| SUNDAY October 4 | |
| 12:00-5:00 PM | Conference Registration |
| 3:00-4:00 PM |
Opening Remarks - Marthe Walvoort Kelvin Anggara, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Session 1: Complex Carbohydrate Structure, Function and Analysis Session Chair : Francesca Olmeo, University of Naples Federico II |
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| 4:00-4:30 PM |
Synthetic Bacterial Glycans as Tools for Glycobiology Jeroen Codée, University of Leiden, The Netherlands |
| 4:30-5:00 PM |
Intact Microbial Cell Wall Organization Studied by Solid-State NMR Antoine Loquet, University of Bordeaux, France |
| 5:00-5.30 PM |
High-Field 13C NMR for Improved Complex Carbohydrate Analysis Arthur Edison, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Athens, USA |
| 5:30-6:00 PM | Short Talks Chair : Luca De Simone Carone, University of Naples Federico II |
| 5:30-5:40 PM |
Assembly of the PelA-PelBC machinery for exopolysaccharide transport in Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| 5:40-5:50 PM |
Glycobiology of Tannerella species in health versus disease |
| 5:50-6:00 PM |
Structural basis for phosphorylation and allosteric regulation of bacterial glycogen phosphorylase by histidine phosphocarrier protein |
| 7:00-8:30 PM | Dinner in the Sky Bar |
| MONDAY October 5 | |
| Session 2: Biofilms, Capsules and Bacterial Cell Walls (I) Session Chair : Linda Thies, Medical School Hannover |
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| 9:00-9:30 AM |
Bacteriophages crossing glycan barriers on bacterial cell surfaces Stefanie Barbirz, MSD Medical School, Berlin, Germany |
| 9:30-10:00 AM |
Biosynthesis of Capsular Polysaccharides from Campylobacter jejuni Frank M. Raushel, Texas A&M University, USA |
| 10:00-10:30 AM |
Lipopolysaccharides from the microbiota: a journey from structure to function Flaviana Di Lorenzo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy |
| 10:30-11:00 AM | Short Talks Chair : Valentina Mazziotti, University of Naples Federico II |
| 10:30-10:40 AM | An SH3b domain and a HAD-like phosphatase mediate processivity in the capsule polymerase Bcs3 from H. influenzae serotype b Tim Alexander Mast, Hannover Medical School, Germany |
| 10:40-10:50 AM | A solid-state NMR approach to investigate the native structure of yeasts cell walls Agathe Ecoutin, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, France |
| 10:50-11:00 AM | Structure and mechanism of PgfM2, a GT-C type glycotransferase associated with increased virulence in Streptococcus mutans Ethan Waybright, University of Georgia, USA |
| 11:00-11:30 AM | Coffee/Tea break |
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Session 3: Biofilms, Capsules and Bacterial Cell Walls (II) |
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| 11:30-12:00 PM |
Biosynthesis of arabinogalactan in mycobacteria - facts and gaps Katarina Mikušová, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 12:00-12:30 PM |
Molecular mechanisms on priming and polymerization of polysaccharide capsules in pathogenic bacteria Marcelo Guerin, IBMB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain |
| 12:30-1:00 PM | Poster Pitches & BioFoundry Presentation |
| 1:00-2:00 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00-4:00 PM | Poster Session |
| Session 4: Microbial Glycobiology in Industry and Biotech Session Chair : Sebastian P. Galuska, FBN Dummerstorf |
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| 4:30-5:00 PM |
Getting a Handle on E. coli Capsules Tim Keys, Baxiva, Schlieren, Switzerland |
| 5:00-5:30 PM | Mass spectrometry imaging of glycans: applications in parasitic helminth research Laudine Petralia, Leiden University Medical Center (NL) and New England Biolabs (USA) |
| 5:30-6:00 PM |
Contribution of the Different Neisseria gonorrhoeae Lipooligosaccharide Structural Variants to Functional Responses Elicited by GMMA Outer Membrane Vesicles Filippo Carboni, Glaxo Smith Kline, Siena, Italy |
| 6:00-6:30 PM | Short Talks Chair : Jana China, Leibniz University, Hannover |
| 6:00-6:10 PM | Identification of novel cellular intermediates unveils unique enzymes for flagellar glycan biosynthesis in Clostridioides difficile and Pseudomonas aeruginosa Paul Hensbergen, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands |
| 6:10-6:20 PM | Quality control checkpoint for glycosylation of a bacterial flagellin Silvia Ardissone, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
| 6:20-6:30 PM | Carbon Source-Dependent Variations in Exopolysaccharide Composition and Structure of Bifidobacterium breve Wanting Wang, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| 7:00-8:30 PM | Dinner at Restaurant FIVE |
