Table of Contents
Part 1: An Introduction to Peptides1. 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
Authors
Sotirios Koutsopoulos Pfizer Global Research and Development - Cambridge Molecular Pharmaceutics / Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cambridge MA, USA.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
