Program 25th Joint Glycobiology Meeting
Ghent, September 14-16th, 2014
Sunday, September 14th – Rommelaere Institute
18:00-19:30
Registration desk open
18:00-19:00
Welcome reception at Rommelaere Institute
19:00- 20:00 Welcome address and Keynote Lecture:
25 years of Joint Glycobiology Meeting
Prof. Hans Viegenthart: From glycan-structure to function, a long way.
Monday, September 15th – Het Pand Conference Center
08:15-9:00 Registration desk open
09:00-9:15 Opening (Els Van Damme and Nico Callewaert)
09:15-10:40 Session 1: Glycobiotechnology (chair Nico Callewaert).
09:15-10:00
Invited lecture
Dr. Michael Wacker (CSO GlycoVaxyn, Switzerland): Glycosylation in Escherichia
coli: where vaccine developments meets basic research
10:00-10:20
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10:20-10:40
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10:40-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:30 Session 2: Glycans in host-pathogen interaction (chair Ron Hokke)
11:15-11:35
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11:35-11:55
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11:55-12:15
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12:30-14:15 Lunch break and poster session
14:15-15:00 Invited lecture
Bernard Henrissat (CNRS, Univ. Aix-Marseille, France): "Decoding glycobiological
information from genomes and metagenomes"
15:00-16:10 Session 3 Lectins and glyco-active enzymes (chair Els Van Damme)
15:00-15:20
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16:10-16:40 Coffee break
16:10-18:00 Poster session
18:00-19:30 Social activity
19:30-22:00 Conference Dinner, Sandton Grand Hotel Reylof
Tuesday, September 16th – Het Pand Conference Center
09:00-09:45 Invited lecture
Tadashi Suzuki (RIKEN, Japan): Story of the cytoplasmic peptide:N-glycanase (PNGase) –
basic science meets a human genetic disorder.
09:45-10:45 Session 4: Glyco-analytics (chair Edwin De Pauw)
09:45-10:05
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10:05-10:25
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10:25-10:45
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10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15- 12:25Session 5: Glycobiology of natural resources (chair Tom Desmet)
11:15-11:45
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11:45-12:05
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12:05-12:25
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12:25-12:30 Closure and announcement of Joint Glycobiology Meeting 2015
12:30-14:00 Lunch & departure

Amended ECB16 Programme

MSc HST - Autumn Semester 2015