Protein Sciences in Drug Discovery 2026
10 November 2026
GSK Stevenage, Stevenage, United Kingdom
ELRIG's Protein Sciences in Drug Discovery 2026 is a free-to-attend, two-day meeting hosted in partnership with The Protein Society at GSK Stevenage. It focuses on the application of emerging areas of protein science to modern drug discovery, with an emphasis on how AI and underlying data are driving the field. The programme covers AI and machine learning for predictive protein design and in silico workflows, protein and antibody quality control, approaches for challenging targets such as membrane proteins and protein complexes, and novel therapeutic protein formats including antibody drug conjugates. The event brings together scientists from academia, pharma, biotech and CROs, and includes an exhibition and a poster programme with an Early Career Professional poster award.
36 sessions · 24 speakers
Organiser (1)
Host (1)
Sponsors (6)
Abselion · ACROBiosystems · Evotec SE · WuXi AppTec · NUVISAN ICB GmbH · Novilytic
Exhibitors (12)
Hamilton · WuXi Biologics · Abselion · ACROBiosystems · Evotec SE · Biognosys AG · WuXi AppTec · Proteintech Europe · Biotage Sweden Ab · Cytiva · Viva Biotech · Novilytic
Speakers (24)
- Nicola Burgess-Brown Professorial Research Fellow, Protein Sciences, SGC-UCL
- Pietro Sormanni Associate Professor & Royal Society University Research Fellow, Imperial College London
- Andy Doré Head Of Structural Biology, Isomorphic Labs
- Carol Robinson Director, Kavli Institute For Nanoscience Discovery, University Of Oxford
- Paula Booth Professor, King's College, London
- Kim Remans Head of Protein Expression & Purification Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
- Heather Pinkett The Protein Society / Northwestern University
- Laura Itzhaki Professor Of Structural Pharmacology, University Of Cambridge
- Lovisa Holmberg Schiavone Director, Astrazeneca
- Sanj Kumar ELRIG
- Theresia Schaedler Associate Principal Scientist, Astrazeneca
- Aga Fatalska Senior Scientist, Astrazeneca
- Bonnie Russell Postdoctoral Fellow, University Of South Africa
- Charlie Scarff Associate Professor In Structural Biology, University Of Leeds
- David Sauer Principle Investigator, University Of Oxford
- Diego Oyarzún Head Of Ml Engineering, Ellison Institute Of Technology Oxford
- Eric Geertsma Technology Development Group Leader, Mpi-cbg
- Lukas Jasaitis Senior Scientist Ii, Maxion Therapeutics
- Mark Howarth Professor, University Of Cambridge
- Matteo Cagiada Postdoctoral Fellow, University Of Oxford / University Of Copenhagen
- Olabimpe Olayinka Phd Candidate, University Of Cambridge
- Raluca Cadar The Protein Society
- Riccardo Scarin Postdoc, Cicbiomagune
- Svend Kjaer Head Of Structural Biology Science Technology Platform, Francis Crick Institute
Agenda
- Site Welcome 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- ELRIG Welcome - Sanj Kumar 10 November 2026
- Protein Society Welcome - Heather Pinkett 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Conference Welcome & Keynote Introduction 10 November 2026
- Keynote presentation - Drug Discovery – Cell surface receptors and transporters; Insights from Native MS - Carol Robinson 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Track Chair - AI and ML in protein sciences - Nicola Burgess Brown 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- The SGC and Target2035: Generating Proteins and Ligands to Enable Machine Learning - Nicola Burgess-Brown 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- ECP flash poster presentation - De Novo Design of pH-Selective Miniproteins targeting VISTA for CancerImmunotherapy - Riccardo Scarin 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Shape vs size: sequence-to-function modelling in the small-data regime- Diego Oyarzún 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Technology Spotlight - Agilent 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Technology Spotlight - Abselion 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Towards improved predictions of protein dynamics: from side-chain motions to loop flexibility using generative models - Matteo Cagiada 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Track Chair - Challenging targets and complexes - Rick Davies 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Bespoke structural MS for challenging drug targets: Fast HDX-MS and beyond - Aga Fatalska 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Technology Spotlight - Inoviv 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- ECP flash poster presentation - Biophysical characterisation of a functional p53-binding domain of RBBP6 for anticancer drug discovery. - Bonnie Russell 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Industry Insider - Fida Biosciences - FIDA: Utilising structural biophysics to solve the challenges of complex targets - Joanne Walters 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Capturing and Modulating Myosin in Motion - Charlie Scarff 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Producing Human Membrane Proteins in High-Throughput and Large-Scale - David Sauer 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Conference Partner - WuXi App Tec - WuXi Biology Crystallographic Fragment Screening Platform - Robert Byrne 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Keynote presentation - Engineering the Future of Drug Discovery: Isomorphic Labs' AI-First Approach - Andy Doré 10 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Conference Director Welcome, Poster prize award and Keynote introduction 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Keynote presentation - Membrane protein tool-kit: co-translational folding in native lipid environments - Paula Booth 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Industry Insider - Abselion - Quantification of his-tagged soluble and membrane proteins with Amperia - Amberley Stephens, AstraZeneca 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Technology Spotlgiht - Cell Signaling Technology 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Track Chair - Developability and quality control for antibodies and alternative biologics 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Antibody discovery and engineering by computational design - Pietro Sormanni 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- ECP - Flash poster presentation - Rational Identification and In Vitro Validation of Novel Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) Penetrant PARP1 Inhibitors - Olabimpe Olayinka 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Click Biology superglues to assess and combine biologics and illuminate protein flexibility - Mark Howarth 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Technology Spotilght - Acrobiosystems 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Introduction to the KnotBody platform - Lukas Jasaitis 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Track chair - Non-standard binding proteins: tackling the production challenges - Kim Remans 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Stabilizing Solute Carrier States Using Binders from Immune and Synthetic Libraries- Eric Geertsma 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- ECP flash poster presentation - Low-cost, High-throughput Binder Discovery with Synthetic Biocondensates - Shan Jiang 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Protein binders at cross-roads - is the future AI only ? - Svend Kjaer 11 November 2026 · Auditorium
- Tool binder discovery strategies for challenging membrane proteins - Paul White 11 November 2026 · Auditorium