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We are pleased to invite you to participate in the

1st Latin American

Peptide Congress

7th Therapeutic

Peptide Workshop

15 to 18

DECEMBER

2025

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1st Latin American Congress on Peptides

Day 1:

Monday, December 15, 2025

Escuela de Negocio y Economía PUCV

14:00 – 15:00
15:00 – 15:15
15:20 – 16:00

 

16:05 – 16:45

– Acreditación
– Palabras de Bienvenida
– Charla Inaugural.
  David Craik (Australia)
  Discovery and applications of cyclotides in agriculture and medicine (40 min)
– Sesión Especial: Reflections and Perspectives in Peptide Science in Latin America
  (Fanny Guzmán y Fernando Albericio)

17:00 – 18:30

– Cóctel de Bienvenida

Day 2:

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Auditorio Quinto Centenario/Emilio Tagle

8:15 – 8:30
8:30 – 8:50
8:50 – 9:30

– Acreditación
– Palabras de Bienvenida
– Dr. Ved Srivastava (USA) 40 min
  From Design to Therapy: How AI/ML Speeds Up Peptide-Based Drug Discovery

Biofísica de péptidos y proteínas
(Auditorio V centenario)

Biofísica de péptidos y proteínas
(Sala Emilio Tagle)

9:40 – 10:00

 

 

10:10 – 10:30

Pablo Barrias (Chile)
Development of a Pyridone-peptide
system with controlled singlet oxygen
release for application on bacterial
infected wounds

Francisco Mura (Chile)
Peptide/Lipid membrane interaction
assessment employing physico-chemical
techniques

Claudio Borsarelli (Argentina)
Photosensitized oxidative crosslinking of
proteins
(30 min)

10:40 – 11:00

Francisco Mura (Chile)
Peptide/Lipid membrane interaction
assessment employing physico-chemical
techniques

Natalia Wilke (Argentina)
Membrane characteristics that determine
the activity of the membrane-active
antimicrobial peptide MP1
(30 min)

11:05 – 11:40

Coffee break (Salón centenario)

Auditorio V centenario – FLASH TALK – Sala Emilio Tagle

11:40 – 11:50

Javier Badilla (Chile)
Generation of bioactive peptides from thermal response proteins of psychrotolerant organisms

Juan Reyes (Colombia)
Design and Synthesis of BODIPY- and Sugar-Conjugated LfcinB Peptides via CuAAC and Thiol–Ene Chemistry for Biomedical Applications

12:00 -12:10

Brandon Usuga (Chile)
Rational design of peptides as antiviral alternatives for animals grown in confinement

Camila Irabuena (Uruguay)
Cyclopeptides for Sustainable Weed Management with Low Ecotoxicological Impact

12:20 -12:30

Cesar Roque (Brazil)
Antimicrobial peptides in nano/microencapsulated systems through self-assembly and conjugation strategies for the control of infectious diseases

Daniel Saenz (Chile)
Rational design of Amino-Quinazoline hybrids as selective modulators of AGR2 dimerization.

12:30 – 14:30

Almuerzo (Salón centenario)

13:00 – 14:30

Sesión de Póster 1 (Salón Centernario)

14:40 – 15:20

Marcelo Muñoz (Canadá)
Nano-spray gold-peptide therapy for heart attack treatment

Péptidos en la clínica
(Auditorio V centenario)

Péptidos terapéuticos y funcionales
(Sala Emilio Tagle)

15:30 – 15:50

David Ramirez (Chile)
AI-driven design and experimental characterization of novel β-Amyloid anti-aggregation peptides

Fernando Hinostroza (Chile)
From Cell Types to Circuits: Decoding RVD-Hemopressin in Noradrenergic Pathways

10:00 – 16:20

Carlos Soto (Colombia)
Antitubercular activity of synthetic peptides derived from LL-37 and their potential targeting on the Mycobacterium tuberculosis plasma membrane transporters CtpF and CtpA

