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PROGRAM
Additional 5 minute talks will be selected from the submitted abstracts.
| Wednesday, November 12 |
| 9:00 am – 1:00 pm |
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM: FACING THE CHALLENGES OF EXPRESSION, CHARACTERIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF GLYCOPROTEINS
Organized by Qun Zhou, Genzyme Corp, Cambridge, MA and Samnang Tep, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, MA
$40 registration |
8:30 am – 5:30 pm
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SATELLITE MEETING: GLYCANS IN CELL COMMUNICATION
Annual meeting of the Consortium for Functional Glycomics Participating Investigators Attendance is open to all interested scientists and is free of charge.
Please notify Anna Crie (annacrie@scripps.edu) before October 10 |
| 7:00 – 7:10 pm |
CONFERENCE OPENING
Opening Remarks: Mark Lehrman, President, Society for Glycobiology |
| 7:10 – 9:00 pm |
SESSION I: GLYCOBIOLOGY OF DISEASE/KORNFELD AWARD
Chair, Mark Lehrman , UT-Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Protein-Losing Enteropathy , Hudson Freeze, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA
Protein O-Mannosylation and its Pathological Role , Tamao Endo, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan
Laminin Receptor Glycans Attached to alpha-Dystroglycan Function as Tumor Suppressors , Minoru Fukuda, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA
WELCOME RECEPTION
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Thursday, November 13
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| 8:30 – 10:00 am |
SESSION II: EXPLORING THE GLYCOME
Chair, Monica Palcic, The Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark
Towards Sytems Glycobiology: Glycomic and Glycoproteomic Strategies , AnneDell, Imperial College, London, UK
Role of "Glycan Cycle" and Disease Glycomics , Naoyuki Taniguchi, Osaka University/RIKEN, Japan
Analyzing the Dynamic Glycome , Lara Mahal, University of Texas at Austin |
| 10:30 am – 12:20 pm |
SESSION III: STEM CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL GLYCOBIOLOGY
Chair, Minoru Fukuda, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA
Glycome Analysis during Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells , Kelley Moremen, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Glycobiology of Neural Stem Cells--Functional Aspects , Robert Yu, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
The Role of O-Glycosylation in Cell Adhesion during Development , Kelly Ten Hagen, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Heparan Sulfate in Branching Morphogenesis , Xin Zhang, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN |
| 2:00 – 4:00 pm |
POSTERS and EXHIBITS |
4:00 – 5:50 pm |
SESSION IV: GLYCOBIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chair, Naoyuki Taniguchi, Osaka University/RIKEN, Japan
Function of Sialyltransferase in drosophila CNS , Vlad Panin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
The Dynamics of polySia Expression in the Developing Mouse Brain , Rita Gerardy-Schahn, Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
Polysialic Acid in the Plasticity of the Developing and Adult Vertebrate Nervous System , Urs Rutishauser, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY
Lectin-glycan Binding Regulates Myelin-axon Interactions , Ronald Schnaar, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD |
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Friday, November 14
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| 8:30 – 10:00 am |
SESSION V: SYNTHESIS AND INTERACTIONS OF GLYCANS
Chair, Robert Yu, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
Molecular and Genetic Regulation of Mucin-type O-Glycan Biosynthesis and Relationship to Human Diseases , Richard Cummings, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Structure, Function and Directed Evolution of Blood Group Glycosyltransferases , Monica Palcic, The Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark
Novel Glycan-binding Receptors Identified by Genomic Analysis , Kurt Drickamer, Imperial College, London, UK |
| 10:30 am – 12:20 pm |
SESSION VI: GLYCOBIOLOGY OF SIGNALING
Chair, Ronald Schnaar, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
The Complexities of Fucosylation in drosophila, Michael Tiemeyer, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Removal of Sialic Acid by Klotho Causes Cell-surface Retention of Ion Channels via Binding to Galectin-1 , Chou-Long Huang, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
O-fucose and O-glucose: Essential Modifications for Notch Function , Robert Haltiwanger, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Genetic and Metabolic Regulation of N-glycan GlcNAc Branching and Autoimmunity , Michael Demetriou, University of California at Irvine |
| 2:00 – 4:00 pm |
POSTERS and EXHIBITS |
| 4:00 – 4:30 pm |
BUSINESS MEETING |
| 4:45 – 5:45 pm |
KARL MEYER LECTURE |
| 7:00 – 9:30 pm |
BANQUET. Nominal fee. Extra tickets for guests may be ordered. |
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Saturday, November 15
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| 8:30 – 10:00 am |
SESSION VII: GLYCOBIOLOGY OF THE SECRETORY PATHWAY
Chair, Robert Haltiwanger, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Glycoprotein Biosynthetic Quality Control , Richard Sifers, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
The Cytoplasmic PNGase-dependent ERAD Pathway in saccharomyces cerevisiae, Tadashi Suzuki, RIKEN Institute, Osaka, Japan
The role of the GlcCer Transfer Protein FAPP2 at the Golgi Complex , Antonella De Matteis, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Santa Maria Imbaro (Chieti)
Italy |
| 10:30 am – 12:20 pm |
SESSION VIII: GLYCOENGINEERING
Chair, Tamara Doering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
"Steering" Regenerative Therapeutics by Ex Vivo Glycan Engineering of HCELL Expression, Robert Sackstein, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Characterization of a Bi-functional Enzyme of Leishmania major Involved in Activation of GDP-D-Arabinopyranose, Sam Turco, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Characterizing and Harnessing Glycosaminoglycan Synthases: Cool & Handy Catalysts for Designer Hyaluronan, Chondroitin, and Heparan Polymers, Paul DeAngelis, Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Capturing Glycoprotein Interactions with Photoactivatable Crosslinking Sugars, Jennifer Kohler, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas |
| 2:00 – 4:00 pm |
POSTERS and EXHIBITS |
| 4:00 – 5:40 pm |
SESSION IX: GLYCOBIOLOGY OF PATHOGEN RECOGNITION
Chair, Richard Cummings, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Lectin-mediated Defense of the Gut Epithelial Surface, Lora Hooper, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
T Cell Recognition of Glycolipids Bound to CD1 Proteins, D. Branch Moody, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
An Adaptive Role of the Ashwell Receptor in Mitigating the Lethal Coagulopathy of Sepsis, Jamey Marth, University of California at San Diego
Cryptococcus neoformans: A Eukaryotic Pathogen with a Polysaccharide Capsule, Tamara Doering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Closing Remarks, Mark Lehrman |
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