, http://epi2012.inscribete.es (Viajes Hispania, bbaeza@viajeshispania.es). Rooms will be available until the group block is full.

Hotel AC Alicante is centrally located, since the City Center is within walking distance (less than 1 km).

The Alicante weather in winter is around 16 ºC and in summer the average is around 32 ºC (AEMET ).

Alicante time difference, GMT + 1 hour (European central time).

Alicante Tourist Information Office, Rambla de Mendez Núñez, 23 – Alicante E-03001. Phone: +34 965 200 000.

Some info about Alicante: History , Monuments , Museums , Beaches , City walks.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE …. BUT NOT FOR LONG, WE WISH

.- INTERCITY BUS. New Central Bus station, 400 m (Muelle de Poniente, Alicante).

.- CITY BUS. A complete map of urban and suburban bus lines can be found here.

.- RENFE Central Train Station, 800 m. Located at Avda. de Salamanca s/n, E-03005 Alicante. More information at www.renfe.es. Average travel time Alicante-Madrid currently is 3 hours 30 minutes and Alicante-Barcelona 4 hours 30 minutes.

.- PLANE. Alicante International Airport, 8 km. Official information can be found at AENA Official page, AENA. Besides standard companies, there are many low cost companies at Alicante airport (Ryanair, Easyjet, Vueling, Air Berlin, etc). There is a bus shuttle every 20min (2.6€) from the airport to the city center and v.v. At the airport, the bus (blue color, C6 line) stops outside departure area, level 2. A bus stop is located at about 150m from the venue at Avda. Oscar Esplá, 3 and 10 (to and from the airport, respectively). Travel time is about 30-35 min. More information can be found at SUBUS www.subus.es.

.- TRAM. StreetCar/Underground. In recent years Alicante has got a new system of streetcar (running underground sometimes) called the TRAM. The Tram streetcar is a very easy way to get to the northern beaches and suburbs of Alicante.

.- CAR RENTAL. If you wish to rent a car at your arrival either if you come by plane or by train, you will not have any problem. Companies working in Alicante are Atesa, Auriga, Avis, Centauro, Europcar, Goldcar, Hertz, National, Pepecar, Record, Sixt, Sol-Mar, and Victoria.

EPI_2012 Flyer