FoldNetUK Symposium
About this Event
Join Us at the FoldNetUK Symposium!
Event: FoldNetUK Symposium
When: Wednesday 2 September 2026, 9am to 5pm
Where: Venue: Elm lecture theatre – Nucleus Building, King’s Buildings Campus, University of Edinburgh Registration will be FREE (lunch and refreshments included)
We’re excited to announce that our FoldNetUK Symposium will take place on 2 September 2026 at the University of Edinburgh (exact location details listed above). This year’s theme, Innovating Together, will bring people together with interests in foldamers and their applications: from biological molecules, biomimetics, to entirely synthetic systems; under one roof, for a jam packed day of insights, networking, and inspiration. Mark your calendars and register your attendance as soon as possible, as we have a limited number of spaces!
To view the full programme schedule, visit the link here
We are also pleased to let you know that we’ll be offering the following:
- Subsidised travel and accommodation.
Thanks to the EPSRC, travel and accommodation will be subsidised for the first 50 registrants (from outside Edinburgh) based at UK institutions to a fixed value of £120 per person. Please keep your travel and accommodation receipts. This will be based on a first come, first served basis. For further guidance on how bursaries are allocated, please get in touch. - Posters and an early career researcher panel/event will form part of the programme, so please let your research group know about this event.
Please circulate this invitation more broadly within your research groups, nationally, and internationally to those who might be interested.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM
Welcome
Morning session, Chair: Scott Cockroft (University of Edinburgh)
🕑: 09:10 AM
Lecture 1 - Sijbren Otto (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
Info: Folding and Replication: Two Sides of the Same Coin
🕑: 09:40 AM
Lecture 2 - Jake Greenfield (University of St Andrews, UK)
Info: Conformational and Constitutional Changes, Driven by Light
🕑: 10:10 AM
Lecture 3 – Aisha Bismillah (King’s College London, UK)
Info: Exploiting Bistable Architectures to Create Dynamic Networks
Late Morning Session, Chair: To be confirmed
🕑: 10:40 AM
Coffee Break
🕑: 11:10 AM
Lecture 4 - Steven Cobb (Durham University, UK)
Info: Controlling Peptoid Structure Using Fluorine
🕑: 11:40 AM
Lecture 5 - Chris Coxon (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Info: Fluorinated Tools to Study Protein and Peptide Folding and Aggregation
Afternoon Session, Chair: To be confirmed
🕑: 12:10 PM
Lunch and Poster Session
🕑: 01:00 PM
Early-career Researchers Event - Sarah Pike (University of Birmingham, UK)
🕑: 01:30 PM
Lecture 6 - Marcey L. Waters (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US
Info: Mimicking Protein Frustration to Create a Responsive Foldamer
🕑: 02:00 PM
Lecture 7 - Javid Malla (Francis Crick Institute, UK)
Info: Aramide Foldamers as Bioinspired Aquaporin Mimics for Selective Water Transport
🕑: 02:30 PM
Lecture 8 - Andrew Jamieson (University of Glasgow, UK)
Info: Bridging Structure and Function: Next Generation Macrocyclic Peptidomimetics
🕑: 03:00 PM
Coffee Break
Late Afternoon Session, Chair: To be confirmed
🕑: 03:30 PM
Lecture 9 - Andre Cobb (King’s College London, UK)
Info: Synthesis of Peptidic Foldamers and Their Application to Catalysis
🕑: 04:00 PM
Plenary Lecture - Samuel H. Gellman (University of Wisconsin–Madison,
Info: Peptidic Foldamers and Foldamer-Inspired Peptides
🕑: 05:00 PM
Poster Prize and Closing Remarks
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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