Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Mining for CAZymes from Diverse Ecosystems
Discussion Leader: Stephen Lillington (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:05 pm
Juliana Sanchez Alponti (University of York, United Kingdom)
"Mining for Enzymes Able to Degrade Recalcitrant Biomass from a Salt Marsh Environment"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Kristin Low (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada)
"Increasing the Digestibilty of Non-Starch Dietary Polysaccharides with CAZymes Bioprospected from the Chicken Intestinal Microbiome"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Complex Systems for Carbohydrate Degradation
Discussion Leader: Jonathon Briggs (University of British Columbia, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Rebecca Pollet (University of Michigan Medical School, USA)
"The Role of TonB in Polysaccharide Utilization by the Bacteroidetes"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm
Kazune Tamura (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Holistic Molecular Dissection of Beta-Glucan Utilization by Prominent Human Gut Symbionts"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Filipe Cerqueira (The University of Michigan, USA)
"Molecular Features of Resistant Starch Degradation by R. bromii : A Keystone Species of the Gut Microbiome"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm
Chelsea Vickers (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
"Towards Understanding the Microbial Metabolism of Lambda-Carrageenan, One of the Most Highly Sulfated Polysaccharides in Nature"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Mechanistic Insights into CAZyme Action
Discussion Leader: Johanna Karppi (Aalto University, Finland)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Tobias Tandrup (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Structural Determination of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase Interactions with Substrate"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Cecelia Garcia (University of Maryland, USA)
"Trehalose Metabolism in Cellvibrio japonicus Exhibits No Functional Redundancy and Is Solely Dependent on the Tre37A Enzyme"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Shritama Aich (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), India)
"Engineering the Catalytic Efficiency of a Highly Stable Endoglucanase from the GH7 Family from the Hemibiotrophic Plant Pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana "
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:45 am
Olanrewaju Raji (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Synergistic Action of Carbohydrate Esterase and α-Glucuronidase in Disassembly of Lignin-Carbohydrate Complexes"
10:45 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
CAZyme Applications in Bio-Product Production
Discussion Leader: Greta Reintjes (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada)
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
Maria Cleveland (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Investigating Catalytic Diversity in Copper Radical Oxidases for Bio-Product Production"
2:00 pm - 2:05 pm
Discussion
2:05 pm - 2:25 pm
Filip Mollerup (Aalto University, Finland)
"Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase Presents a Unique Capacity for Copper-Catalysed Kirmse Rearrangements in Organic Synthesis"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes