Welcome to the American Peptide Society
The American Peptide Society is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the chemistry and biology of peptides. Our community traces its roots to the first American Peptide Symposium, held at Yale in 1968, and across more than half a century since, we have grown into an international society that brings together academic, industrial, and clinical researchers at every career stage.
Peptide News
The latest from the peptide science community.
Helma Wennemers Receives the Emil Fischer Medal
The German Chemical Society will award Prof. Helma Wennemers the Emil Fischer Medal, …
Jul 10, 2026
In Memory of Dr. Richard Houghten
On July the 5th, the peptide and drug-discovery communities lost one of their …
Jul 7, 2026
A Foundation for Design
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Design has just moved into its …
Jul 4, 2026
Heinis Earns ERC Advanced Grant
Professor Christian Heinis has won a 2025 ERC Advanced Grant from the European …
Jun 28, 2026
Call for Papers
Radiopharmaceuticals have emerged as a rapidly evolving field at the interface of medicinal …
Jun 25, 2026
Kiessling and Raines Recognized
The American Peptide Society congratulates Laura L. Kiessling and Ronald T. Raines of …
Jun 14, 2026
The BPC-157 Question
A fifteen-amino-acid peptide named BPC-157 has spent fifty years on the margins of …
Jun 1, 2026
Call for Papers
This Special Issue of OPR&D; will highlight advances in design, synthesis, purification, and …
May 27, 2026
Recent Peptide Publications
Recent publications of interest
Coiled-Coil Grafting
Wilson, Woolfson, and Itzhaki Groups
Jul 10, 2026
Methylating Every Lysine
Raines Lab
Jul 9, 2026
Coacervates Find Targets
Jiang, Caruso, and Liu Groups
Jul 7, 2026
Probing GxxxG Interfaces
Newberry Lab
Jul 6, 2026
Unlocking Intracellular Space
Pei Lab
Jul 6, 2026
Decoding Terukufazoline
Iwasaki Lab
Jul 3, 2026
Prions Fight Back
de la Fuente Lab
Jul 2, 2026
Glycation Codes αSyn
Becker Lab
Jul 1, 2026
Stapling Pancreatic Invasion
Kennedy Lab
Jun 29, 2026
Engineering Better Peptides
Bhunia Lab
Jun 27, 2026
Unexpected Biaryl Rings
Xu Lab
Jun 27, 2026
Mussel-Inspired Batteries
Wooley Lab
Jun 27, 2026
Peptide People & Processes
People, labs, and resources from across the field.
The Metanis Group
Norman Metanis · The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Located in the historic hills of Jerusalem, the Metanis Group at the Hebrew University reimagines what chemistry can do with life's favorite polymers. By …
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Saan Voss
UKRI Knowledge Transfer Partner at the University of Cambridge and Bicycle Therapeutics
From a childhood cold that sparked a lifelong fascination with molecular equilibria to a pandemic-disrupted Ph.D. conducted across a ten-hour time difference, Saan Voss …
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Tiancheng Cheng
Tiancheng Chen, 4th-year Ph.D. Candidate
In the Kennedy Lab at UNC Chapel Hill, fourth-year Ph.D. candidate Tiancheng Chen designs constrained peptides to disarm two kinases that drive disease: LRRK1, …
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Lucia Lombardi
Assistant Professor
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 …
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Peptide Synthesis for Beginners
An illustrated primer
A practical guide to manual Fmoc solid-phase peptide synthesis for researchers new to the technique. Covers equipment setup, the coupling and cleavage cycle, purification by preparative HPLC, and …
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