Amy Rees – PoPPI

‘Protein-Protein Interactions: the next frontier’ Webinar

9th October 2020 by Amy Rees

The ‘Protein-Protein Interactions: the next frontier’ Webinar on 15 September 2020 brought together attendees from all over the world to celebrate the progress made in PPI Science, and discuss future challenges.  The event opened on 14 September with a series of pre-recorded talks by Professor Michelle Arkin (University of California San Francisco), Professor Luc Brunsveld (University of Eindhoven) and Professor Akane Kawamura (Newcastle University and the University of Oxford). The next day saw everyone come together for a series of live talks by Professor Adam Nelson, Dr Emily Baker and Dr Zsófi Hegedüs from the PoPPI Team, and Professor Laura Itzhaki from the University of Cambridge. A lively, interactive discussion followed. The Webinar … read more >

Emma Cawood joins the project

22nd January 2020 by Amy Rees

Emma has recently joined the PoPPI project as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. She is working on peptide based inhibitors of protein-protein interactions.

Matt Foulkes and Sergio Celis win prizes at School of Chemistry Postdoc Conference

7th July 202017th January 2020 by Amy Rees

Congratulations to Matt and Sergio who recently won prizes for their oral and poster presentations respectively at the School of Chemistry Postdoc Conference in Leeds, December 2019. Matt received the prize of Best Oral Presentation for his talk on the “Use of a generic scaffold for inhibition of α-helix mediated protein-protein interactions”. Sergio received the prize of Best Poster Presentation for his poster on “Query-guided protein-protein interaction inhibition discovery”.

Sergio Celis wins prize at RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-Organic Group Forum

7th July 202017th January 2020 by Amy Rees

Congratulations to Sergio who won a poster prize at the RSC Chemical Biology and Bio-Organic Group Forum in Leicester, January 2020. Sergio received the prize of Best Poster Presentation for his poster on “Query-guided protein-protein interaction inhibition discovery”.

Adam Nelson visits Greenhead College

14th July 202011th December 2019 by Amy Rees

Adam Nelson recently visited Greenhead College in Huddersfield to talk to Chemistry A-level students about molecular shape and biological activity.

David Andrews talks about PPIs at ELRIG

14th July 20206th December 2019 by Amy Rees

David Andrews recently spoke at ELRIG on the topic of understanding and manipulating protein-protein interactions using chemical biology approaches. A video interview with David for the Scientists’ Channel, in which he explains PPIs, can be viewed here: https://thescientistschannel.com/david-andrews

Emily Baker joins the project

22nd October 2019 by Amy Rees

Emily has recently joined the POPPI team as a Postdoctoral Researcher based in Dek Woolfson’s group at the University of Bristol, where she is working on perturbing protein-protein interactions with peptide inhibitors.

David Andrews Visits Northgate High School

14th July 20204th October 2019 by Amy Rees

In March 2019, David Andrews visited Northgate High School Ipswich (his alma mater) to talk to a group of sixth-form students at a careers enrichment lunchtime meeting. During the session, David talked about his career journey from school to his position as Associate Director of Oncology Chemistry, Research & Development at AstraZeneca. He then explained, at a conceptual level, how molecules are designed, using PoPPI’s 3-D models of proteins to help him. For example, he explained the ‘Lock-and-Key’ theory of drug action. The students really enjoyed playing with the models … read more >

Kristina Hetherington wins prizes at Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium

14th July 202019th June 2019 by Amy Rees

Congratulations to Kris who won a prize for her oral presentations at the Chemistry Postgraduate Symposium in Leeds, June 2019. Kris received 3rd place for her talk on peptidomimetic approaches targeting α-helix and β-strand mediated protein-protein interactions.

Aisha Jabeen Syed joins the project

7th July 20202nd April 2019 by Amy Rees

Aisha has recently joined the PoPPI project as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in synthesis and chemical biology. She is working on small molecule inhibitors of protein-protein interactions.