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Glycobiology

Gordon Research Conference

Biological Roles of Glycans as Major Building Blocks of Life

March 12 - 17, 2023

Chairs Vlad Panin and Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita

Vice Chairs Daniel Kolarich and Anne Imberty

Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express

1050 Schooner Drive

Ventura, California, United States

Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The Glycobiology GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Glycobiology" 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	Keynote Session: Interdisciplinary Glycobiology: Biological Functions of Major Glycosylation Pathways Discussion Leader: Michael Tiemeyer (University of Georgia, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm	Jeffrey Esko (University of California, San Diego, United States) "Antithrombin-Heparan Sulfate Revisited"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm	Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pm	Gerald Hart (CCRC, University of Georgia, United States) "Nutrient Regulation of Gene Expression by O-GlcNAcylation: Roles in Chronic Diseases of Aging."
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm	Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm	Nicolle Packer (Macquarie University / Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Australia) "Brain Glycosylation: So Much to Still Learn!"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Glycoconjugate Biosynthesis, Trafficking and Signaling Discussion Leaders: Susan Bellis (University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States) and Tamara Doering (Washington University Medical School, United States)
9:00 am - 9:25 am	Satoshi Goto (Rikkyo University, Japan) "Localization and Novel Functions of Enzymes for GPI Biosynthesis"
9:25 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:55 am	Hudson Freeze (SanfordBurnhamPrebys MDI, United States) "Honoring Monosaccharide Heritage, Diversity, and Inclusion"
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Yuko Tashima (Nagoya university, iGCORE, Japan) "Roles of O-fucose and O-glucose for the Effective Transport of DLK1 to the Cell Surface"
10:10 am - 10:15 am	Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am	Erik Chow (Cornell University, United States) "Glycoengineering Strategies to Tune Extracellular Vesicle Secretion and Functional Properties"
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am	Shoko Nishihara (Soka University, Japan) "Glycosylation Regulates Pluripotent Stem Cell Status and Signaling"
11:25 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 am	Henrik Clausen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) "A Genetic Dissection Approach to Functional Glycomics"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Lee Seng Lau (Florida International University, United States) "Navigating Tools to Induce Glycome Manipulations of CAR-T Cell Therapy in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm	Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm	Simon Wisnovsky (University of British Columbia, Canada) "Identification and Functional Characterization of a Novel T-cell Ligand for the Siglec-7 Immune Checkpoint Receptor"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	The GRC Power Hour™ The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring. Organizers: Stacy Malaker (Yale University, United States) and Karen Colley (University of Illinois Chicago, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Pathomechanisms of Glycosylation Disorders Discussion Leader: Hudson Freeze (SanfordBurnhamPrebys MDI, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm	Karin Hoffmeister (Blood Research Institute, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, United States) "Immune Thrombocytopenia: The Role of Glycans Contributing to a Never-Ending Enigma"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:25 pm	Tadashi Suzuki (RIKEN, Japan) "Towards Finding a Cure for NGLY1 Deficiency"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm	Lance Wells (University of Georgia, United States) "OGT-XLID: A Congenital Disorder of Intracellular Glycosylation"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm	Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen (Medical College of Wisconsin, United States) "O-GlcNAc Transferase Contributes to Sex-Specific Placental Deregulation in Gestational Diabetes"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:35 pm	Tiandi Yang (Harvard Medical School, United States) "An Extra ECM-Binding Matriglycan on Dystroglycan"
9:35 pm - 9:40 pm	Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Cell Communities, Pathogens, and Viruses Discussion Leaders: James Paulson (The Scripps Research Institute, United States) and Richard Cummings (Harvard Medical School, United States)
9:00 am - 9:25 am	Tamara Doering (Washington University Medical School, United States) "The Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans: Filling Gaps in the Cell Wall"
9:25 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:55 am	Eric Martens (University of Michigan, United States) "Degradation of Host Mucin Glycoproteins in the Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease"
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Nadine Samara (National Institutes of Health, United States) "Structural Insights into the Unique Substrate Recognition Mode of the Toxoplasma gondii Mucin-Type O-glycosyltransferase TgGalNAc-T3"
10:10 am - 10:15 am	Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am	Toshihiko Katoh (Kyoto University, Japan) "Role of Novel Carbohydrate-Binding Modules of 1,2-a-L-fucosidase (AfcA) in Mucin O-glycan Breakdown by Bifidobacterium bifidum"
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am	Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen (The Wistar Institute, United States) "Viral-Host Interactions: From Glycomics to Function"
11:25 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 am	Elisa Fadda (Maynooth University, Ireland) "Under the Coat: Effects of Natural Variations on the Structure, Dynamics, Evasion and Glycan Binding of SARS-CoV-2 S"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Bernd Lepenies (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany) "Impact of the C-Type Lectin Receptor DCIR on Immunopathology in the Brain During Viral Neuroinfection"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm	Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm	Johanna Hol Fosse (Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Norway) "The Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus Sialic Acid 4-O-acetyl Esterase Extensively Prunes Target Cell Surfaces in Infected Hosts"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
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	Glycoimmunology Discussion Leader: Karin Hoffmeister (Blood Research Institute, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm	Richard Cummings (Harvard Medical School, United States) "Immune Control Through Receptor Glycosylation and Dysregulation by Autoantibodies"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm	Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm	James Paulson (The Scripps Research Institute, United States) "Exploiting Siglecs as Glyco-Immune Checkpoints"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm	Nico Callewaert (VIB-Ghent University, Belgium) "Glycosylation-Engineering of CAR-T Cells"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm	Landon Edgar (The University of Toronto, Canada) "Glycoimmune Landscapes in T Cell-Mediated Autoimmunity"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm	Phillip Gordts (University of California, San Diego, United States) "The Human Milk Oligosaccharide 3’Sialyllactose Promotes Inflammation Resolution and Reduces Atherosclerosis Development in Mice"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Evolution, Development and Neural Functions Discussion Leaders: Robert Haltiwanger (University of Georgia, United States) and Karen Colley (University of Illinois Chicago, United States)
