Confirmed speakers

Jennifer Abelin
Jenn Abelin
BROAD institute and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
Pavel Baranov
Pavel Baranov
The EMBO Keynote Lecture
University College Cork, Ireland
Eric Deutsch
Eric Deutsch
Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, USA
Lennart Martens
Lennart Martens
Ghent University & VIB, Belgium
Eivind Valen
Eivind Valen
University of Oslo, Norway
Wu Wei
Wu Wei
Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR, Singapore
Zhe Xie
Zhi Xie
Sun Yat-sen University, China
Michal Bassani-Sternberg
Michal Bassani-Sternberg
Joint session speaker ncPP-HUPO HIPP
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research / UNIL-CHUV, Lausanne, EU
Yardena Samuels
Yardena Samuels
Joint session speaker ncPP-HUPO HIPP
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Organizers

Sonia Chothani
Sonia Chothani
Genome Institute of Singapore, A*STAR, Singapore
Marie Brunet
Marie Brunet
Sherbrooke University, Canada

Tentative Program

Please note that the program is tentative and subject to change. Exact timings and talk titles will be updated in due time.

Thursday, 24.09.2026 – 1:00 pm to 1:30 pm

  • Registration

Thursday, 24.09.2026 – 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm

S01: Foundation of RNA Translation & Ribo-seq

  • Lecture by Pavel Baranov, Foundations of RNA Translation and the Expanding Coding Landscape
  • Lecture by Eivind Valen, Ribo-Seq at Scale, Predicting Micropeptides from a Trillion Reads
  • Coffee Break

Thursday, 24.09.2026 – 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

S02: Experimental Workflows and Pre-processing

  • Lecture by Zhi Xie, Translation databases and quality control
  • Hands-on Demo by Sonia Chothani, Pre-processing, ORF Detection and differential translation analysis
  • Networking & Singapore sightseeing / group activity

Friday, 25.09.2026 – 9:00 am to 10:30 am

S03: Applications and Other Ribosome-associated Technologies

  • Lecture, Speaker/Title TBD
  • Sponsor Talk by Massimiliano Clamer, Immagina Biotech, Technology Solutions for Translation Profiling and Ribosome-associated Workflows
  • Flash Talks and Practical Session, Application-catered ORF Selection
  • Coffee Break

Friday, 25.09.2026 – 11:00 am to 11:45 am

S04: Foundations and outlook of proteomics and immunopeptidomics

  • Lecture by Lennart Martens, Focus, but broadly: AI's role in the high dynamic range immunopeptidome
  • Lunch

Friday, 25.09.2026 – 1 pm to 3 pm

S04: Proteomic Workflows for Non-canonical Protein Identification

  • Lecture by Eric Deutsch, High-quality Peptide Evidence for Annotating Non-canonical ORFs as Proteins
  • Lecture by Wu Wei, Immunopeptidomics: From Samples to Peptide Discovery
  • Coffee Break

Friday, 25.09.2026 – 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

S05: Spectral Validation for Confident Identification

  • Hands-on Demo by Marie Brunet, Targeted Proteomics for Rare Peptide Discovery and Quantitative Protein Dysregulation
  • Panel Discussion, What Evidence Is Enough for Confident ncPP Identification?
  • Speakers Dinner

Saturday, 26.09.2026 – 9:00 am to 12:00 noon

Combined Event with ncPP and HIPP

  • 09:00–09:30 Lecture by Jenn Abelin, Dark Proteome Discovery in Cancers Using Ribosome Profiling and Proteogenomics
  • 09:30–10:00 Lecture by Yardena Samuels, Challenges and Solutions in Effectively Targeting Neoantigens
  • 10:00–10:30 Coffee Break
  • 10:30–11:00 Lecture, Speaker/Title TBD
  • 11:00–11:30 Lecture by Michal Bassani-Sternberg, Multi-omic Discovery of Non-canonical Immunopeptidome Sources: Challenges and Emerging Opportunities
  • 11:30–12:00 Panel Discussion and Closing