2nd Annual Meeting of GlycoScience Ireland
NUI Galway April 30th 2009
INVITATION
We would like to invite you and your colleagues to join us for the 2nd Annual Meeting of GlycoScience Ireland, which will be held at NUI Galway on Thursday April 30th. GlycoScience Ireland is an academic organization which aims to build, support and promote Glycosciences research in Ireland and to provide visibility and collaborative opportunities for Irish glycoscientists with international academic and industrial communities. Building upon the success of last year’s inaugural meeting, this year we will continue to look at trends in Glycosciences taking a broader international view that will highlight Irish science internationally and facilitate Irish based scientists in networking with many global leaders in this field. See PROGRAMME below.
There will be an opportunity to showcase your group’s work at the conference in a day long poster session so we would encourage you all to bring along a poster that represents the current glycoscience related activities in your group.
This a free event sponsored by the AGRC, CBAS and NIBRT. However, for catering purposes we ask you to register. Please fill in your details in the REGISTRATION FORM below and click the submit button to forward your details to us.
We look forward to seeing you at the conference.
Regards,
Lokesh Joshi, |
Pauline Rudd, |
Accommodation
For those travelling to attend this event please click here for information on accomodation in Galway.
2nd Annual Meeting of GlycoScience Ireland
Aras Moyola, NUI Galway
April 30th 2009
PROGRAMME
This draft programme below is correct as of 1st April and will be updated as required.
| 08:00 – 09:00 | Coffee & Registration | |
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome Prof. Jim Browne (President, NUI Galway) Dr. Stephen Simpson (Director of LifeSciences, Science Foundation Ireland) |
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Morning Session |
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Chair: Prof. Lokesh Joshi (NUI Galway) |
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| 09:30 – 09:45 | Professor Lokesh Joshi (Stokes Professor of Glycosciences, Director,Alimentary Glycoscience Research Cluster) Alimentary Glycoscience Research Cluster |
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| 09:45 – 10:15 | Prof. Richard Cummings (William Patterson Timmie Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia) Glycobiology and Glycomics of the Intestine and Intestinal Pathogens |
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| 10:15 – 10:45 | Dr. Karl Kruger (Program Director, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Washington D.C., USA) Translational Research on Glycomic Cancer Biomarkers: National Institutes of Health Support for Essential Resources. |
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| 10:45 – 11:15 | Prof. Y.C. Lee (Department of Biochemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA) Pigeons, Gulls, and AvioGlycomics |
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| 11:15 – 11:30 | Coffee / Biobreak | |
Mid-morning Session |
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Chair: Prof. Y.C. Lee (Department of Biochemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA) |
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| 11:30 – 12:00 | Dr. Willie Vann (Center for Biologic Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington D.C., USA) Polysaccharides as Vaccines against Encapsulated Bacterial Pathogens |
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| 12:00 – 12:30 | Prof. Dr. Hans J. Gabius (Chair of Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany Tumor glycosylation: more than a diagnostic marker? |
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| 12:30 – 13:00 | Prof. Thomas Borén (Umeå University, Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden) Dynamics of Adhesin-Receptor Interactions: Lessons from Helicobacter pylori |
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| 13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch | |
Afternoon Session |
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Chair: Dr. Karl Kruger (Program Director, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Washington D.C., USA) |
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| 14:00 – 14:30 | Prof. Roy Jefferis (Division of Immunity and Infection, Medical School, The University of Birmingham,.UK.) Antibody therapeutics: isotype and glycoform optimisation for purpose. |
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| 14:30 – 15:00 | Prof. Tudor Arvinte (University of Geneva) Aggregation of the therapeutic immunoglobulin trastuzumab (Herceptin®) in 5% dextrose solution |
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| 15:00 – 15:30 | Prof. Sabine Flitsch (Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, University of Manchester.UK) Glycosylation reactions – from biocatalysis to medical applications |
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| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee/Biobreak | |
Late-Afternoon Session |
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Chair: Prof. Pauline Rudd (National Institute for Bioprocess Research and Training, Dublin, Ireland) |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 | Dr. Gibbes Johnson – Food and Drug Administration Challenges in Therapeutic Enzyme Manufacturing |
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| 16:30 – 17:00 | Dr. P. Dillon, – Wyeth Ireland | |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Dr. Rudi Grimm –Agilent Technologies, CA, USA Agilent and recent Chip-MS developments in collaborative analytical glycobiology |
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| 17:30 – 18:00 | Closing Reception | |
Meeting Adjourned
Registration Form



