Program
Registration has closed for the 10th annual MCGS. A schedule of events is listed below. For access to the full program, please click here.
This symposium and the program below would not have been possible if it were not for the help of our sponsors. Dr. Nagorny gratefully acknowledges the Unviersity of Michigan, the ACS Carbohydrate Division, Sigma Aldrich and the Carl and Mary Johnson Family Foundation for their help in supporting this wonderful event.
Friday, October 17th 2014:
5:30 - 6:00 pm: Registration and poster set-up.
6:00 - 6:10 pm: Introduction and welcome by Prof. Pavel Nagorny, University of Michigan
6:10 - 7:00 pm: Invited lecture by Prof. Jianglong Zhu, The University of Toledo
Stereoselective Synthesis of Biologically Significant O- and S-Linked 2-Deoxy Sugars
7:00 - 7:15 pm: Oral presentation by Qian Qin, Michigan State University
Glycopolymer Platform for Tumor-Associated Carbohydrate Antigen Presentation as Potential Anti-Cancer Vaccines
7:15 - 7:30 pm: Oral presentation by Sri Kumar Veleti, The University of Toledo
Synthesis and Inhibition Studies of Substrate Analog and Transition-State Inhibitors for Mycobacterium tuberculosis GlgE
7:30 - 7:40 pm: Intermission
7:40 - 7:55 pm: Oral presentation by Jordan Walk, University of Michigan
Sugar Silanes: Versatile Reagents for Stereocontrolled Glycosylation via Intramolecular Aglycone Delivery
7:55 - 8:30 pm: Invited lecture by Prof. Benjamin Swarts, Western Michigan University
Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Trehalose Analogues: Rapid Access to Chemical Probes for Investigating Mycobacteria
End of scheduled events for Friday.
Saturday, October 18th, 2014:
8:00 - 8:45 am: Coffee and poster setup and viewing.
8:45 - 9:35 am: Invited lecture by Prof. Xiangqun Zeng, Oakland University
Carbohydrate-Protein Interactions and their Biosensing Applications
9:35 - 9:50 am: Oral presentation by Dan Wang, Cleveland State University
Profiling Sialylation Status of Macrophage upon Cell Activation
9:50 - 10:00 am: Intermission
10:00 - 10:15 am: Oral presentation by Herbert Kavunja, Michigan State University
Identification, Profiling and Purification of Sugar-Binding Proteins from Cancer Cells using Magnetic Glyconanoparticles
10:15 - 11:05 am: Invited lecture by Prof. Isaac J. Krauss, Brandeis University
Combining Organic Synthesis and Directed Evolution to Design HIV Vaccine Candidates
11:05 - 11:20 am: Oral presentation by Ross Mancini, University of Toronto
Organoboron-Promoted Regioselective Glycosylations in Oligosaccharide Synthesis
11:20 - 11: 30 am: Intermission
11:30 - 11:45 am: Oral presentation by Ravi Sankar Loka, University of Iowa
Synthesis of Heparin Sulfate Ligands via Nickel Catalysis and Chemoselective Sulfonation
11:45 am - 12:40 pm: Lunch break and poster viewing
12:40 - 1:30 pm: Invited lecture by Prof. Mark S. Taylor, University of Toronto
Title of presentation to be announced
1:30 - 1:45 pm: Oral presentation by Jeffrey Davidson, University of Guelph
Comparative Study of Glycosylation at O-3 with N-Trichloroacetyl-D- Glucosamine and N-Acetyl-D-Glucosamine Derivatives
1:45 - 2:35 pm: Invited lecture by Prof. Wenjun Du, Central Michigan University
Efficient Syntheses of Polysaccharides and their Biomedical Applications
2:35 - 2:50 pm: Oral presentation by Matthew McConnell, University of Iowa
Carbohydrate-Functionalized Bivalent Polymers to Investigate the Predictable Tunability of Multivalent Interactions
2:50 - 3:40 pm: Invited lecture by Prof. Peter Andreana, The University of Toledo
Title of presentation to be announced
3:40 - 4:40 pm: Poster Session
4:40 - 5:40 pm: Keynote Speaker Prof. Peng George Wang, Georgia State University
Based on Current Chemical and Enzymatic Synthesis, So Close We are to a Commonly Existing Glycomic Library?
5:40 - 6:00 pm: Meeting of the Principal Investigators
6:00 - 6:15 pm: Concluding remarks and awards ceremony
6:30 pm: Served dinner at The Original Cottage Inn
End of all scheduled events.