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Recent Peptide Research and News

Price Lab

Coiled Coils

Reflecting recent work in the Price lab

Coiled coils are one of most common protein quaternary structures and represent the best understood relationship between amino acid sequence and protein...

 

Jin Lab

Network Pharmacology

Reflecting recent work in the Jin lab

Carapax Trionycis is a traditional Chinese medicine and it has been clear that oligo-peptides from Carapax Trionycis extract, CTP, are the main active substances...

 

Wiedman Lab

Azobenzene Moiety

Reflecting recent work in the Wiedman lab

Azobenzenes are a series of compounds that can be isomerized upon irradiation with light. These molecules can...

 

Nowick Lab

Monoclonal Antibodies

Reflecting recent work in the Nowick lab

Monoclonal antibodies, mAbs, that target the β-amyloid peptide, Aβ, are important Alzheimer's disease research tools and are now being...

 

Deber Lab

Novel, Rational Drug Design

Reflecting recent work in the Deber lab

As an alternative approach to conventional antibiotics, members of the Charles Deber laboratory, published in Peptide Science, explore a novel...

 

Nitsche Lab

Bicyclic Peptides

Reflecting recent work in the Nitsche lab

Bicyclic peptides have emerged as one of the driving forces within the constrained peptide family. Due to their unique pharmaceutical attributes...

 

Wennemers Lab

Self-Sorting Collagen

Reflecting recent work in the Wennemers lab

Nature uses elaborate methods to control protein assembly, including that of heterotrimeric collagen....

 

Swanson Lab

Lasso Peptides

Reflecting recent work in the Swanson lab

Lasso peptides make up a class of natural products characterized by a threaded structure. Given their small size and stability, chemical synthesis would offer tremendous potential...

 

Raskatov Lab

Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β

Reflecting recent work in the Raskatov lab

Amyloid aggregation is a key feature of Alzheimer's disease, AD, and a primary target for past and present therapeutic efforts. Recent research is making it increasingly clear...

 

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Ph.D. Candidate
University of Alberta

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Professor, Department of Chemistry
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Professor
Tufts University

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Paramjit Arora, Ph.D. APS President

Welcome to the American Peptide Society! The APS is an interdisciplinary group of chemists and biologists who forge translational discoveries centered on basic research in peptide structure and function. The field of peptide science is highly diverse in content and practitioners. The innovation and energy in the field is a direct result of this diversity. Our Society serves as a forum for bringing together an engaging and supportive group of members. We encourage you to become a member and attend our biennial symposia!

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Volume 116, Issue 2, March 2024

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