News & Events

28 early-career researchers recently attended the International Symposium on Foldamers with support from the FoldNetUK Early Career Researcher (ECR) Travel Bursary Scheme. Here, we speak to three of these bursary recipients – Nikhil Baypayee, Federica Balduzzi, and Kushal Samanta – about their experiences.  

Following the first FoldNetUK funding round, the FoldNetUK International Advisory Board approved two successful bids for Pilot Research Projects.

Professor André Cobb has been asked to edit a Methods in Enzymology volume on Foldamers. It is particularly well-suited (and encouraged) to have contributions from PhD students, postdocs, or technicians as the protocol need not be original and will also count on their CV as a publication. 

FoldNetUK is excited to announce the first instalment of its Themed Online Seminar series. These will take place twice a year, with one established speaker from two themes, and two early career speakers from the third. The focus of these will rotate. 

We are inviting applications from outstanding final-year undergraduate and master’s students interested in pursuing a PhD on an exciting foldamer project as part of the King’s College London MRC Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC-DTP). Student applications can be submitted here. 

The 9th International Symposium on Foldamers officially came to a close on 3 September 2025 after three days of engaging talks, poster presentations, a banquet, a WISC Breakout Session, and networking opportunities that brought together over 110 participants from around the world.

NOW CLOSED: Applications are open for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Organic Chemistry in the Knipe Group at Queen's University Belfast.

NOW CLOSED: Applications are open for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Synthetic Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at King’s College London.

The 14th Austrian Peptide Symposium will be held in Van-Swieten conference hall, Van Swieten-Gasse 1a, 1090 Vienna and will feature Professor André Cobb as a speaker.

The 9th International Symposium on Foldamers is being held in the Great Hall at King’s College London between the 1st and 3rd of September 2025.

Applications for the opportunities that FoldNetUK provides are now open to applications.