CONFERENCE REPORT
2nd International Conference on Metal-Binding Peptides
Toulouse, France, July 10-12 2024
The 2nd edition of the International Conference on Metal-Binding Peptides was held in Toulouse, France, from July 10 to 12, 2024. It welcomed about 150 participants from academia and industry, and from 21 countries. The conference featured plenary lectures by Olivier Sénèque, Angela Lombardi, Hosahudya N. Gopi and Katherine Franz. In addition, we could listen to 8 keynote lectures, 32 invited speakers, and 51 oral communications by both national and international participants, and exchange during dedicated poster sessions.
The lectures delivered top-of-the-art topics spanning 6 thematics : metallopeptides and imaging, metal-binding in health, ecotoxicology and environment, catalysis and artificial metalloenzymes, advanced spectroscopies and molecular modeling, and materials and supramolecular assemblies.
The next MBP meeting is scheduled in September 2026, in Germany and will be organized by Franziska Lederer (Helmholtz-Zentrum, Dresden-Rossendorf).
The chairs
Dr. Christelle Hureau
Dr. Emilie Mathieu