Programme MGC2026

Opening remarks and keynote lecture "single molecule structural analysis of carbohydrates by direct imaging"

Kelvin Anggara, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany

Synthetic Bacterial Glycans as Tools for Glycobiology

Jeroen Codée, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

Intact Microbial Cell Wall Organization Studied by Solid-State NMR

Antoine Loquet, University of Bordeaux, France

High-Field 13C NMR for Improved Complex Carbohydrate Analysis

Arthur Edidson, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Athens, USA

Assembly of the PelA-PelBC machinery for exopolysaccharide transport in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pauline Schleinkofer, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Phylum-wide structural diversity of Bacteroidota O-glycans
Lonneke Hoffmanns, Umeå University, Sweden

Structural basis for phosphorylation and allosteric regulation of bacterial glycogen phosphorylase by histidine phosphocarrier protein
Juan Carlos Villegas Ruiz, IBMB - CSIC

Bacteriophages crossing glycan barriers on bacterial cell surfaces

Stefanie Barbirz, MSD Medical School, Berlin, Germany

Biosynthesis of Capsular Polysaccharides from Campylobacter jejuni

Frank M. Raushel, Texas A&M University, USA

Lipopolysaccharides from the microbiota: a journey from structure to function

Flaviana Di Lorenzo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Session 3: Biofilms, capsules and bacterial cel walls (II)

Biosynthesis of arabinogalactan in mycobacteria - facts and gaps

Katarina Mikusova, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia

Molecular mechanisms on priming and polymerization of polysaccharide capsules in pathogenic bacteria

Marcelo Guerin, IBMB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

Getting a Handle on E. coli Capsules

Tim Keys, Baxiva, Schlieren, Switserland

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

Lectins from pathogens: from structural glycobiology to antiadhesive strategies

Anne Imberty, CERMAV-CNRS, Grenoble, France

Symbiont mucin sensing regulates the organization and beneficial functions of gut communities

Jarrod Smith, Dartmouth College, University of Oregon, USA

Immune recognition of microbes by myeloid C-type lectin receptors

Bernd Lepenies, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität Munich, Germany

Glycan recognition by tailocin tail fiber proteins from Pseudomonas viridiflava
Martin Horvath, University of Utah, USA

Disaccharide GlcNAc-MurNAc is a predominant peptidoglycan derivative that activates TLR4 signaling and benefits the host gut
Chenyu Li, Nanyang Technological University, China

How do lipopolysaccharides shape bacterial life in extreme environments?
Marcello Mercogliano, University of Naples Federico II, Italy 

Sweet Talking: Glycan-mediated Communication at the Host-bacterial Interface

Nina van Sorge, Amsterdam Medical Center, The Netherlands

From Glycan Recognition to Antiviral Discovery: Exploiting Virus-Host Interactions

Larissa Dirr, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Cyclic dinucleotides as switches for carbohydrate physiology in Streptomyces

Natalia Tschowri, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Mechanisms of activation and diversification of the bacterial cellulose synthases 

Petya Krasteva, IECB, Pessac, France

Sugar Selectivity of Microbial Glycosyltransferases to Establish Define Glycan Sequences

Tania Lupoli, New York University, USA

Structural Decoding of the Lipopolysaccharide Architecture of the Emerging Pediatric Pathogen Kingella kingae 

Artur Muszyński, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, Athens, USA

Synthetic Carbohydrate-based materials

Martina Delbianco, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

The two major human Schistosoma parasite species express different glycans with immunological and diagnostic implications

Cornelius Hokke, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

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

The organisation of chitin fibres in the arthropod cuticle - interplay between self assembly and cellular control

Yael Politi, Dresden University of Technology