9:00 am - 9:25 am	Ajit Varki (University of California, San Diego, United States) "A “Hotspot" in Human Evolution and Disease"
9:25 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:55 am	Hiroshi Nakato (University of Minnesota, United States) "Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Proteoglycan Functions Using the Drosophila Model"
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Ken Kitajima (Nagoya University, Japan) "Discovery, Occurrence, and Functions of Sialic Acid-Specific Sulfotransferases"
10:10 am - 10:15 am	Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am	Chika Kikuchi (The Scripps Research Institute, United States) "Evolution of H3N2 Influenza Virus for the Adaptation to Human Airway Glycome"
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am	Michael Demetriou (University of California, Irvine, United States) "N-Acetylglucosamine Promotes Immunosenescence and is a Potential Therapeutic for Myelin Repair and Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis"
11:25 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 am	Alex Keene (Texas A&M University, United States) "A Role for GPI-Anchor Biosynthesis in Sleep Regulation"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Chihiro Sato (Nagoya University, Japan) "Effects of Genetic and Environmental Factors on the Expression of Polysialic Acid from the View Points of Mental Disorders"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm	Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm	Sophia Shi (Stanford University, United States) "Cerebrovascular Glycocalyx Degeneration During Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease Promotes Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction and Brain Bleeds"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
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	Glycans in Pathobiology Discussion Leader: Pamela Stanley (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:00 pm	Richard Drake (Medical University of South Carolina, United States) "Multimodal Spatial Mapping of N-linked Glycosylation of Infiltrating Immune Clusters in Tumor Tissue Microenvironments"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm	Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm	Susan Bellis (University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States) "Upregulation of ST6GAL1 Sialyltransferase Promotes Early Stages in Pancreatic Cancer Development"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm	Wenjie Qiao (Stanford University, United States) "Glycoprotein Regulators Critical to Human Disease and Virus Infection Uncovered Through Genetic Screens"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm	Michael Jennings (Griffith University, Australia) "Cholesterol Dependent Cytolysin Toxins use Carbohydrates as Cellular Receptors"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm	Praveen Agrawal (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States) "Integrated in vivo Functional Screens and Multi-Omics Analyses Identify a2,3-sialylation as Essential for Melanoma Survival"
9:25 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; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Glycoinformatics and Emerging Technologies for Glycoscience Discussion Leaders: Anne Imberty (Université Grenoble Alpes, France) and Lance Wells (University of Georgia, United States)
9:00 am - 9:25 am	Nichollas Scott (University of Melbourne, Australia) "Tracking the Diversity and Similarities Across Bacterial Glycoproteomes Using Unsupervised Bioinformatic Approaches"
9:25 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:55 am	Stacy Malaker (Yale University, United States) "T-cell Immunoglobulin and Mucin Domain-Containing Protein (TIM) Glycoproteomic Landscape and Structural Dynamics Enabled by Mucinase SmE"
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Daniel Polasky (University of Michigan, United States) "The MSFragger Glyco Software Suite in FragPipe: A Growing Toolkit for Glycoproteomics Analysis"
10:10 am - 10:15 am	Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am	Angelo Peralta (University of California San Diego, United States) "Deciphering Glycoprofiles Through A.I.- Informed Lectin Profiles"
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 am	Atsushi Kuno (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan) "Simultaneous Improvement and Harmonization of Multimodal Glyco-Analysis Technologies for Medical Demands"
11:25 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 am	Benjamin Schumann (Imperial College London, Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom) "Cell-specific Bioorthogonal Tagging of Glycoproteins. - EMBO Young Investigator lecture"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Sunanda Keisham (University of Tsukuba, Japan) "Glycan and RNA Sequencing for Profiling the Distinct Cellular Glyco-States in Single Cells"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm	Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm	Lisa Crone (University of Zurich, Switzerland) "Breast Milk Antibodies to Microbial Glycoconjugates"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
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	Multitude of Glycan Structures, Glycosylation Enzymes and Pathways Discussion Leader: Gerald Hart (CCRC, University of Georgia, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm	Kevin Campbell (University of Iowa/Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States) "Matriglycan: Function and Mechanism of Elongation via LARGE1"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:25 pm	Sriram Neelamegham (State University of New York at Buffalo, United States) "Measuring and Analyzing Input-Output Responses in Glycobiological Systems"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm	Huilin Li (Van Andel Institute, United States) "Structural Study Reveals How Heparan Sulfate Copolymerase EXT1-2 Enforces the strict [GlcA-GlcNAc]_n Disaccharide Repeat"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm	Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm	Marcelo Guerin (IIS BioCruces Bizkaia, Spain) "Mechanism of Antibody-Specific Deglycosylation and Immune Evasion by Streptococcal IgG-Specific Endoglycosidases"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm	Lorenzo Povolo (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) "Global View of Domain-Specific O-Man Glycosylations and Specificities of Three Distinct Biosynthetic Pathways"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm	Aleksandar Vojta (University of Zagreb Faculty of Science, Croatia) "Transcription Factors HNF1A, HNF4A and FOXA2 Regulate Protein N-Glycosylation in Hepatic Cells"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

Contributors

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13DE032572. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. This award is co-funded by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS).

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