Glycobiology: Crossroads of Innovation and Interdisciplinary Research

The 2022 Annual SfG Virtual Meeting 

Schedule of Events
(as of October 21, 2022)
Meeting times are listed in Eastern Standard Time

Monday, November 14 

10:00am - 11:45am

Conference Opening Remarks

Vlad Panin, Texas A&M University, SfG President

 

Session 1: Glycans in Development, Physiology, and Evolution

Hamed Jafar-Nejad BCM, Houston, Chair

 

Keynote Speakers:

Robert Haltiwanger, UGA

Muriel Bardor, University of Rouen, France

Hamed Jafar-Nejad, BCM Houston

 

Poster Talks:
Chelsea Painter, UCSD
Carl Fogarty, Maynooth University, Ireland
Francesca Boscolo Sesillo, UCSD
Christopher West, UGA

11:45am–12:00 pm

Coffee Break/Panel Discussion

12:00pm–1:30pm

Session 2: Karl Meyer and Rosalind Kornfeld Awards

 

Karl Meyer Lectureship Award

Gabriel Rabinovich, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

 

Rosalind Kornfeld Award for Lifetime Achievement in Glycobiology

Anne Imberty, Grenoble Alpes University, France

1:30PM-3:00pm  LUNCH BREAK
3:00pm–4:40pm

Session 3: Glycan Biosynthesis, Trafficking, and Signaling
Karen Colley, University of Illinois Chicago, Chair 

Keynote Speakers:
Ellen SidranskyNIH/NHGRI
Yanzhuang Wang, University of Michigan
Richa Sardana, Cornell University 

Poster Talks:
Fawsi Khoder-Agha, University of Copenhagen
Mike Boyce, Duke University
Willie Vann, CBER/FDA
Jeffrey Brown, Washington University

4:40pm-5:00pm

Coffee Break/Panel Discussion

 

Tuesday, November 15

10:00am–11:55am

Session 4: Pathogen-Host Interactions & Glycoimmunology

Richard Cummings, Harvard, Chair

 

Keynote Speakers:

Christine Szymanski, CCRC UGA

Victor Nizet, UCSD

Chuck Dimitroff, FIU

Yvette van Kooyk, Amsterdam 

 

Poster Talks:

Kurt Drickamer, Imperial College of London

Anabel Gonzalez-Gil, Johns Hopkins University

Ashley Rogers, UGA

11:55am-12:10pm

Coffee Break/Panel Discussion

12:15pm–1:40pm

Session 5: Glycobiology Significant Achievement &

President’s Innovator

 

Awards 

Glycobiology Significant Achievement Award

Fikri Avci, Emory University

 

President’s Innovator Award

James Paulson, Scripps Research

1:40pm–2:45pm LUNCH BREAK
2:45pm–4:30pm

Session 6: Glycopathologies

Lance Wells, CCRC, UGA, Chair

 

Keynote Speakers:

Heather Flanagan-Steet, Greenwood Genetic Center

Dirk Lefeber, Radboud University, the Netherlands

Lance Wells, CCRC, UGA

Ramon Sun, University of Florida 

Poster Talks:
Eve Prodoehl, Medical College of Wisconsin
Rajindra Aryal, Harvard
Amy Attaway, Cleveland Clinic

4:30pm–4:45pm Coffee Break/Panel Discussion
4:55pm-6:30pm Exhibits and Poster Session 1

                                      

Wednesday, November 16

 10:00am–11:45am  

Session 7: Neuroglycobiology

Kenji Kadomatsu, Nagoya University, Japan, Co-Chair

Ron Schnaar, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Co-Chair

  

Keynote Speakers:

Hannes Buelow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

William Green, University of Chicago

Kenji Kadomatsu, Nagoya University, Japan

 

Poster Talks:
Rameen Shah, Mayo Clinic
Andrew Edmondson, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Pedro Monagas-Valentin, Texas A&M
Maxence Noel, Harvard

 11:45am–12:00pm Coffee Break/Panel Discussion
12:00 pm–12:20pm Special Session Interview with Carolyn Bertozzi
Registered Attendees can submit questions to Carolyn here
 12:20pm–1:45pm

Session 8: Chemical Biology and Structure-Function Studies

Jennifer Kohler, UT Southwestern, Chair

 

Keynote Speakers:

Christina Woo, Harvard University

Katrine Schjoldager, University of Copenhagen

Katharina Ribbeck, MIT

Jennifer Kohler, UT Southwestern

 

Poster Talks:
Chantelle Capicciotti, Queen’s University
Diego Sastre, Emory
Ana Ramirez, ETH Zurich

1:45pm-2:10pm



Coffee Break/Panel Discussion

2:10pm-3:20pm



LUNCH BREAK

3:20pm–4:00pm


Session 9: SfG Distinguished Service and MCP/ASBMB Lectureship

 

The Society for Glycobiology Distinguished Service Award

Parastoo Azadi, CCRC, UGA

 

MCP/ASBMB Lectureship Award

Carlito Lebrilla, UC Davis

4:00pm-5:45pm



Exhibits and Poster Session II

 

Thursday, November 17

10:00 am–11:55am

Session 10: Novel Tools and Approaches

Elisa Fadda, Maynooth University, Ireland, Chair

 

Keynote Speakers:

Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita, Soka University, Japan

Sander van Kasteren, Leiden, University, Sweden

John Klassen, University of Alberta, Canada

Daniel Bojar, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

 

Poster Talks:
Kayla Bastian, Newcastle University
James Prestegard, UGA
Nicholas Riley, Stanford

11:55am-12:10pm


Coffee Break/Panel Discussion

12:10pm–1:55pm

Session 11: IGO Guest Session. Diversity of Pathways and Structures

Adnan Halim, University of Copenhagen, Co-Chair

Iain Wilson, BOKU, Co-Chair


 

Keynote Speakers:

Iain Wilson, BOKU, Austria

Stephen Withers, University of British Columbia, Canada

Adnan Halim, University of Copenhagen

Tamao Endo, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan 

Poster Talks:
Kaspar Locher, ETH Zurich
Yohei Tsukamoto, Nagoya University
Julian Ugonotti, Macquarie University

1:55pm - 2:05pm


Coffee Break/Panel Discussion

2:05pm - 3:20pm


LUNCH BREAK

3:20PM - 4:50pm

Session 12: NIH Q&A Information Session
Pamela Marino, NIH, Chair
Registered Attendees: Submit questions here

4:50pm - 5:40pm SfG Business Meeting
5:40pm - 6:00pm DataWorks! FASEB Information Session
6:00pm - 6:10pm

Conference Closing Remarks & Poster Award Announcements

Vlad Panin, Texas A&M University, SfG President

 


Friday, November 18

10:00am–1:00pm

Satellite I: National Center for Functional Glycomics

Organizer: NCFG, Harvard Medical School 

2:00pm-5:30pm

Satellite II: Glyco in Biotechnology

Organizer: Parastoo Azadi, CCRC, UGA