For
bioapplications
1st Latin American
Peptide Congress
Speakers
Dr. Fernando Albericio
Universitat de barcelona
University of Kwazulu-Natal
Dr. Fernando Albericio is a Research Professor at the University of KwaZulu‑Natal in South Africa, Full Professor at the University of Barcelona in Spain, and Visiting Professor at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. His main research areas cover all methodological aspects of peptide synthesis, as well as the synthesis of peptides and small molecules with therapeutic activity, primarily in the fields of cancer and infectious diseases. His group has also been involved in developing new drug delivery strategies.
He has published over 900 scientific papers, co‑authored four books, and participated in more than 55 patents. Additionally, he is Editor‑in‑Chief of several scientific journals and part of the editorial teams of many others. He has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires, the Leonidas Zervas Prize from the European Peptide Society, and the Vincent du Vigneaud Prize from the American Peptide Society, among others. In recent years, much of his efforts have focused on making peptide synthesis a more environmentally friendly methodology.
Dra. Beatriz Garcia De La Torre
University of Kwazulu-Natal
After an extensive career in Spain, she is currently a research professor at KRISP, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal (Durban, South Africa). She has worked extensively on glyco-, nucleo-, and lipopeptides. Her scientific interests are mainly focused on the discovery of new antimicrobial peptides, including those to combat tuberculosis, peptide-based vaccines, and peptide-based drug delivery systems. Finally, she is also deeply involved in the development of green solid-phase peptide synthesis strategies.
Dr. Marcelo Kogan
University of Chile
Professor Dr. Marcelo J. Kogan was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is Full Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Chile, and Principal Investigator at the Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS). He is the Coordinator of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Program at the University of Chile and Director of the NANOMEDICINE Laboratory at ACCDiS. He is currently the Director of Academic Development at the Faculty of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Chile.
He holds degrees in Biochemistry and Pharmacy from the University of Buenos Aires and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the same university. He conducted his postdoctoral research at the Institute of Biomedical Research in Barcelona, working in the fields of peptides and nanotechnology.
He has published approximately 180 articles in the field and has supervised around 25 doctoral theses and 10 master’s theses. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Texas (USA) in 2006 and 2007, Aachen University (Germany) in 2008, and CNRS (France) in 2022.
His research focuses on the applications of nanobiomaterials and peptides in biomedicine for the diagnosis and treatment of conformational diseases, including drug formulation, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases. He is a pioneer in Chile in the application of nanomaterials in the pharmaceutical field and internationally recognized for his work using nanoparticles to disaggregate amyloids associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
His work has been widely cited by international authors, with an h-index of 45 and a total of 7,500 citations (according to Google Scholar).
Dra. Fanny Guzmán
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Chemist (National University of Colombia), Doctor of Science in Organic Chemistry (National University of Colombia). Senior Researcher at the Curauma Biotechnology Center (NBC), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV). Director of the Peptide Synthesis Laboratory at NBC. Professor in the Biotechnology Doctoral Program of Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María and PUCV. Principal investigator in several Fondecyt projects funded by the Government of Chile.
Her areas of work include antimicrobial peptides, peptide vaccines, and algal peptides. She has thirty years of experience in peptide synthesis. She has been invited as a specialist to various universities and research centers in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
Author of more than 150 publications in ISI WoS journals and holder of three invention patents. Participant in various international collaboration networks and recipient of national medicine awards in Colombia.