Dr Chris Coxon 

Professor Sijbren Otto

Professor Samuel H. Gellman

Professor Andrew Jamieson

Professor Andre Cobb

Dr Jake Greenfield

Dr Javid Malla 

Professor Steven Cobb

Dr. Christopher Serpell

Professor Simon Webb

FoldNetUK Symposium

FoldNetUK

Join us in person at FoldNetUK Symposium for cutting-edge talks and networking with fellow foldamer enthusiasts!

The University of Edinburgh King's Buildings Campus

<h2>Join Us at the FoldNetUK Symposium!</h2> 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 <a href="https://www.foldnet.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Programme.pdf" title="https://www.foldnet.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Programme.pdf" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>We are also pleased to let you know that we’ll be offering the following:<ul><li>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.</li><li>Posters and an early career researcher panel/event will form part of the programme, so please let your research group know about this event.</li></ul>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 FoldNetUK@KCL.ac.uk

Agenda

Welcome  

Morning session, Chair: Scott Cockroft (University of Edinburgh) 

Folding and Replication: Two Sides of the Same Coin

Lecture 1 - Sijbren Otto (University of Groningen, Netherlands) 

Conformational and Constitutional Changes, Driven by Light 

Lecture 2 - Jake Greenfield (University of St Andrews, UK) 

 Lecture 3 – Christopher Serpell (University College London, UK) 

Late Morning Session,  Chair: To be confirmed

Coffee Break

Controlling Peptoid Structure Using Fluorine 

 Lecture 4 - Steven Cobb (Durham University, UK) 

Fluorinated Tools to Study Protein and Peptide Folding and Aggregation 

Lecture 5 - Chris Coxon (University of Edinburgh, UK) 

Afternoon Session, Chair: To be confirmed 

Lunch and Poster Session 

Early-career Researchers Event - Sarah Pike (University of Birmingham, UK) 

End-to-end Conformational Switching in Molecular Rods

Lecture 6 – Simon Webb (University of Manchester, UK) 

Aramide Foldamers as Bioinspired Aquaporin Mimics for Selective Water Transport 

 Lecture 7 - Javid Malla (Francis Crick Institute, UK) 

Bridging Structure and Function: Next Generation Macrocyclic Peptidomimetics 

Lecture 8 - Andrew Jamieson (University of Glasgow, UK) 

 Coffee Break 

Late Afternoon Session, Chair: To be confirmed 

Synthesis of Peptidic Foldamers and Their Application to Catalysis 

Lecture 9 - Andre Cobb (King’s College London, UK) 

Peptidic Foldamers and Foldamer-Inspired Peptides 

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