Peptidomics for Biomedical Therapies: From Molecule to Medicine
The congress will be held in a hybrid format (on-site and online), allowing both live attendance and the remote presentation of scientific communications.
IMBRAIN & ISBAP 2026 – Málaga (España) · April 16th-18th, 2026
THURSDAY, APRIL 16Th
08:30h
Registration (All day)
09:00 – 09:15h
Opening Ceremony & Welcome
Local Authorities & ISBAP SC
10:30 – 11:30h
Coffee Break and Poster Session P1
(Exhibition Hall)
11:30 – 13:00h
Symposium S1: Oral Communications
(6 x 15’)
13:00 – 14:00h
Networking Cocktail
14:00 – 16:00h
Symposium S2: Intranasal & Other Non-Invasive Peptide Delivery
Intranasal application of galanin peptides. Speaker: Prof. Barbara Kofler (University in Salzburg)
Selected Oral Communications (6 x 15’)
16:00 – 17:00h
Coffee Break and Poster Session P2
19:00h
Welcome Reception
FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH
09:00h – 10:30h
S3 Symposium: Neuroendocrine & Metabolic Peptides
Beyond Weight Loss: Multi-agonists and Oral GLP-1s Linking Metabolism to Organ Health (Liver, CV, CNS). Speaker: Timo Müller (Helmholtz Munich)
- Obesity–Hypogonadism Axis: Neuroendocrine Mechanisms to Therapeutic Opportunities. Speaker: Manuel Tena-Sempere (University of Córdoba)
Selected Oral Communications (2 x 15’)
10:30 – 11:30h
Coffee Break and Poster Session P3
(Exhibition Hall)
11:30 – 13:00h
Symposium S1: Oral Communications
(6 x 15’)
13:00 – 14:00h
Networking Cocktail
14:00 – 16:00h
S4 Symposium: Bioactive peptides as Biomarkers
VIP-Receptor axis as biomarker in Rheumatic Diseases. Speaker: Yasmina Juarranz (Complutense University of Madrid)
Peptide biomarkers in anorexia nervosa. Speaker: Serguei Fetissov (University of Rouen Normandy)
Selected Oral Communications (4 x 15’)
16:00 – 17:00h
Coffee Break and Poster Session P4
(Exhibition Hall)
19:00h – 18:00h
ISBAP General Assembly
20:00h
Gala Dinner
(La Pergola restaurant)
SATURDAY, 18Th APRIL
9:000h – 10:30h
S5 Symposium: Bioactive peptides in Health & Diseases: physiological functions and therapeutic perspectives
Speaker: Elena Gonzalez-Rey (Institute of Parasitology and Biomedicine Lopez-Neyra (IPBLN), CSIC)
- PACAP and Brain Tumors. Speaker: Agata Grazia D’Amido (University of Catania)
- Selected Oral Communications (2x 15’ each)
10:30 – 11:30h
Coffee Break and Poster Session P5
(Exhibition Hall)
11:30 – 13:00h
Symposium S2: Oral Communications
(6 x 15’)
13:00 – 14:00h
Networking Cocktail
14:00 – 14:30h
Viktor Mutt Award Lectureship
Dr. Annette G. Beck-Sickinger
14:30 – 15:00h
Closing Remarks & Awards Ceremony