Patricia Zorro (Colombia)
Antimicrobial peptides from Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus

16:30 – 16:50

Horacio Poblete (Chile)
Programmable Peptide–Graphite Interfaces for Water Bioremediation: From Gly–X Sequence to Ion Capture

Juan Carlos Forero
Functional Artificial Saliva with Bioactive Peptides: A Translational Approach to Improve Oral Health in Elderly Diabetic Patients

17:00 – 17:25

Coffee break (Salón centenario)

17:25 – 17:45

Mauricio Urquiza (Colombia)
Development of High-Affinity Molecules for
Detection and Treatment of Solid Tumors
Targeting the αvβ6 and αvβ3 Integrins
based on an integrin binding peptide

Silvia Camperi (Argentina)
Production of anti- δ-Ctenitoxin-Pn2a antibodies in mice with immunogenic peptide

17:55 – 18:15

Daniela Lopez (Colombia)
Evaluation of the Wound-Healing Effect of Peptides Derived from Regenerating Tissue of Ambystoma mexicanum in an In Vitro Skin Injury Model

Alexis Aspee (Chile)
Evaluation of helical peptide–membrane interaction dynamics using fluorescently labelled peptides and lipid molecular rotors

Day 3:

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

V Centenario y Emilio Tagle

8:15 – 8:30
8:30 – 9:50
8:50 – 9:30

– Acreditación
– Palabras de Bienvenida
– Dr. Fernando Albericio (South Africa)
  The Peptide Golden Era: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

Péptidos en Agropecuario
(Auditorio V centenario)

Péptidos en Alimentos
(Sala Emilio Tagle)

9:40 – 10:00

Paulina Schmitt (Chile)
A new antimicrobial peptide from the scallop Argopecten purpuratus: in silico identification and functional validation.

Roxana Chirinos (Perú)
Bioinformática y peptidómica como
herramientas en el descubrimiento y
caracterización de nuevos péptidos
multifuncionales de sacha inchi (plukenetia
volubilis)

10:10 – 10:30

Linda Garcia (Colombia)
Synthetic peptides as a new health strategy in poultry, in the Salmonella enterica model

Alma Cruz (México)
Biotechnological Valorization of Whey: Functional Peptides as Emerging Therapeutics and Nutraceuticals

10:40 – 11:00

Diego Jaramillo (USA)
Salt-mediated wet adhesion: The impact of environmental salts and their nature on aggregation, film formation and adhesiveness of Vibrio Cholerae adhesin-derived peptide

Luis González (Mexico)
Perspectives and Challenges in the Isolation
and Application of Food-Derived Bioactive
Peptides
(On line)

11:05 – 11:40

Coffee break (Salón centenario)

Auditorio V centenario – FLASH TALK – Sala Emilio Tagle

11:40 – 11:50

Matias Zapata (Chile)
Influence of Trp on the Interaction of Monomeric and Dimeric Antimicrobial peptides with Phospholipid Membranes and their Susceptibility to Free Radical Oxidation

Jose Mendoza (Colombia)
How Can a Peptide Qualify as an LC–MS Reference Material? A Case Study in Caseinomacropeptide (CMP)

12:00 – 12:10

Kelin Cuero (Colombia)
Antibacterial Activity of Fluorolabeled Peptides with Potential Use in Evaluating the Mechanisms of Action of Antimicrobial Peptides

Valentina Diaz (Chile)
Therapeutic effect of the combined use of peptide 1943 and Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil as a potential treatment for atopic dermatitis in adults

12:20 – 12:30

Gabriela Herrera (Chile)
Dual-Function Peptide Chimera: Antioxidant Activity and Phospholipidic Membrane Interaction

Paola Gamba (Colombia)
Obtaining bioactive peptide lunasin derivatives: study of synthetic routes and/or extraction processes

12:30 – 14:30

Almuerzo (Salón Centenario)

