Antibiotics Webinar | Structural Aspects of AMPs and Antimicrobials Ⅲ, 15 December 2025
A message from the Webinar Chair:
Dear colleagues,
It is a pleasure to welcome you to this webinar, part of a series of online presentations, entitled “Structural Aspects of AMPs and Antimicrobials Ⅲ”.
Antimicrobial peptides or AMPs are natural and/or synthetic peptides with inhibitory activities against micro-organisms, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
AMPs are very diverse in terms of sequence, mechanism of synthesis/maturation, and structures. The goal of this series of webinars on structural aspects of AMPs and antimicrobials is to present recent and important findings regarding the discovery and characterization of AMPs.
For today’s webinar, I am happy and honored to welcome Dr. Yanyan Li and Prof. Octavio Franco. Dr Li is a principal investigator and group leader in the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). She obtained her PhD in chemistry from the University of Cambridge, UK, and received postdoctoral training at the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN), France, and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Germany. Her main research interest is focused on the discovery, biosynthesis, and mechanism of action studies of bacterial antimicrobial peptides. Her presentation today will be about the “Mode of action of antibacterial ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides (RiPPs)”. Prof. Franco is a professor and coordinator of the Biotechnology Program at Universidade Católica Dom Bosco. He holds a PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Brasília and completed postdoctoral training at Embrapa and the University of Edinburgh. A CNPq Level 1A Researcher, he has published over 550 scientific papers in leading journals and holds nearly 40 patents, including the anti-aging product OS-1. He co-founded Peptidus, Lumis, and SO Biotech, focusing on biotechnology and health. He has supervised over 120 graduate students and is actively involved in science communication through lectures, media, and social media platforms. His presentation today will be about the “Generation of novel antibiotics from natural products by using digital platforms”.
I hope you will be able to join and enjoy the webinar.
Regards,
Dr. Marc Maresca
Date: 15 December 2025 at 2:00 pm CET | 8:00 am EST
Webinar ID: 812 1768 8919
Website: https://sciforum.net/event/Antibiotics-10?subscribe
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Program:
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Speaker |
Presentation Title |
Time in CET |
Time in EST |
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Dr. Marc Maresca |
Chair Introduction |
2:00–2:10 p.m. |
8:00–8:10 a.m. |
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Prof. Dr. Octávio Luiz Franco |
Generation of Novel Antibiotics From Natural Products by Using Digital Platforms |
2:10–2:50 p.m. |
8:10–8:50 a.m. |
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Q&A Session |
2:50–3:00 p.m. |
8:50–9:00 a.m. |
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Dr. Yanyan Li |
Mode of Action of Antibacterial Ribosomally Synthesized and Post-Translationally Modified Peptides (Ripps) |
3:00–3:40 p.m. |
9:00–9:40 a.m. |
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Q&A Session |
3:40–3:50 p.m. |
9:40–9:50 a.m. |
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Dr. Marc Maresca |
Closing of Webinar |
3:50–4:00 p.m. |
9:50–10:00 a.m. |
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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:
- Dr. Marc Maresca, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Med, France;
- Prof. Dr. Octávio Luiz Franco, 1 Center for Proteomics and Biochemical Analysis, Postgraduate Program in Genomic Sciences and Biotechnology, Catholic University of Brasília, Brazil;2 Postgraduate Program in Biotechnology, S-Inova Biotech, Dom Bosco Catholic University, Brazil;
- Dr. Yanyan Li, Laboratory Molecules of Communication and Adaptation of Microorganisms (MCAM), French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), National Museum of Natural History (MNHN), France.
Relevant Topical Collection:
“Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Structural Aspects of AMPs and Antimicrobials”
Collection Editors: J. Michael Conlon, Marc Maresca, Bong-Jin Lee and Aurélie Tasiemski