Program and Schedule

James Bangs, University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Geert-Jan Boons, University of Georgia Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Al Burlingame, University of California, San Francisco

Brian Cobb, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Paul DeAngelis, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Beat Ernst, University of Basel

Mario Feldman, University of Alberta

Hudson Freeze, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

Neil Gow, University of Aberdeen

Robert Haltiwanger, Stony Brook University (SUNY)

Gunnar Hansson, University of Gothenberg

Stuart Haslam, Imperial College London

Karin Hoffmeister, Brigham and Women's Hospital (Harvard)

Hazel Holden, University of Wisconsin

Hamad Jafar-Nejad, Baylor College of Medicine

Randal Kaufman, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

Jennifer Kohler, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr.

Stuart Kornfeld, Washington University

Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Jamey Marth, University of California at Santa Barbara

Markus Pauly, University of California, Berkeley

Thomas Peters, University of Luebeck

Alan Rapraeger, University of Wisconsin

Tadashi Suzuki, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute (Saitama)

Yvette Van Kooyk, VU University Medical Center (Amsterdam)

David Vocadlo, Simon Fraser University

Jochen Zimmer, University of Virginia

Organizers: Richard Steet, Heather Flanagan-Steet, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia

Registration: $50

Open to Graduate Students and Post-Docs (0-5 Years experience) in GlycoScience

In an effort to bring young scientists together to discuss their current research, build informal networks with their peers and gain career mentorship, the Society for Glycobiology will host a 1-day pre-conference on Sunday Nov 17th as part of this year's annual conference in St. Petersburg.  This pre-conference, organized and supported by a faculty of eight leading scientists from the Society, will be centered around scientific talks and poster presentations chosen from conference abstracts submitted by graduate students and post-docs.  In addition, prospective talks will be given by glycoscientists working in diverse areas of clinical and basic research to provide a platform for discussing the many career paths and opportunities available to emerging Ph.D. scientists. Participation will be limited to 50 scientists so don't delay in submitting your abstract and getting registered!

9:00 am: Breakfast

9:30 am: Introduction

9:45 – 11:45 am: Student and Post-Doc platform talks

11:45 am - 1:00 pm: Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 pm: Career Prospectives

1:30 – 2:30 pm: Student and Postdoc platform talks

2:30 - 4:30 pm: Poster Session

4:30 – 5:00 pm: Career Prospectives

Concluding Remarks

Organizers: Wesley Wang, Amgen; John Briggs, Genentech; Sam Tep, Biogenidec

Registration: $50