11th International Meeting on Antimicrobial Peptides

September 2 - 4, 2024

King's College London, UK

#IMAP2024

Conference Co-Chairs

Alethea Tabor

University College London

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James Mason

King's College London

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Kai Hilpert

St. George's University of London

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Organising Committee

Continuing a Successful Series

IMAP 2024 is the 11th in a series of meetings building on the success of the previous meetings held in Trieste, Italy (IMAP 2023), Utrecht, Netherlands (IMAP 2019), Edinburgh, UK (IMAP 2018), Copenhagen, Denmark (IMAP 2017), Leipzig, Germany (IMAP 2016), London, UK (IMAP 2015), Graz, Austria (IMAP 2014), London, UK (IMAP 2013) and Leipzig, Germany (IMAP 2012 and IMAP 2008). Visit the Archive Page for details of some of the earlier conferences.

Oral Abstract Deadline has now passed


Poster abstracts may still be submitted and will be accepted, subject to available space.

Please visit the programme & abstracts page for more details and to download an abstract submission form.


Registration

Online registration is now open. Visit the registration page for details.

Contact us for information about sponsorship opportunities.

Travel bursaries

We are pleased to have been able to offer a number of travel bursaries for PhD students and early-stage researchers. Please visit the programme & abstracts page for more details.

Meeting Sponsor

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Exhibitors

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Aralez Bio

Non-canonical amino acids

Invited Speakers

Christine Chow, Wayne State University
Use of an inducible expression system to evaluate activity of ribosome-targeting, proline-rich antimicrobial peptides

Delphine Destoumieux Garzon, Université de Montpellier

Big-Defensin Diversification in Oysters: Implications for Host Defense and Microbiota Management

Rachel Ee, National University of Singapore
Unravelling the roles of antimicrobial peptide nanonets in infection treatment and resistance prevention
Neeloffer Mookherjee, University of Manitoba
The impact of the air we breathe on immunomodulatory host defence peptides
Linda Oyama, Queen's University Belfast Repurposing antimicrobial peptides for difficult to treat infections 
Guangshun Wang, University of Nebraska Medical Center
The antimicrobial peptide database: history and use in peptide design

Scientific Programme

  • Mode of Action, Prediction and Design of AMPs
    - AMP structure and membrane interactions
    - AI / non-AI supported database mining
  • AMPs / HDPs in Immunomodulation
  • Lantibiotics
  • Applications of AMPs in Therapeutics and Biomaterials
    - AMP resistance
    - AMP nanomaterials
More details available on the programme & abstracts page.

IMAP 2024 is held under the auspices of the Protein & Peptide Science Group of the Royal Society of Chemistry. We are also grateful to the European Peptide Society for financial support.