Molecular Assembly & Transport of Peptide/Protein Therapeutics
- Date
- 12 February 2026, 10:00–15:00
- Location
- Uppsala BMC, Lecture Hall C4:305 and online via Zoom (link will be received at registration)
- Type
- Seminar
- Lecturer
- Jesper Østergaard (University of Copenhagen) • Sara Mangsbo (Uppsala University) • David Juriga (Uppsala University/Stockholm University) • Niklas Lorén (RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden) • Marie Wahlgren (Lund University) • Helén Sjögren (Pharmaceuticals A/S)
- Web page
- https://www.uu.se/en/department/medicinal-chemistry/research/research-areas/pharmaceutical-physical-chemistry
- Organiser
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry (Research Group Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry)
- Contact person
- Per Hansson
Welcome to the symposium Molecular Assembly and Transport of Peptide and Protein Therapeutics where representatives from Scandinavian academia and industry report on progress and challenges in current research. The symposium is organized by Uppsala University's research group in Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry.
Program
10:00-12:00 Session I
In vitro release studies for peptides using a size-exclusion chromatography matrix
Jesper Østergaard, Pharmaceutical Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy, University of Copenhagen
Learnings around multispecific antibody design and affinity conjugation to enable targeted drug delivery of peptide and oligonucleotide-based drugs
Sara Mangsbo, Professor of Protein and Antibody Drugs
Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University
Roles of Interstitial Human Serum Albumin in the Subcutaneous Delivery of Therapeutic Peptides
David Juriga, Researcher
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala University
Department of Chemistry, Stockholm University
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-15:00 Session II
Structure evolution of phase separated EC/HPC films for controlled drug release
Niklas Lorén, Product Design unit
RISE Food Science
Interactions between proteins and excipients for Protein Therapeutics
Marie Wahlgren, Department of Process and Life Science Engineering, Lund University
Challenges in Development of Biotherapeutics for Delivery with Injection Pen
Helén Sjögren, Senior Principal Scientist
Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S
The event is organised in connection with two PhD thesis defenses within the Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry research group at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry, and the SweDeliver Parenteral Drug Delivery work package:
Ellen Brunzell: Self-assembly of therapeutic peptides
11 February, 09.00, A1:111a, BMC
Julia Parlow: Diffusion of model drugs in extracellular matrix mimetic hydrogels – towards an in vitro model for subcutaneous injection
13 February, 09.15, B41, BMC