Sotirios Koutsopoulos, Ph.D. is a Senior Principal Scientist at Pfizer. He has held senior level positions in industry (Pfizer, i2o Tx, etc.), academia (MIT, UPenn, etc.), and as an advisor for biotech and consulting firms. He has authored more than 60 research papers, reviews, editorials, book chapters, and patents. He is on the Editorial Board of Cells, PLoS ONE, and Current Proteomics. Dr. Koutsopoulos has worked for more than 20 years on designer peptides with diverse applications in tissue engineering, tissue regeneration, drug delivery, biotechnology (for the stabilization of membrane proteins), bioengineering (for the development of nanoelectronic devices), and immunomodulatory peptides, and more recently, on the formulation and delivery of a variety of pharmaceutical compounds including peptides.His background in chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, and biology and his expertise in the design and formulation of novel peptide sequences provide him with a broad overview of peptide research and allow him to identify scientific avenues which will shape the future of health sciences

• Part 1: An Introduction to Peptides 1. Structure, Chemistry, and Properties of Peptides 2. Synthesis of Naturally Existing and Rationally Designed Peptides Part 2: Peptide Applications in Biomedicine and Medical Technology 3. Biologically Active Peptides 4. Antimicrobial Peptides 5. Peptides for Biopharmaceutical Applications 6. Peptide Nutraceuticals 7. Peptides in Immunoengineering 8. Peptide-Based Vaccines 9. Cell-Penetrating Peptides 10. Tumor-Penetrating Peptides 11. Antigenic Peptides 12. Peptides as Therapeutics 13. Self-Assembling Peptides in Biomedical Engineering 14. Applications of Ultra-Short Self-Assembling Peptides 15. Peptides in Regenerative Medicine Applications 16. Peptide-Based Systems for Drug Delivery 17. Peptides in Medical Technology and Imaging Part 3: Peptide Applications in Biotechnology and Bioengineering 18. Peptide Surfactants in Membrane Protein Purification and Stabilization 19. Peptide Phage Display Libraries 20. Catalysis by Peptides Part 4: Peptide Applications in Nanotechnology 21. Peptide Biomimicry in Nanotechnology 22. Peptides for the Construction of Nanostructured Materials 23. Peptide-Based Nanowires for Nanoelectronics 24. Peptide Nanosensors Part 5: Peptide Applications in Biotechnology and Bioengineering 25. AI/ML-Assisted Peptide Design 26. AI to Discover Novel, Therapeutic and Commercial Food-Derived Peptides

Sotirios Koutsopoulos, Ph.D. is a Senior Principal Scientist at Pfizer. He has held senior level positions in industry (Pfizer, i2o Tx, etc.), academia (MIT, UPenn, etc.), and as an advisor for biotech and consulting firms. He has authored more than 60 research papers, reviews, editorials, book chapters, and patents. He is on the Editorial Board of Cells, PLoS ONE, and Current Proteomics. Dr. Koutsopoulos has worked for more than 20 years on designer peptides with diverse applications in tissue engineering, tissue regeneration, drug delivery, biotechnology (for the stabilization of membrane proteins), bioengineering (for the development of nanoelectronic devices), and immunomodulatory peptides, and more recently, on the formulation and delivery of a variety of pharmaceutical compounds including peptides.His background in chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, and biology and his expertise in the design and formulation of novel peptide sequences provide him with a broad overview of peptide research and allow him to identify scientific avenues which will shape the future of health sciences

• Part 1: An Introduction to Peptides 1. Structure, Chemistry, and Properties of Peptides 2. Synthesis of Naturally Existing and Rationally Designed Peptides Part 2: Peptide Applications in Biomedicine and Medical Technology 3. Biologically Active Peptides 4. Antimicrobial Peptides 5. Peptides for Biopharmaceutical Applications 6. Peptide Nutraceuticals 7. Peptides in Immunoengineering 8. Peptide-Based Vaccines 9. Cell-Penetrating Peptides 10. Tumor-Penetrating Peptides 11. Antigenic Peptides 12. Peptides as Therapeutics 13. Self-Assembling Peptides in Biomedical Engineering 14. Applications of Ultra-Short Self-Assembling Peptides 15. Peptides in Regenerative Medicine Applications 16. Peptide-Based Systems for Drug Delivery 17. Peptides in Medical Technology and Imaging Part 3: Peptide Applications in Biotechnology and Bioengineering 18. Peptide Surfactants in Membrane Protein Purification and Stabilization 19. Peptide Phage Display Libraries 20. Catalysis by Peptides Part 4: Peptide Applications in Nanotechnology 21. Peptide Biomimicry in Nanotechnology 22. Peptides for the Construction of Nanostructured Materials 23. Peptide-Based Nanowires for Nanoelectronics 24. Peptide Nanosensors Part 5: Peptide Applications in Biotechnology and Bioengineering 25. AI/ML-Assisted Peptide Design 26. AI to Discover Novel, Therapeutic and Commercial Food-Derived Peptides