Program
The 2020 MCGS will take place in a virtual format on Friday, November 20, 2020 (11 am-5:30 pm, EST). To attend the symposium, please follow the link below. After completing a short registration form, you will be redirected to the webinar:
https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uRvvzoDKSlq4Li1qso-MLA
If you encounter technical difficulties joining this webinar, you may access the live symposium broadcast through the University of Michigan Chemistry Department Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbx3_F5ODq9BwvzV3Lu50Q/featured
The symposium schedule and details could be found below:
Morning Session (starts at 11 am, EST)
11:00-11:05 am, Introductory remarks
11:05-11:50 am, Professor Peter H. Seeberger (Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomolecular Systems and Freie Universitat Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry). Link to group website.
Presentation Title: "Materials Made of Synthetic Polysaccharides" Access Abstract Here
11:55am-12:20 pm, Professor Ratmir Derda (University of Alberta, Chemistry Department). Link to group website.
Presentation Title:"Genetically-encoded, Multivalent Liquid Glycan Arrays (LiGA)"
12:25-12:50 pm, Professor Elisa Fadda (Maynooth University, Chemistry Department). Link to group website.
Presentation Title: "Functional role of the glycan shield in the activation of the SARS-CoV-2 S protein"
12:55-1:30 pm, BREAK
Afternoon session (starts at 1:30 pm, EST):
1:30-1:40 pm, Short Presentations (2 min): Dr. Imlirenla Pongener (Keele University, UK), Dr. Nick Riley (Stanford University, USA), Dr. Debashis Dhara (Institut Pasteur, France), Michela Ferrari (University of Groningen, Netherlands), Aleksei Tikhonov (Engelhardt Institute of Molecualr Biology, Russia). Access abstracts here.
1:45-2:10 pm, Professor Steven Townsend (Vanderbilt University, Chemistry Department). Link to group website.
Presentation Title: "Mining Mothers Milk for Anti-inflamatory Agents"
2:15-2:40 pm, Professor Catherine Leimkuhler-Grimes (University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry). Link to group website.
Presentation Title:"Understanding the Innate Immune System with Designer Jackets and Synthetic Threads"
2:45-3:07 pm, Short Presentations (2 min):Prof. Jia Niu (Boston College, USA), Dr. Suprya Dey (Harvard University, USA), Dr. Haley Brown (University of Michigan, USA), Dr. Samir Ghosh (The University of Toledo, USA), Ashley DeYong (Indiana University, USA), Hunter McFall-Boegeman (Michigan State University, USA), Janet Muzulu (Brown University, USA), Sonia Tomar (Cleveland State University, USA), Joshua Martin (University of Michigan, USA), Ryan Rutkoski (University of Michigan, USA), Dr. Anshupriya Si (University of Toledo, USA). Access abstracts here.
3:10-3:30 pm, BREAK
3:30-3:55pm, Professor Alison Wendlandt (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry). Link to group website. Link to group website.
Presentation Title: Selective catalytic tools for editing carbohydrates
4:00-4:20 pm, Short Presentations (2 min): Dr. Stacy Malaker (Stanford University, USA), Prof. Mohammed Hasawi (Umm AlQura University, Saudi Arabia), Dr. Mana Mohan Mukherjee (National Institute of Health, USA), Adam Kostizke (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), Yu Zhao (Cleveland State University, USA), Timur Adrianov (University of Toronto, Canada), Vinod Kumar Gattoji (The University of Toledo, USA), Ka Keung Chan (Cleveland State University, USA), Shuyao Lang (Michigan State University, USA), Roger Diehl (MIT, USA). Access abstracts here.
4:25-4:50pm, Professor Seth Herzon (Yale University, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacology). Link to group website.
Presentation Title: "Application of anomeric anions for the synthesis of O-glycosides"
4:55-5:20pm, Professor Mark Taylor (University of Toronto, Chemistry Department). Link to group website.
Presentation Title: "Site-selective transformations of O-H and C-H bonds in carbohydrates with organoboron catalysis"
5:25-5:30 pm, Concluding remarks
We gratefully acknowledge the support from the ACS Carbohydrate Division.
