Glycobiology at the Crossroads:
From Molecular Code to Precision Medicine

(Tentative Program-subject to change)

Sunday, November 8 (Day 1)
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
Registration Open
8:30 am – 11:30 am
Workshop: Mass Spectrometry for Glycomics (extra fee required)
9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Board Meeting
12:00 pm – 5:45 pm
GLYCOPALOOZA: Trainee & New PI Mixer (extra fee required)
6:00 pm
OPENING SESSION

  • Awardee Lecture: Karl Meyer
  • Awardee Lecture: Rosalind Kornfeld
7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Welcome & Networking Reception
8:00 - 9:00 pm
Fireside Discussion: Pascal Gasgneux, University of California San Diego
Theme: Quo Vadis?
Monday, November 9 (Day 2)
6:30 am – 7:30 am
Glyco Wellness Class
Technologies, Systems Glycobiology and Neuroscience
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:20 am
SESSION 1 - Capturing the Glycome: From Structure to Function
Chair: Daniel Korarich, Griffith University, Australia
  • Daniel Korarich, Griffith University, Australia
  • Qi Zhang, Emory University
  • Poster Talk
  • Poster Talk
9:20 am – 10:30 am
SESSION 2: How Carbohydrate Synthesis Informs Glycan Structural Models
Chair: Deborah Mohnen, University of Georgia
  • Debra Mohnen, University of Georgia
  • Clifford Okoye, University of Georgia
  • Poster Talk
  • Jochen Zimmer, University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • Poster Talk
10:30 am – 10:50 am
Beverage Break
10:50 am – 12:00 pm
SESSION 3: Emerging Voices in Glycobiology: New Tools, Developmental Biology, and Therapeutic Frontiers
Chair: Ramon Sun, University of Florida
  • Sizun Jiang, Beth Israel Deaconess / Harvard Medical School
  • Kim Alonge, University of Washington
  • Poster talk 
  • Sean Bendall, Stanford University
  • Poster talk 
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
LUNCH ROUNDTABLES
1:30 pm – 2:40 pm
SESSION 4: Glycobioinformatics & Systems Glycobiology 
Chair: Morihisa Fujita, Gifu University
  • Morihisa Fujita, Gifu University
  • Poster talk
  • Yoshiki Narimatsu, University of Copenhagen
  • Poster talk
  • Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita, Soka University
2:40 pm – 3:50 pm
SESSION 5: Neuroglycobiology: Brain Glycans in Development and Disease
Chair: Robbie Mealer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Robbie Mealer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Poster talk
  • Boyoung Lee, Institute for Basic Science of Korea
  • Poster talk
  • Sophia Shi, The Rowland Institute at Harvard
3:50 pm – 4:00 pm
Beverage Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
POSTER SESSION I: Theme: Mechanisms & Technology
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Awardee Lecture: President’s Innovator 
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Fireside Discussion: Pascal Gasgneux, University of California San Diego
Theme: Quo Vadis?
7:00 pm 
Dinner on Your Own
Tuesday, November 10 (Day 3)
6:30 am – 7:30 am
Glyco Wellness Class
Glycans in Development, Evolution, and Precision Medicine
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration
7:30 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am – 9:40 am
SESSION 6: Glycans in Evolution and Reproduction: Can Life Evolve Without Sugar Codes
Chair: Pascal Gagneux, University of California San Diego
  • Pascal Gagneux, University of California San Diego
  • Poster talk
  • Anne Harduin-Lepers, Université de Lille, France
  • Poster talk
  • Peter Pajic, Yale University
9:40 am – 10:50 am
SESSION 7: From Glycocode to Precision Oncology
Chair: Hans Wandall, University of Copenhagen/Denmark
  • Hans Wandall, University of Copenhagen/Denmark
    Celso Reis, University of Porto / Portugal
  • Robert Manguso, Broad Institute
  • Poster talk
  • Vered Padler-Karavani, Broad Institute
  • Poster talk
10:50 am – 11:20 am
Beverage Break
11:20 am – 12:30 pm
SESSION 8: Glycans in Blood Cell Function
Chair: Heyu Ni, University of Toronto/Canada
  • Heyu Ni, University of Toronto/Canada
  • Dianne van Der Wal, University of Sydney
  • Poster Talk
  • Alejandro Roisman, Versiti Translational Glycomics Center
  • Poster Talk
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
LUNCH SESSION
1:30 am – 2:40 pm
SESSION 9: Mechanobiology of Glycans: Molecular Mechanics to Cell Function
Chair: Jennifer Curtis, Georgia Tech
  • Khalid Salaita, Emory University
  • Poster talk
  • Ralph Richer, University of Leeds/United Kingdom
  • Poster talk
  • Jennifer Curtis, Georgia Tech
2:40 pm – 3:50 pm
SESSION 10: Antibody Glycosylation: How Sugars Control the Immune System
Chair: Eric Sundberg, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Jeffrey Ravetch, Rockefeller University
  • Taia Wang, Stanford University
  • Poster talk
  • Diego Sastre, Emory University
  • Poster Talk
3:50 pm – 4:20 pm
Beverage Break
4:20 pm – 5:30 pm
SESSION 11: Microbe-Host Interactions via Glycans
Chair: Sean Stowell, Harvard Medical School
  • Connie Arthur, Harvard Medical School
  • Poster talk
  • Fu-Tong Liu, USC
  • Richard Cummings, Harvard/Beth Israel
  • Poster talk
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Glycopalooza continues: Special Trainee Platform Talks with Q&A
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
POSTER SESSION II - Theme: Translational & Clinical
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Banquet Dinner (additional fee required)
Wednesday, November 11 (Day 4)
6:30 am – 7:15 am
Glyco Wellness Class
Reading the Glycome: New Frontiers in Biosynthesis and Reproductions
7:30 am – 12:30 pm
Registration
7:15 am – 8:15 am
Breakfast
8:15 am – 9:25 am
SESSION 12: Unexpected events in glycoconjugate biosynthesis
Chair: Jennifer Kohler, Utah Southwestern Medical Center
  • Yazuhiko Kizuka, Gifu University/Japan
  • Manxiao Ma, Stanford University
  • Poster talk
  • Daniel Bojar, Gothenburg University/Sweden
  • Poster talk
9:25 am – 10:35 am
SESSION 13: Glycobiology in Women's Health: The Sugar Code of Reproductions
Chair: Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Aubrey Converse, Northwestern University
  • Poster talk
  • Virginia Tajadura-Ortega, Imperial College London
  • Poster talk
10:35 am – 11:00 am
Beverage Break
11:00 am – 11:45 am
Trainee/Poster Awards
11:45 pm – 12:30 pm
Business Meeting & Closing