13:00 – 14:30

Sesión de Póster 2 (Salón Centenario)

14:40 – 15:20

Beatriz G de la Torre (South Africa)
Small Peptides, Big Impact: The Art of Rational Design

Péptidos Funcionales
(Auditorio V centenario)

Biotecnología e Innovación
(Salón Emilio Tagle)

15:30 – 15:50

Andres Barriga (Chile)
Msion (im)posible: identificacion, caracterizacion y cuantificacion de peptidos

Edgar Lecina (España)
Acid-Modulated peptide synthesis on glass surfaces for application in FET biosensors

16:00 – 16:20

Matias zuñiga (Chile)
Discovery of Selective Peptide-Based Tubulin Inhibitors through Structure-Guided Design

Sebastián Bermudez (Brazil)
Accelerating the development of antimicrobial peptide-based antimicrobial agents via cell-free biosynthesis

16:30 – 16:50

Laura Posada (Uruguay)
Peptide Cyclization Methodologies Enabling
the Discovery of Nature-Inspired Bioactive
Molecules

Benjamín Zúñiga (Chile)
Dual-Targeting Peptide-Conjugated
Photosensitizer for Enhanced Selectivity in
Photodynamic Therapy

17:00 – 17:25

Coffee break (Salón centenario)

Péptidos Funcionales
(Auditorio V centenario)

Biotecnología e Innovación
(Salón Emilio Tagle)

17:25 – 17:45

Steffano Assef (Brazil)
Synthesis and Study of Ciprofloxacin Peptide Bioconjugates for the Treatment of Urogenital Tract Infections

Leticia Rocha (Brazil)
Melittin Analogues: A Dual-Strategy Against Antimicrobial Resistance and Cytotoxicity

17:55 – 18:15

Clemencia Pinilla (USA)
Mixture based Combinatorial Libraries: Identification of novel G-coupled receptors ligands and Elucidation of T cell Specificity

María Luisa Serrano (Venezuela)
Towards the diagnosis of malaria: Identification of antigenic peptides in P41
and P12 proteins of P. falciparum and P. vivax

Day 4:

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Salón de Honor – Quinto centenario

8:15 – 8:30
8:30 – 8:50
8:50 – 9:30

– Acreditación
– Palabras de Bienvenida
– Sergio Lavandero (Chile)
   Descifrando las señales cardiometabólicas de la angiotensina-(1-9)

Péptidos en cosmética
(Quinto centenario)
Previa inscripción

Péptidos en Nanotecnología
(Salón de Honor)

9:40 – 10:00

10:10 – 10:30

Palabras de Bienvenida / Introducción

Leda Guzmán (Chile)
Sustainable natural peptide: New agent for use in dermocosmetics.

Marcelo Kogan (Chile)
Péptidos y nanotecnología: una dupla ideal para la terapia y el diagnostico de enfermedades crónicas.

10:40 – 11:40

Antonio Guglielmetti (Chile)
Péptidos antimicrobianos en Dermatitis Atópica

Andreas Tapia (Chile)
Enantiomeric Peptide D3-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles decrease Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction Induced by Amyloid-β in an Alzheimer’s Disease-on-a-Chip Model

11:00 – 11:40

Coffee break (Salón centenario)

11:40 – 12:00

Luis Pizarro (Chile)
Dermocosmética en Chile, Introducción al desarrollo y Formulación

Freddy Celis (Chile)
Espectroscopia Raman amplificada por plasmón de proteínas

12:10 – 12:20

Daniel Moraga (Chile)
Cruzar la piel tiene costo: liberación transdérmica de péptidos y su peaje en estabilidad y manufactura

Cristian Salinas
Molecular Discovery and Functional
Profiling of Venom-Derived Peptides
from Pamphobeteus verdolaga

12:30 – 13:00

PALABRAS FINALES Y PREMIACIÓN
(Salón de honor)