Programme

08:15 – 09:00

Coffee Welcome & Registration.

09:00 – 10:00

Welcome & Introductions
Professor Pauline Rudd - NIBRT, University College Dublin
Dr Maurice Treacy - Chief Executive Officer, NIBRT
Dr Marion Boland - Science Foundation Ireland
Mr. Michael O’Sullivan - UCD
Conway Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Research.

Session 1: Glycolmmunology

10:00-10:45

Plenary Lecture
Professor Ghislain Opdenakker, Rega Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium.
From molecular biology to glycobiology: a crescendo that needs therapies

10:45-11:15

Coffee / Biobreak

11:15-11:45

Dr Liam O’Mahony, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research, University of Zürich, Davos, Switzerland.
C-type lectin receptors and dendritic cells – molecular basis for innate signaling

11:45-12:15

Professor Jeffrey V. Ravetch, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA.
Immunomodulation by sialylated IgG

12:15-13:15

Lunch

Session 2: Young scientists in Glycosciences Chairperson: Dr Marguerite Clyne

13:15-13:45

Dr Ray Amith, Conway Institute, University College Dublin
Neu1 Sialidase: A Master Switch for Receptor Activation?

13:45-14:15

Dr Satish Kalme National University of Ireland, Galway
Generation of glycan targeted oligonucleotide aptamers

14:15-14:45 

Dr Radka Saldova Fahey NIBRT, University College Dublin
Glycosylation changes in cancer

14:45-16:00 

Poster Session & Coffee

17:45-18:00 

Transport Collection from the Radisson Hotel for Dinner

18:05-18:15  

Transport Collection from the Stillorgan Park Hotel for dinner

19:00-Late!

Dinner

Wednesday September 1st

Session 3: Glycans in Host-pathogen interactions Chairperson: Professor Lokesh Joshi

9:00 – 9:30

Professor Robert J. Woods National University of Ireland, Galway. University of Georgia, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, USA
Characterizing Antibody Specificity: Leveraging Glycan Array Data and Computational Simulations

9:30-10:00

Prof. Anthony  Moran, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Catch me if you can: Lewis antigen mimicry by the gastroduodenal bacterium Helicobacter pylori and immune recognition

10:00-10:30

Dr Celso Reis, Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology (IPATIMUP), University of Porto, Portugal.
Glycans in Helicobacter pylori adhesion and gastric cancer

10:30-11:10

Coffee / Biobreak

11:10-11:40

Dr Irma Van Die, VU University Medical Center, Van den Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands..
Parasite glycans as targets for serodiagnosis and vaccination strategies

Session 4: Glycobiology: the Industry point of view Chairperson: Dr Gavin Davey

11:40 – 12:10

Dr Rudi Grimm, Agilent
Advanced glycan analysis using HPLC-Chip/MS

12:10 – 12:40

Dr Steve Taylor Waters Chromatography Northern European Biopharmaceutical Specialist
Glycan profiling using a UPLC/FLR/MS Platform

12:40 - 13:10

Dr Ronan Kelly NIBRT, University College Dublin/ Eli-Lilly
Time-dependent variation of IgG N-glycan composition from CHO cells: elucidating the bottlenecks.

Company Introductions

13:10 – 13:15

Mr Gerard O'Donovan - Pall Life Sciences

13:15 – 13:20

Ms Joanne Rice - GE Healthcare

13:30

Meeting Adjourned

13:30

Lunch