Program
All talks will take place in the Scarman Lecture Theatre
. Program is preliminary and subject to change
Coffee breaks take place in the coffee room
Meals will be in the Lakeside restuarant
Monday 31st October |
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| 13:00 | Introductions. Matt Gibson and Bruce Turnbull |
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| Chair - Dr M. Carmen Galan | ||
| 13:30 - 14:00 |
Prof S. Flitsch (Manchester). Invited Talk |
Enzymes for glycoconjugate synthesis |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Dr Jesus Angulo (UEA). Invited Talk |
Unveiling the Structural Details of Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions by Saturation Transfer Difference (STD) NMR Spectroscopy |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Prof Claire Eyers (Liverpool). Invited Talk |
‘Bottom-up’ elucidation of glycan structure |
| 15:00 - 16:00 |
Coffee Break and Posters and check in for hotel |
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Chair; Dr W. Bruce Turnbull |
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| 16:00- 16:15 |
Steven Street (Bristol). Contributed Talk |
Highly selective carbohydrate based ligands for G-quadruplex DNA as selective anti-cancer therapeutics |
| 16:15- 16:30 | Serena Monaco (UEA). Contributed Talk |
Structural Studies on Cholera Toxin Inhibition: Discovery of a Novel Binding Sub-Site in the GM1 Binding Pocket. An STD-NMR and Molecular Dynamics Study. |
| 16:30- 16:45 | Jolanda van Munster (Manchester). Contributed Talk |
Glycan arrays coupled with mass spectrometry to detect activity of plant-polysaccharide degradative enzymes from the fungus Aspergillus niger |
| 16:45 - 17:00 |
Claire Mahon (Leeds). Contributed Talk |
Developing responsive polymers with on/off affinity for bacterial toxins |
| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Prof. Fraser Stoddart (Northwestern) Plenary Lecture |
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| 18:00- |
Pre-Dinner Drinks and Posters |
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| Prof. Rob Field |
The RSC Carbohydrate Group |
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| 19:00 | Dinner |
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Tuesday 1st November |
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| Chair - Prof. Matthew I. Gibson | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Antoni Planas (Barcelona) Invited Talk |
Chitin deacetylases: how do they define the de-N-acetylation pattern |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
Prof Harry Gilbert (Newcastle) Invited Talk |
The degradation of complex glycans in the human gut microbiota |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Prof Ben Davis (Oxford) - Invited Talk |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break and Posters |
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| Prof. Jerry Turnbull | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Dr Tracey Gloster (St Andrews) Invited Talk |
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| 11:30 - 11:45 |
Alexandra Males (York). Contributed Talk |
Natural vs unnatural - A new Michaelis complex structure of GH125 with a natural substrate reveals a different substrate conformation. |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Ben Wagstaff (JIC). Contributed Talk | Sialic acid biosynthesis in microalgae and a potential role in viral infection |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Dr Ralf Richter (Leeds). Invited Talk |
Well-defined glycosaminoglycan-presenting surfaces for molecular and cellular interaction studies |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch and posters | |
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Carb Group 50th Anniversary Session. Former Medal winners |
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| Prof. Robert Field | ||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Prof J. Turnbull (Liverpool)- Invited Talk |
Next Generation Heparin Therapeutics: Synthetic and Semi-Synthetic Compounds Targeting Neurodegeneration and Cancer |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Prof Anne Dell (Imperial) - Invited Talk |
Glycomics in Health and Disease |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Prof Steve Eichorn (Exeter) Invited Talk | Dissolving, Spinning and Aligning Cellulose |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | tbc. - Invited Talk |