Images from APS Symposium 2025

The 29th American Peptide Symposium represented a showcase of scientific excellence, groundbreaking research, and global collaboration. With record-breaking attendance, the energy in San Diego was electric — a reflection of the surging impact of peptide science across disciplines. Attendees were treated to an extraordinary lineup of talks, spanning from the frontiers of peptide therapeutics to innovations in sustainable manufacturing, AI-driven drug discovery, structural biology, material science, and computational design. The theme of “Peptides Rising” truly encapsulated the momentum of the field — with sessions designed to highlight the most pressing challenges and the most exciting breakthroughs.

Our keynote lectures by Dame Margaret Brimble and Dr. Scott Miller were nothing short of inspiring, while award lectures from luminaries like Dek Woolfson, Ashraf Brik, Phil Dawson, Krishna Kumar, William Lubell, and Elizabeth Parkinson brought depth, vision, and creativity to center stage. This year’s Symposium wasn’t just a meeting — it was a celebration of the resilience, creativity, and boundless curiosity that defines the global peptide community. The future of peptide science has never looked brighter — and is indeed rising.