Table of Contents

The 1999 Merrifield Award/Rao Makineni Lecture.- Young Investigators’ MiniSymposium (dedicated to the memory of Bruce W. Erickson).- Synthetic Methodologies (including Large-Scale Synthesis).- Solid-phase Organic Synthesis and Combinatorial Methods.- Peptide and Peptidomimetic Therapeutics and Delivery.- Design and Folding.- Non-Globular Proteins: Folding and Function.- Transmembrane Peptides and Proteins.- Analytical and Biophysical Methods.- Enzymes and Enzyme Inhibitors.- Targeted Protein and Peptide Engineering.- Receptors and Receptor Interactions.- Signal Transduction (including G-Protein-Coupled Transmembrane Receptors).- Peptide Applications for Biological Systems.- Immunological Roles for Peptides (including Vaccine Development).- Molecular Mechanisms of Amyloid-based Diseases.- Membrane-active Peptide Neurotoxins and Antibiotics.- Peptide Conjugates (including Glycopeptides and Lipopeptides).- Perspectives for the New Millennium.