Program
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Sunday, November 11th
Advances in Glycoprotein Production, Characterization and Modification
Co-Chairs: Qun Zhou (Genzyme) and John Briggs (Genentech)
WHS Satellite TBA
TERMIS Satellite TBA
CFG Satellite: Consortium for Functional Glycomics (CFG) Participating Investigator Meeting
and Symposium
James Prestegard, University of Georgia
Keynote Lecture:
Bioorthogonal Chemistry for Glycoprofiling and Beyond
Carolyn Bertozzi, University of California, Berkeley
Monday, November 12th
Plenary I: Stem and Progenitor Cells, Genetic Therapy and Regenerative Medicine
Glycobiology of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Steve Dalton, University of Georgia
Siglec-Sialoglycan Binding Regulates Cell-Cell Interactions
Ronald Schnaar, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Stem Cell Therapies in Epidermolysis Bullosa
Angela Christiano, Columbia University Medical Center
Plenary II: Biomaterials and Matrix Engineering
Hydrogels as Synthetic Extracellular Matrices
Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado at Boulder
Mechanical Regulation of Cell Adhesion and Function
Christopher Chen, University of Pennsylvania
Biofunctional Hydrogels: ECM-mimetic Materials for Tissue Repair
Andres Garcia, Georgia Institute of Technology
CS1: Matrix and Carbohydrate Immunology
Siglecs in B cell Tolerance
Jim Paulson, The Scripps Research Institute
CS2: Matricellular Proteins
Thrombospondin-1 signaling via CD47 limits cell immortalization
David Roberts, NIH, NCI, CCR
CS3: Receptors, Signaling, and Cytoplasmic Glycosylation
Role of Collagen Binding Receptor in Diabetic Nephropathy
Ambra Pozzi, Vanderbilt University
CS4: Vascular Biology, Elastic Fibers, and Related Diseases
Vascular Matrix Calcification
Cecilia Giachelli, University of Washington
CS5: Carbohydrate and Matrix Metabolism in Disease States
Key Roles of Proteoglycans and their Partners in Skeletal Homeostasis and Disease
Marian Young, NIH, NIDCR
CS6: Basement Membranes
Collagen XIII – A Novel Neuromuscular Junction Component
Taina Pihlajaniemi, University of Oulu
CS7: Genetics and Gene Expression
Regulation and Recombinant Production of Mammalian Glycosylation Enzymes
Kelley Moreman, University of Georgia
CS8: Mechanobiology and Biomedical Engineering
ASMB Junior Investigator Awardee
Mechanochemical Signaling of the ECM
Thomas Barker, Georgia Institute of Technology
SFG Award Lectures:
Rosalind Kornfeld Award
Karl Meyer Award
ASMB Award Lectures:
ASMB Senior Investigator Award
Collagen IV Glycoprotein: An Essential Innovation at the Dawn of Tissue Evolution
Billy Hudson, Vanderbilt University
ISMB Distinguished Investigator Award
Tuesday, November 13th
Plenary III: Biosynthesis, Secretion and Assembly
Stabilizing Proteins by N-Glycosylating their Reverse Turns is also a Prescription for Increased N-Glycosylation Efficiency
Jeffery Kelly, The Scripps Research Institute
Imaging the Secretory Pathway and its Dynamics
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, NICHD
Collagen Glycosylation
Theirry Hennet, University of Zurich
Plenary IV: Immunology and Inflammation
The Lymphocyte Homing Cascade Updated
Steve Rosen, University of California, San Francisco
Integrins and the Immune Response
Yoji Shimizu, University of Minnesota
Regulation of Leukocyte Migration through Galectin-Glycan Interactions
Linda Baum, UCLA
CS9: Stem/Progenitor Cells and Their Environment
Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in Gradients and Niche
Hiroshi Nakato, University of Minnesota
CS10: Biosynthesis, Protein Folding, Secretion, and Matrix Assembly
Remodeling of Glycans on Mammalian Cells
Lance Wells, University of Georgia
CS11: Cancer Microenvironment
Altered O-Glycan Expression in Tumor Glycoproteins: Genetics and Consequences
Rick Cummings, Emory University
CS12: Chemical Glycobiology/Glycomics
Chemoenzymatic Tools for Glycan Detection and Their Applications to Biology
Linda Hsieh-Wilson, Caltech/Howard Hughes Medical Institute
CS13: Development
Roles for Glycans in Development
Pamela Stanley, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
CS14: Fibrosis, Proteolysis, and Tissue Repair
Regulation of Pulmonary Fibrosis by Hyaluronan Synthase 2
Paul Noble, Duke University
CS15: TBA
CS16: Host-Pathogen Interactions
Lectin-Mediated Defense of the Intestinal Epithelial Surface
Lora Hooper, UT Southwestern
Wednesday, November 14th
Special Guest Lecture: Howard Garrison, FASEB, OPA
Plenary V: Rare Glycosylation and Matrix Diseases
The Physiological Function of Heparan Sulfate: Insights that can be gained from the study of multiple hereditary exostoses
Yu Yamaguchi, Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute
Matrix-Cell Interactions and Ascending Aortic Aneurysms
Hiromi Yanigasawa, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Exome Sequencing for Novel Disease Gene Discovery in Families with Rare Mendelian Phenotypes
Sessions Cole, Washington University, St. Louis
Plenary VI: Development and Morphogenesis
Anchor Cell Invasion in C. elegans: Pushing a Path through the Basement Membrane
David Sherwood, Duke University
Protein Glycosylation in ECM formation and Organogenesis
Kelly TenHagen, NIH
The Role of MMP-17 Ortholog in Embryonic Zebrafish Development
Raman Ramachandran, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin