Host: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Carbohydrates are important molecules in nature. Glycans on cells, on mucosal surfaces and in the extracellular matrix modulate and mediate interactions that are critical to the development and function of a complex multicellular organisms. New methodology and knowledge are rapidly emerging and has greatly expanded our understanding of the role of these biomolecules and how they can be prepared. This symposium aims at highlighting recent advances within this broad, complex, and interdisciplinary research area.
Programme
09.00
Welcome/information
Sven Lidin, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden
09.05
Introduction
Ulf Lindahl, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden
09.30
Genome-wide Strategies to Understand Glycans
Jeffrey Esko, University of California San Diego, USA
10.10
Making complex glycan synthesis easy
Geert-Jan Boons, University of Georgia, USA
10.50
Coffee break
11.20
Glycan-mediated regulation of immune cell signaling
James Paulson, Scripps Research Institute, USA
12.00
Lunch
13.00
Automated Glycan Assembly as Basis for Molecular Glycobiology, Vaccine Development and Material Science
Peter Seeberger, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
13.40
Recombinant and engineered lectins for research and diagnostics
Anne Imberty, CNRS Grenoble, France
14.20
Coffee break
14.50
The Mechanisms of Glycans in and on Proteins
Ben Davis, Oxford University, UK
15.30
Nutrient Regulation of Signaling & Transcription by O-GlcNAcylation
Gerald W. Hart, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
16.10
Harnessing Chemistry to Understand the Roles of Glycosylation in Neuroplasticity
Linda Hsieh-Wilson, Caltech, USA
16.50
End of Symposium
The Symposium is organised by the Academy´s class for chemistry, biosciences and medical sciences.
Organising committee
Peter Somfai, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Olof Ramström, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Lena Kjellén, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Gunnar C. Hansson, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Louise Dahlgren, administrator, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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