Ninth Peptoid Summit

August 6-7, 2015 • Molecular Foundry • Berkeley, CA
131 People attended the 9th Peptoid Summit, representing 11 countries and 15 US states! Our beautiful Molecular Foundry! Summit frisbees and programs. 3D model of the Summit trophy, featuring Christian Olsen's recent beta peptoid helix.  The model has 9 monomer units to commemorate the 9th Peptoid Summit!
Plaques for the Summit trophies. component pieces taking shape in Ron's workshop. Helices were 3D printed at Shapeways using plated steel. close to final assembly.
All finished! 9th Peptoid Summit Trophy! Breakfast, day 1. Modi Wetzler (Clemson).
Kent describes cyclic peptoid structures, aided by a 3D printed model. with Reddy Moola (AnVen Biosciences) and Hyun-Suk Lim (Postech). Kent and Ron with our Keynote speaker, Prof. Jean-François Lutz (Insitut Charles Sadron). Mark Kline discussing his poster.
Jae Hong Kim discussing his poster. Prof. Steven Cobb and Hannah Bolt (Durham University). Galia Maayan (Technion) and Christian Olsen (U. Copenhagen). Ron and Rita Garcia.
Niklas Ganglaff (U. Würzburg). Tim Craven and Doug Renfrew (New York University). Younghye Kim (Seoul National Univ.). Jiwon Seo (GIST) and Chun-Long Chen (PNNL).
Josh Cardiel (UCSF) and Christine Kang (Foundry, LBNL). Thomas Horn and Ron. Ellen Robertson and Christine Kang (Foundry, LBNL). Aaron Lau (U. Strathclyde) and Maria Baskin (Technion).
Ron with Maria Baskin (Technion). Poster Session #1. Akihiro Furukawa, Cameron Pye and Joshua Schwochert (UC Santa Cruz). Amelia Fuller (Santa Clara Univ.) and Jianhua Ren (Univ. of the Pacific).
Ron with the crew from Salerno University (L to R): Consiglia Tedesco, Rosaria Schettini, Irene Izzo, Alessandra Meli. Rachel Bisiewicz and Rapeepat Sangsuwa (UC Berkeley) showing off a 9PS frisbee! The POSTECH crew (L to R): Hyun DSoo Kim, Kang Ju Lee, Yu-Jung Hyun, Yeongju Lee. Jae Hong Kim and Mark Kline (Foundry, LBNL).
Behzad Rad and Alessia Battigelli (Foundry, LBNL). Glenn Butterfoss (NYU Abu Dhabi), Doug Renfrew (Simons Foundation) and Vince Voelz (Temple Univ.). with Charles Marlowe (Oakwood Chemical) and Thomas Horn. with Gomika Udugamasooriya (Univ. Houston), Reddy Moola (Anven Biosciences) and Hyun-Suk Lim (POSTECH).
with the crew from Santa Clara University (L to R): Vikrum Jain, Jonathan Huber, Aanchal Mohan, Prof. Amelia Fuller and Alberto Ortega.  DSC0285 Dessert time with Anne Rath Nielsen (Univ. Copenhagen) and Lisa Yun (Foundry, LBNL). L to R: Ellen Robertson (Foundry, LBNL), Rita Garcia (Foundry, LBNL), Lisa Yun (Foundry, LBNL), Anne Rath Nielsen (Univ. Copenhagen) & Hannah Bolt (Durham Univ.).
Biljana Mojsoska and Håvard Jennsen (Roskilde Univ.). Annelise Barron (Stanford Univ.), Kent Kirshenbaum (New York Univ.) and Ron Zuckermann (Foundry, LBNL). with our Sponsor Mohammad Boroomand from Peptide Machines. Our Sponsors from Iris Biotech: Thomas Bruckdorfer and Mahendra Menakuru.
Our Sponsor from Oakwood Chemical: Charles Marlowe. Our Sponsor from Protein Technologies: Elizabeth Restituyo-Rosario. Lunch time with (L to R): Jean-François Lutz (Insitut Charles Sadron), Jeremiah Johnson (MIT) and Modi Wetzler (Clemson univ.). Behzad Rad, Alessia Battigellli, Biljana Mojsoska, Caroline Proulx & Dillon Flood.
Dr. Ranjan Mannige (Molecular Foundry, LBNL). Niklas Ganglaff (Univ. Würzburg). with the New York University crew (L to R): Peter Smith, Katharina Peschko, Chaturika Dehigaspitiya, Sabrine Obbad, Kent Kirshenbaum, Rushna Quddus, Ran Drori & Tim Craven. Kent talking with Aaron Siegmund (Amgen, Inc.).
Lunch time with Jiwon Seo (GIST), Håvard Jennsen (Roskilde Univ.) and Vince Voelz (Temple Univ.). View of the Foundry and the San Francisco bay. (L to R): Thomas Horn, Charles Marlowe (Oakwood Chemical), John Nielsen (Univ. Copenhagen), Anastasia Patterson (UC Santa Barbara) and Georgios Rizis (UC Santa Barbara). Prof. Aaron Lau (Univ. Strathclyde).
Dr. Josh Cardiel (UC San Francisco). Dr. Consiglia Tedesco (Univ. Salerno). Sunting Xuan (Louisiana State Univ.). The raffle begins!
Zack Pieters wins the 5th Peptoid Summit t-shirt! Alessandra Melli wins an 8th Peptoid Summit frisbee! Raffling off 3 Summit trophies! Christine Kang (Foundry/Oregon State Univ.) wins a trophy!
Hye-Min Shin (GIST) wins a trophy! With trophy winner Christine Kang! (Foundry/Oregon State Univ.). Kent and Chris Schafmeister (Temple Univ.). Josh Cardiel (UC San Francisco), Jae Hong Kim (Foundry, LBNL) and Mark Kline (Foundry, LBNL).
Ranjan Mannige (Foundry, LBNL), Ben Gorske (Bowdoin College) and Behzad Rad (Foundry, LBNL). with the Univ. of the Pacific crew (L to R): Zachary Buen, Ekram Hossain, Prof. Jianhua Ren and Michael Connolly (Foundry, LBNL). Anne Rath Nielsen (Univ. Copenhagen), Harry Bergman (Columbia Univ.) and Dillon Flood (Foundry, LBNL). Technion crew: Maria Baskin & Galia Maayan.
with the Roskilde Univ. crew: Biljana Mojsoska and Håvard Jennsen. Winner of the 5th Peptoid Summit T-shirt: Zack Pieters (X-Therma, Inc.).  DSC0293 Frisbee time!
IMG 2945 Biljana showing off a 9th peptoid Summit frisbee! IMG 2949 IMG 2952
IMG 2954 BBQ master Jason Sweet (Foundy staff) grilling up some burgers! IMG 2957 IMG 2958
IMG 2959 with Biljana Mojsoska (Roskilde Univ.) With Anna Yang (Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign). with Jeremiah Johnson (MIT).
with Matt Naylor (UC Santa Cruz). Nothing but smiles from Ninth Peptoid Summit organizers Kent Kirshenbaum (New York Univ.) and Ron Zuckermann (Foundry, LBNL). Kent, Annelize Barron and Ron. with Dillon Flood (Foundry, LBNL), Zack Pieters (X-Therma), Doug Greer (Foundry, LBNL) and Niklas Ganglaff ( Univ. Würzburg).
See you at the 10th Peptoid Summit!  DSC0289