The 4th Young Researchers Symposium on PPIs was held at the University of Leeds on the 19th of September. This symposium provides a platform for early career researchers from a broad range of backgrounds to come together, share their work and discuss the latest research on PPIs and their inhibition. ​The guest speakers were: Prof. Michelle Arkin – University of California, San Francisco, and Prof. Luc Brunsveld – Eindhoven University of Technology.

Som has recently joined the project as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, having previously worked at University of Geneva and Purdue University (USA).

Fruzsina has recently joined the project as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, having previously worked at University College London.

Two members of the PoPPI team were recently involved in public engagement activities, when they spoke at the Leeds Pint of Science events. Andy Wilson spoke to the general public about protein-protein interactions and their role in cancer at Chem-Mystery of Life. Kris Paraschiv spoke about the relationship of protein-protein interactions to skin-care products at the Skin-Care event. Both events were held at The Social (Leeds) and a link to POS can be found here: https://pintofscience.co.uk/events/leeds

Members of the PoPPI team were recently filmed for an introductory video, which will appear on this website soon. Filming took place at both Bristol and Leeds Universities over a two day period, with most members of the project involved. The final video will feature a combination of interviews, animation and demonstrations. Andy recording the introduction, with an apple as a prop Zsofia loading a gel, well it’s not science if a pipette is not involved Kirstin preparing samples, yet more pipetting Tom recording his section on chemical synthesis, nice … read more >

Trevor Perrior has joined the PoPPI management group as the representative of Domainex, following the departure of Eddy Littler for a new role. Trevor has worked in Senior R&D Management roles for a number of companies, and bring a heap of experience to the programme.

Ed will be talking about the inhibition of Protein-Protein Interactions from the perspective of a Structural Biologist at the Protein-Protein Interactions 2016 conference.  Other members of the team will be presenting posters at the same conference.

Recently, Zsofia joined the programme as a post-doc focusing on the design and structural characterisation of PPI inhibitors. Meanwhile two PhD students have started, Emma and Kris, after completing their masters at the University of Leeds. Read more about their involvement in the programme on the About us page.