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Georgia Glycoscience Symposium 2024
Recognition of the Contribution of Al Darvill to Science and the Center
Symposium Schedule
Wednesday, May 1 - At the CCRC
8:30-9:00am 1st Floor Lobby
Continental Breakfast
Session 1: The Roots
9:00-9:30am Auditorium
UGA President Jere Morehead
Joint Director, CCRC/CMM Michael Tiemeyer
Introductions
9:30-10:00am
Ken Keegstra, Professor Emeritus, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University
"Xyloglucan - A Journey Through the Years"
10:00-10:30am
Michael Hahn, Professor of Plant Biology
CCRC, University of Georgia
"Forty years of insights into plant cell wall organization, structure, and dynamics using glycan-directed monoclonal antibodies"
10:30-10:45am
Poster Presentation
Thomas Curry, CCRC, University of Georgia
"Developing a One-Pot Multienzyme Xylan Synthesis Platform for Improved In Vitro Characterization of Plant Cell Wall Glycosyltransferases"
10:45-11:05am 1st Floor
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Session 2: The Foundation
11:05-11:35am Auditorium
Markus Pauly, Professor, Institute of Plant Cell Biology & Biotechnology, Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf
"From structure via genomics to synthetic biology: Deciphering the secrets of hemicelluloses"
11:35-12:05pm
Jeffrey Esko, Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine,
University of California, San Diego
"Diversity of the Heparanome and the Human Condition"
12:05-12:20pm
Poster Presentation
Xiaolin Dong, CCRC, University of Georgia
"Genome-Wide Regulation of Exostosin-1/2 for Drug Target Discovery in Multiple Hereditary Exostoses (MHE)"
12:20-1:30pm CCRC Break Room
Lunch and Poster Viewing
Session 3: Putting It Together
1:30-1:45pm Auditorium
Darvill/GRA Research Scientist Excellence Award
1:45-2:15pm
Deborah Delmer, Professor Emerita, Plant Biology
University of California, Davis
"The evolving path of research on cellulose: Can looking back help us look forward?"
2:15-2:45pm
Ana Ramírez, Research Assistant
ETH Zürich
"Structural studies of the eukaryotic oligosaccharyltransferase complex: catalysis and inhibition"
2:45-3:00pm
Poster Presentation
Brenda I. Velásquez Dodge, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico
"Functional analysis of structural changes in del1777 isoform of the CMP-Sia transporter"
3:00-3:20pm
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Session 4: Fighting Threats and Engaging Opportunities
3:20-3:50pm
Felice Cervone, Professor, The C. Darwin Department of Biology & Biotechnology, Sapienza University of Rome
"Oligogalacturonides: Past, Present, and Future"
3:50-4:20pm
Fikri Avci, Associate Professor, Emory Vaccine Center and Department of Biochemistry, Emory University
"Immune regulation in the tumor microenvironment mediated by protein-carbohydrate interactions"
4:20-4:35pm
Poster Presentation
Yang Su, CCRC, University of Georgia
"Bordetellae Colonization oligosaccharide (b-Cool), a novel glycan essential for nasal colonization of Bordetella bronchiseptica"
4:35-5:30pm
Reception and Poster Viewing
Thursday, May 2 - At the CCRC
8:30-9:00am
Continental Breakfast
Session 5: Using What You Have
9:00-9:15am
Introduction of the Day
9:15-9:45am
Joss Rose, Director and Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University
"Plant cell walls and a half-a-billion-year struggle to conquer land and grow the perfect tomato"
9:45-10:15am
Jennifer Curtis, Professor of Biophysics, Georgia Tech
" Sweet But Repulsive: Mechanobiology of Hyaluronan-Rich Glycocalyx"
10:15-10:30am
Poster Presentation
Ruili Fang, School of Computer Science, University of Georgia
"Glydentify, a deep learning tool for classifying glycosyltransferase function"
10:30-10:50am
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Session 6: Responding to the World
10:50-11:20am
Giulia DeLorenzo, Professor, The C. Darwin Department of Biology & Biotechnology, Sapienza University of Rome
"The Cell Wall: A Versatile Player in Plant Immunity"
11:20-11:50am
John Erickson, Co-Director for Perinatal Immunity
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
"Harnessing antibody sialylation to combat intracellular infections"
11:50-12:05pm
Poster Presentation
Melani Atmodjo, CCRC, University of Georgia
"Normal cell expansion in Arabidopsis requires a specific pectic heteropolymer containing homogalacturonan synthesized by GAUT1"
12:05-1:15pm
Lunch and Poster Viewing
Session 7: Keeping It Organized
1:15-1:45pm
Vlad Panin, Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics
Texas A&M University
"Exploring the Collaboration Between Brain Cells in the Drosophila Model: the Role of Sialylation in Glia-Neuron Coupling"
1:45-2:15pm
Patricia Aguilar Calvo, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
"Decoding the interactions of heparan sulfate with protein aggregates in neurodegenerative disease"
2:15-2:45pm
Gerald Hart, GRA Eminent Scholar, CCRC, University of Georgia
"Roles of O-GlcNAcylation in chronic diseases of aging"
2:45-
Farewells and Reception
"Come see me if you have questions or problems even though our class is over!" -Al Darvill
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