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Carbohydrates

Gordon Research Conference

Catalyzing Global Health through Glycoscience Knowledge

June 15 - 20, 2025
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GRC Education Requirements: Undergraduates or those who have not obtained a bachelor's degree in science/engineering (or acceptable equivalent) are not eligible to apply to attend Gordon Research Conferences or Seminars.

Chairs and
Vice Chairs and
Holderness School
33 Chapel Lane
Holderness, New Hampshire, United States
 Venue and Travel Information

Application Information

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by May 18, 2025. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the meeting is oversubscribed, it will be stated here. Note: Applications for oversubscribed meetings will only be considered by the conference chair if more seats become available due to cancellations.

Conference Description

The description for this conference is being developed by the conference chairs. Please check back regularly for updates to this information.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Carbohydrates" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Glycans with Diverse Biological Functions
Discussion Leader:
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Complex Glycans to Probe Host-Virus Interactions"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm
"Structural and Mechanistic Insights into Cellulose Biosynthesis in Different Kingdoms of Life"
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Automation and Machine Learning
Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Automated Solution-Phase Glycan Synthesis"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Carbohydrate Foldamers and Assemblies"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"From Stereocontrolled Glycosylation to Automated Chemical Synthesis"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Understanding and Exploiting Glycan Biosynthesis
Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Precision in vivo Glycoengineering Advances the Development of Targeted Protein Degraders"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Substrate-Controlled Strategy Enabling Access to the Synthesis of Asymmetrically Branched Human Milk Oligosaccharides"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Chemical Precision Tools to Dissect Human Polypeptide GalNAc Transferases"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Unnatural Glycoconjugates
Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Leveraging Mucin Glycans to Enhance Innate Immunity"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Synthesis of Substrate Analogues for Inhibition of Cysteine Ligase (MshC) in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Liquid Glycan Array (LiGA) and Liquid Lectin Array (LiLA) for Exploration of Glycan-Protein Interaction in vivo"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Synthetic Methods
Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Stereoselective Glycosylation by Cooperative Atom Transfer Catalysis"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Weaving Noncovalent Interactions into Selective Carbohydrate Synthesis"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Glycosylation without Protecting Groups: How Far Are We from This Goal"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Therapeutic Strategies
Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Enforced E-Selectin Ligand Expression Enhances Homing and Anti-Tumor Efficacy of Adoptively Transferred T Cells"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Development of Hypoimmunogenic Biotherapeutics Using Engineered Siglec Ligand Bioconjugate Technology"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Engineered Human Sialidase as a Novel Cancer Therapeutic Strategy to Enhance Antitumor Immunity by Cleaving Immunosuppressive Sialoglycans"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Chemistry to Access Bioactive Molecules
Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Disapproval of the Alleged Structure and Antifreeze Activity of Xylomannans via Total Synthesis"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Development of Carbohydrate Based Immunotherapy"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Synthesis of Biologically Active Carbohydrates and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies Toward the Creation of Pharmaceutical Leads"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Analytical Methods
Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Advancing Glycomics and Glycoproteomics through Innovation in Chemical Tagging Approaches"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Chemical Biology Studies of Bacterial Glycan Pseudaminic Acid"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Multiplexed Molecular-Resolution Microscopy of Glycans in their Native Environment: A New Window into Glycocalyx Biology"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Microbial and Viral Glycans
Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Unveiling Giant Viruses Glycosylation Machinery: First Hints into One of the Mimivirus Polysaccharide Biosynthesis"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Modulating the Innate Immune System with Carbohydrates"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Human Lectins as Glycan Probes"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure

Conference Links

Conference History Carbohydrates (GRS) Contribute Financially to This Conference

Poster Information

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Funding Opportunities

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Conferee Single Room:
$990.00
Conferee Shared Room:
$940.00
Conferee Off-Site:
$785.00
Guest Single Room:
$800.00
Guest Shared Room:
$750.00
Guest Off-Site:
$595.00
Child 4-12 yrs Shared Room:
$375.00
Child 4-12 yrs Off-Site:
$298.00
Child Under 4 yrs Shared Room:
Free
Child Under 4 yrs Off-Site:
Free
Bus Arriving:
$62.00
Bus Departing:
$62.00
Additional Fee Info

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June 7 - 12, 2026
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July 20 - 25, 2025
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June 14 - 15, 2025
Glycolipid and Sphingolipid Biology
March 22 - 27, 2026
Heterocyclic Compounds
June 14 - 19, 2026
Heterocyclic Compounds
June 22 - 27, 2025
Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds
July 27 - August 1, 2025
Organic Reactions and Processes
July 20 - 25, 2025
Organic Reactions and Processes
June 14 - 19, 2026
Stereochemistry
July 19 - 24, 2026


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