Recent Peptide Publications


Student Spotlight

Highlighting outstanding graduate students shaping the future of peptide science.

Caitlin Gare

Ph.D. Candidate
Lara Malins' Lab, Australian National University

Caitlin Gare is a Ph.D. student in Lara Malins' Lab at the Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, ANU, where she works within the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, CIPPS. Her research focuses on developing peptide-drug conjugates as therapeutics across numerous diseases, including as novel …

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Peptide Pioneers

Celebrating new faculty launching independent peptide research.

Lucia Lombardi

Assistant Professor
Lombardi Lab, Queen's University Belfast

Lucia Lombardi joined Queen's University Belfast in February 2025 as a Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences, building a research program at the intersection of peptide-based therapeutic delivery and antimicrobial design. A scientist shaped by training across five countries and some of the most stimulating environments in contemporary peptide …

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Peptide Postdocs

Recognizing postdoctoral researchers advancing peptide science.

Danielle Morgan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
MacMillan Group, Princeton University

Danielle Morgan had just submitted her Ph.D. thesis at the University of Glasgow when she boarded a flight to Whistler for the 27th American Peptide Symposium in June 2022. The airline lost her luggage. With a flash talk scheduled for the first morning, she dashed to local shops and found …

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Global Peptide Groups

Featuring Internationally Notable Peptide Science Research Groups.

The Hiroaki Suga Group

Hiroaki Suga · University of Tokyo

At the interface of organic chemistry and biology, the Suga Laboratory at the University of Tokyo has pioneered technologies that are reshaping how the world discovers peptide therapeutics. What began as blue-sky research has evolved into a global engine for drug discovery, with innovations that have reached clinical trials and …

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Peptide News

The latest from the peptide science community.

GLP-1 Medicines Expand Into New Disease Territory
APS member Richard DiMarchi, Distinguished Professor at Indiana University and pioneer of GLP-1 multiagonist chemistry, is prominently featured in a major New York Times opinion essay on the expanding therapeutic frontier of GLP-1 medicines. The piece explores how a drug class originally developed for diabetes is now being used, and studied, for conditions ranging from traumatic brain injury to addiction to autoimmune disease.

Apr 16, 2026

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Victor Hruby Symposium

The American Peptide Society invites all members and colleagues to attend the Victor J. Hruby Symposium, May 21–22, 2026, in Tucson, Arizona. This landmark event honors Victor, founding APS President and one of the most influential figures in modern peptide chemistry. Over more than five decades, His discoveries have shaped our understanding of peptide structure, signaling, and drug design, while his mentorship has inspired generations of scientists worldwide. Join us in celebrating his extraordinary legacy and the future of peptide innovation.

Apr 9, 2026

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Peptide Materials Gordon Research Conference

The Gordon Research Conferences has announced the third Peptide Materials Gordon Research Conference, GRC, to be held January 17–22, 2027, at Staybridge Suites Oxnard – River Ridge in Oxnard, California. Applications are due December 20, 2026.

Building on two previous meetings, the conference will highlight emerging directions at the intersection of science, engineering, and medicine, with sessions spanning peptide structure and assembly, computational and AI-guided design, advanced synthesis, delivery and detection, phase-separated materials, and energy and construction applications. A companion Gordon Research Seminar, GRS, will run concurrently for graduate students and early-career researchers. Both events require separate applications.

Apr 9, 2026

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Kira Podolsky Inaugural Stratingh Awardee

Congratulations to Kira Podolsky, Schmidt Science Fellow at MIT and APS 2025 oral presentation award winner, named a co-recipient of the inaugural Stratingh Award by the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry at the University of Groningen. The award recognizes outstanding early-career researchers in molecular chemistry within four years of completing their PhD. Podolsky will deliver a plenary lecture at the GroMoChem International Symposium in Groningen this May.

Apr 3, 2026

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