6th Protein Engineering Canada (PEC) Conference
We welcome you to the 6th Protein Engineering Canada (PEC) conference, to be held at the University of Ottawa on June 22-24, 2026.
Organizers: Adam Damry & Roberto Chica (University of Ottawa)
Registration and abstract submission now open!
Last call for oral presentation submission - April 6th, 2026
Last call for poster submission - June 12th, 2026
Opening Mixer - June 21st, 2026
Invited Speakers
William DeGrado - University of California, San FranciscoDe novo design of proteins and peptides to understand and engineer molecular function
Joanna Slusky - University of KansasComputational and experimental design of membrane proteins
Nick Polizzi - Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteMachine leaning-guided design of enzymes for therapeutic and catalytic applications
Joelle Pelletier - Université de MontréalEnzyme structure-function relationships and engineering
Tim Whitehead - University of Colorado, BoulderHigh-throughput design of proteins for biomedicine and materials
Jamie Davey - Dalhousie UniversityMethodologies for modeling and predicting allostery and biomolecular interactions
Anastassia Vorobieva - Vlaams Instituut voor BiotechnologieComputational design of selective nanopores and gated channels
Stephan Hammer - Universität BielefeldDirected evolution and design of enzymes for industrial biocatalysis
Ai Niitsu - Riken Center for Integrated Medical SciencesDesign of peptides and proteins with controllable conformational dynamics
Nicolas Doucet - Institut national de la recherche scientifiqueMechanistic and evolutionary insights into enzyme function and dynamics
Lucy Colwell - University of CambridgeData-driven modeling of protein sequence-function relationships
Possu Huang - Stanford UniversityDe novo design platforms for self-assembling arrays, biosensors, and enzymes
Paola Laurino - Okinawa Institute of Science and TechnologyEvolution of cofactors, substrates and their binding proteins to manipulate protein function
Corrie daCosta - University of OttawaAncestral sequence reconstruction of ligand-gated ion channels
Location
Social Sciences (FSS) Building, University of Ottawa
120 University Private
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1N 6N5
Dates
Submission period:
November 1, 2025 - 9:00 AM EDT - June 12, 2026 - 11:59 PM EDT
Contact us
If you have any questions, please contact ProteinEngCan2026@gmail.com