| TUESDAY October 6 | |
| Session 5: Mucins and Lectins in Health and Disease Session Chair : Nastassja Burrini, University of Naples Federico II |
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| 9:00-9:30 AM |
Lectins from pathogens: from structural glycobiology to antiadhesive strategies Anne Imberty, CERMAV-CNRS, Grenoble, France |
| 9:30-10:00 AM |
Symbiont mucin sensing regulates the organization and beneficial functions of gut communities Jarrod Smith, Dartmouth College, University of Oregon, USA |
| 10:00-10:30 AM |
Immune recognition of microbes by myeloid C-type lectin receptors Bernd Lepenies, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich, Germany |
| 10:30-11.00 AM | Short Talks Chair : Yu-Jen Wang, University of Groningen, The Netherlands |
| 10:30-10:40 AM |
Glycan recognition by tailocin tail fiber proteins from Pseudomonas viridiflava |
| 10:40-10:50 AM |
Phylum-wide structural diversity of Bacteroidota O-glycans |
| 10:50-11:00 AM |
How do lipopolysaccharides shape bacterial life in extreme environments? |
| 11.00-11:30 AM | Coffee/Tea Break |
| Session 6: Microbe Host Interactions & Antibiotic Resistance Session Chair : Joachim Genin, BOKU, Vienna |
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| 11:30-12:00 PM |
Sweet Talking: Glycan-mediated Communication at the Host-bacterial Interface Nina van Sorge, Amsterdam Medical Center, The Netherlands |
| 12:00-12:30 PM |
From Glycan Recognition to Antiviral Discovery: Exploiting Virus-Host Interactions Larissa Dirr, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia |
| 12:30-12:45 PM |
Poster Pitches |
| 12:45-1:45 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00-7:00 PM | Social Event |
| 7:00-9:00 PM | Dinner at Restaurant FIVE |
| WEDNESDAY October 7 | |
| Session 7: Complex Carbohydrates Synthesis, Remodeling and Degradation Session Chair : Adria Alcaide Jimenez, IBMB-CSIC Barcelona |
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| 9:00-9:30 AM |
Cyclic dinucleotides as switches for carbohydrate physiology in Streptomyces Natalia Tschowri, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany |
| 9:30-10:00 AM |
Mechanisms of activation and diversification of the bacterial cellulose synthases Petya Krasteva, IECB, Pessac, France |
| 10:00-10:30 AM |
Sugar Selectivity of Microbial Glycosyltransferases to Establish Defined Glycan Sequences Tania Lupoli, New York University, USA |
| 10:30-11:00 AM | Short Talks Chair : Deborah Hamacher, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf |
| 10:30-10:40 AM | Tailor-made molecular tools to probe and perturb sialic acids and sialyltransferases in pathogenic bacteria Tom Wennekes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands |
| 10:40-10:50 AM | Molecular Mechanisms of Chitin Elongation and Translocation by Chitin Synthase Yunchen Bi, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
| 10:50-11:00 AM | Multifrequency-STD NMR unveils the first Michaelis complex of an intramolecular trans-sialidase from mucin degrader Serena Monaco, Quadram Institute Bioscience, UK |
| 11:00-12:00 PM | Coffee Break & Business Meeting |
| Session 8: Carbohydrate Chemistry, Engineering and Characterization Session Chair : Denis Iliasov, Leibniz University, Hannover |
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| 12:00-12:30 PM |
Structural Decoding of the Lipopolysaccharide Architecture of the Emerging Pediatric Pathogen Kingella kingae Artur Muszyński, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Athens, USA |
| 12:30-1:00 PM |
Synthetic Carbohydrate-based materials Martina Delbianco, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany |
| 1:00-2:00 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00-4:00 PM | Poster Session |
| Session 9: Carbohydrates in Multicellular Pathogens Session Chair : Yanyan Fu, UMC Groningen, The Netherlands |
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| 4:30-5:00 PM |
The two major human Schistosoma parasite species express different glycans with immunological and diagnostic implications Cornelis Hokke, University of Leiden, The Netherlands |
| 5:00-5:30 PM |
The Glycan Language of Nematodes: Decoding the Glycome and Engineering Parasite Vaccine Antigens Shi Yan, University of Vienna / soon at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| 5:30-6:00 PM |
Building Hierarchy in Chitin-Based Biological Materials Yael Politi, Dresden University of Technology |
| 6:00-6:15 PM |
Closing Remarks & Poster Prizes |
| 7:00-9:00 PM | Conference Dinner in the Sky Bar |