The 36th European and the 12th International Peptide Symposium was held at Sitges (Barcelona), Spain and covered a broad range of topics related with the advances in peptide chemistry and structure, bioactive peptides and their therapeutic applications, and peptide biomaterials, nanotechnology and delivery. The NOVIRUSES2BRAIN team represented by Vera Neves, Christine Oliveira and Salomé Veiga presented their work during the Symposium.