National Center for Functional Glycomics (NCFG)
Tools in Glycobiology
Sunday, November 9, 2024, 1:15 - 4:30 pm

 

 

Program Session: Advances in Chemistry to Propel Glycobiology

1:15-1:20pm

Welcome - Nicola Pohl

1:20-1:50pm

Zhongwu Guo, University of Florida
Synthetic Approaches to Study GPI Anchors and GPI-Anchored Proteins

1:50-1:55pm

 Chin Huang, University of Georgia (grad student poster talk)
Modular Economical One-Pot Multienzyme Synthesis of Glycans 

1:55-2:25pm

Hien Nguyen, Wayne State University
Rational Design of Heparan Sulfate Mimetics to Study Protein Interactions

2:25-2:55pm

Clay Bennett, Tufts University
Expedient Approaches to Rare Sugar

2:55-3:10pm

Break

3:10-3:40pm

Maciej Walczak, University of Colorado
Glycosylation in Neurodegeneration: From Basic Mechanisms to Clinical Implications

3:40-3:50pm

Jiatong Guo, University of Florida (postdoc short talk) 
Fully Synthetic Glycoconjugate Vaccine Adjuvants

3:50-4:10pm

Nicola Pohl, Indiana University
Automated Glycan Synthesis for Glycobiology

4:10-4:30pm 

 Panel Discussion
Guo, Nguyen, Walczak, Bennett, Pohl
What chemistry can we do now to propel glycobiology and what are the next frontiers?

430 pm End of Session