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Glycobiology at the Crossroads: (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: Glyco in Biotechnology (extra fee required; continental breakfast included)
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Board Meeting
12:00 pm – 5:45 pm
GLYCOPALOOZA: Trainee & New PI Mixer (extra fee required, lunch included)
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
OPENING SESSION
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Awardee Lecture
Karl Meyer Awardee: Hudson Freeze, PhD, Sanford Children's Health Research Center 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Awardee Lecture
Glycobiology Significant Achievement Awardee: Stacy Malaker, PhD, Yale University 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Welcome & Networking Reception
8:00 - 9:00 pm
Fireside Discussion (Sign-up Required)
Pascal Gagneux, University of California San Diego Theme: Quo Vadis? Monday, November 9 (Day 2)
6:45 am – 7:30 am
Glyco Wellness Class: Laughter Yoga (Sign-up Required)
Technologies, Systems Glycobiology and Neuroscience
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Exhibits Open
8:00 am – 9:05 am
SESSION 1 - Capturing the Glycome: From Structure to Function
Chair: Daniel Kolarich, Griffith University, Australia
9:10 am – 10:20 am
SESSION 2: How Carbohydrate Synthesis Informs Glycan Structural Models
Chair: Debra Mohnen, University of Georgia
10:20 am – 10:35 am
Morning Break
10:35 am – 11:45 am
SESSION 3: Emerging Voices in Glycobiology: New Tools, Developmental Biology, and Therapeutic Frontiers
Chair: Ramon Sun, University of Florida
11:45 am – 1:30 pm
Lunch Provided (advance lunch group selection required)
Please note: Lunch will be served in two seating groups. Optional sessions have been scheduled during both lunch periods, giving attendees an opportunity to participate either before or after their scheduled lunch Teaching Glyco Workshop: Interactive Teaching Resources from BioF:GREAT
Two 45-minute sessions | Same content offered at both times
Interested in bringing glycobiology into your teaching? Explore BioF:GREAT’s evidence-based teaching resources through an interactive case study and discuss ways to adapt them for undergraduate, professional, and other educational settings.
1:30 pm – 2:40 pm
SESSION 4: Glycobioinformatics & Systems Glycobiology
Chair: Morihisa Fujita, Gifu University
2:45 pm – 3:55 pm
SESSION 5: Neuroglycobiology: Brain Glycans in Development and Disease
Chair: Robbie Mealer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
POSTER SESSION I: Theme: Mechanisms & Technology
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Awardee Lecture
President’s Innovator Awardee: Ajith Varki & Missi Varki, University of California San Diego 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Fireside Discussion: Pascal Gagneux, University of California San Diego
Theme: Quo Vadis? 7:00 pm
Dinner on Your Own
Tuesday, November 10 (Day 3)
6:45 am – 7:30 am
3K Walk-for-Glyco (Sign-up Required)
Glycans in Development, Evolution, and Precision Medicine
7:00 am – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Registration
7:30 am – 5:30 pm
Exhibits Open
8:00 am – 9:10 am
SESSION 6: Glycans in Evolution and Reproduction: Can Life Evolve Without Sugar Codes
Chair: Pascal Gagneux, University of California San Diego
9:15 am – 10:25 am
SESSION 7: From Glycocode to Precision Oncology
Chair: Hans Wandall, University of Copenhagen/Denmark
10:25 am – 10:45 am
Beverage Break
10:45 am – 11:55 am
SESSION 8: Glycans in Blood Cell Function
Chair: Heyu Ni, University of Toronto/Canada
12:00 pm – 1:45 pm
Lunch Provided (advance lunch group selection required)
Please note: Lunch will be served in two seating groups. Optional sessions have been scheduled during both lunch periods, giving attendees an opportunity to participate either before or after their scheduled lunch 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Glycopalooza: Trainee Poster Blitz
A fast-paced session where trainees deliver brief, high-impact 5-minute overviews of their research 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Glycopalooza: PI Lab Pitches
A rapid-fire session where principal investigators showcase their research programs, scientific interests, and opportunities for collaboration or employment 1:45 pm – 2:55 pm
SESSION 9: Mechanobiology of Glycans: Molecular Mechanics to Cell Function
Chair: Jennifer Curtis, Georgia Tech
2:55 pm – 4:05 pm
SESSION 10: Antibody Glycosylation: How Sugars Control the Immune System
Chair: Eric Sundberg, Emory University School of Medicine
4:05 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
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
POSTER SESSION II - Theme: Translational & Clinical
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Banquet Dinner (additional fee required)
Wednesday, November 11 (Day 4)
6:45 am – 7:30 am
Glyco Wellness Class: Meditation (Sign-up Required)
Reading the Glycome: New Frontiers in Biosynthesis and Reproductions
7:15 am – 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
7:30 am – 11:00 am
Registration
7:30 am – 11:00 am
Exhibits Open
8:00 am – 9:10 am
SESSION 12: Unexpected events in glycoconjugate biosynthesis
Chair: Jennifer Kohler, UT Southwestern Medical Center
9:10 am – 10:20 am
SESSION 13: Glycobiology in Women's Health: The Sugar Code of Reproductions
Chair: Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, Medical College of Wisconsin
10:20 am – 10:30 am
Beverage Break
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Awardee Lecture: Rosalind Kornfeld
11:00 am – 11:15 am
Trainee/Poster Awards
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Business Meeting & Closing
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