The award was established by the Boulder Peptide Society to recognize and support promising academic researchers in the peptide field who have completed an doctorate degree and are pre-tenure or on a non-tenure track.
Albert Bowers
Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Brief 15 minute presentations from companies developing peptide therapeutics and related technologies. This rapid and compressed format is designed for quick introduction between symposium participants to new technologies, and companies. Each presentation is structured to highlight the value of the technology or therapeutic being offered and the business strategy.
Craig Beattie
CSO
CDG Therapeutics Inc
Dana Ault-Riche
CEO
Reflexion Pharmaceuticals
Jesse Z. Dong
Vice President, Peptide Chemistry
Neon Therapeutics
Jan Johansson
CEO and Founder
ARTERY Therapeutics, Inc.
Deborah O'Neil
CEO/CSO
NovaBiotics Ltd
Vinay Singh
Founder & CEO
SYNG Pharmaceuticals Inc
Scott Peterson
Executive Director, Business Development
Intarcia Therapeutics
Len Luyt
Associate Professor
University of Western Ontario
Jonathan Ryves
Chief Executive Officer
Cupid Peptides
Updates on clinical development of peptide therapeutics.
Jesper Lau
vice president
Novo Nordisk A/S
Lex Van der Ploeg
CSO
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals
Stephen O'Connor
Senior Director, Chemistry Research and CMC
Cara Therapeutics, Inc.
Carolina Vega
Director of Pharmaceutical Development
Apellis Pharmaceuticals
James Gilligan
Chief Scientific Officer
Tarsa Therapeutics
Aaron Almeida
Senior Scientist II
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Novel approaches to peptide drug delivery including devices, molecular engineering, conjugation, and formulation technologies
Weijun Shen
Principal Investigator
California Institute for Biomedical Research
Danny Chou
Assistant Professor
University of Utah
Adam Mezo
Sr. Research Advisor, Group Leader
Eli Lilly and Company
Robin Polt
Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, BIO5
The University of Arizona
Thomas Tolbert
Associate Professor
The University of Kansas
Jean Chmielewski
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Purdue University
Greg Czyryca
President
Allosterix Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Fa Liu
Director of Chemistry
Novo Nordisk
