How to get to the symposium
Montpellier is close to the Mediterranean Sea, in the south-east of the Hérault department, whose territory is defined as an amphitheater open to the sea, bordered by the Cévennes to the north-east and the Haut-Languedoc to the north-west.
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Montpellier is accessible by:
– Plane: Airport Montpellier Méditerrannée
– Train: Station Saint-Roch (in the city center) or Station Montpellier Sud de France (outside of the city)
Thanks to 4 lines of tramway, ample bus services (line 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16) taxis, you can go anywhere your heart desires in and around Montpellier. Please note that a three days transportation ticket will be kindly provided in the Conference package. Just pay for the first ride.
The CPP-2020 conference on “Cell-Penetrating peptides: Next generation delivery systems” will be held on April 27-29, 2020, in Montpellier at the Maison des étudiants – Aimé Shoenig – Espace Richter.
The “Maison des étudiants” is in the east of Montpellier near the border of the river “Lez” and is situated at the following address:
Rue Vendémiaire, 34000 Montpellier (Google map)
Access via tramway 1 (Station Rives du Lez) or tramway 3 (Station Port Marianne)
Different hotels and accommodations are available in the near.
- Hôtel Mercure Montpellier Centre Antigone (accor.com)
- Hôtel Courtyard (com)
- Hotel Suite Novotel Montpellier (accor.com)
- Le Strasbourg hôtel (le-strasbourg.com)
Many others hotels of different categories are also available in the city center (near the Place de la Comédie), located only 5 tramway stations (12 min transportation) from the Conference Hall.
Abstract submission to the CPP-2020
NEW DEADLINE for submitting an abstract for oral communication:
March 7th, 2020
Deadline for submitting an abstract for poster communication: March 31th, 2020
Please upload your abstract during the registration or send it before the deadline to the organizing comittee.
The number of oral presentations is limited, scientific committee will process a selection and confirm your presentation a.s.a.p.
Please note that we do not print the posters, but racks & pins will be provided for up to A0 sizes, portrait format.
Please download the template for abstract submission.
Registration to the CPP-2020
Regarding the worldwide situation about the COVID-19, we are sorry to announce that the conference “Cell-penetrating peptides: Next generation delivery systems” will be postponed.
The new dates for the conference will be
from Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th October 2020.
Registration is open
Key Dates:
February 29th, 2020: deadline for oral communication submission
March 31th, 2020: deadline for poster submission.
March 31th, 2020: end of registration.
Registration types |
Registration Fees |
Students / PhDs |
100€ |
Academics / PostDocs |
150€ |
Private company delegates |
250€ |
Registration fees include:
- Access to all scientific sessions
- Abstract book
- Coffee breaks
- Welcome evening (27 April 2020)
- Lunch (28 April 2020)
- Gala dinner (28 April 2020) with a contribution to the cost of 20€/person
- 3-days ticket for the tram in Montpellier
Preliminary Program – Update
Regarding the worldwide situation about the COVID-19, we are sorry to announce that the conference “Cell-penetrating peptides: Next generation delivery systems” will be postponed.
The new dates for the conference will be
from Monday 5th to Wednesday 7th October 2020.
Monday April 27th
14:00 – 14:30 | Opening |
14:30 – 15:15 | Sarah Jones (UK)
“Spermatozoa and Schmidtea mediterranea as alternative models for the evaluation of CPPs and bioportides: Progress towards a non-hormonal male contraceptive and generation of a novel CPP.” |
15:15 – 15:40 | Christopher Aisenbrey (France)
“The LAH4 system for DNA delivery: The metamorphosis of a model peptide to a medical tool” |
15:40 – 16:10 | Coffee break |
16:10 – 16:35 | Hellen O McCarthy (Northern Ireland)
“Therapeutic Nucleic Acid Vaccinations: RALA peptide-mediated gene delivery via dissolving microneedles” |
16:35– 18:00 | 5 short talks (10 min + 2 questions) |
18:15 | Poster session 1 |
19:00 | Welcome cocktail |
Thuesday April 28th
9:30 – 10:15 | Pu Chen (Canada) (to be announced) |
10:15 – 10:55 | Ines Neundorf (Germany)
“Towards the design and biological activity of cell-permeable peptide-drug conjugates” |
10:55 – 11:25 | Coffee break |
11:25 – 12:10 | 3 short talks (10 min + 2 questions) |
12:10-14:30 | Lunch |
14:30 – 15:15 | Meritxell Teixido (Spain)
“Blood-Brain Barrier Shuttle Peptides, From Discovery to Applications” |
15:15 – 15:40 | Diana Costa (Portugal)
“Exploring the potential of peptide-plasmid DNA vectors for gene delivery in cancer therapy” |
15:40 – 17:00 | Coffee break + Poster session 2 |
17:00 – 18:00 | 4 short talks (10 min + 2 questions) |
Wednesday April 29th
9:30 – 10:15 | Henry David Herce (USA)
“Cell-Penetrating Peptides: From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic applications” |
10:15 – 10:40 | Astrid Walrant (France)
“Contributions of PIP2 to Penetratin internalization biophysical and affinity photocrosslinking approaches” |
10:40 – 11:10 | Coffee break |
11:10 – 11:40 | 2 short talks (10 min + 2 questions) |
11:40 – 12:05 | Kaido Kurrikoff (Estonia)
“Delivery of Therapeutic Nucleic Acid with CPPs – Development Towards Mammalian Models and Applications in Biotechnology” |
12:05 – 12:15 | Closing remarks |