GlyGen 2024 All Hands Meeting
The annual GlyGen All Hands meeting is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, June 12th and 13th, 2024. It is an exciting opportunity for all GlyGen collaborators to convene in person and dive into discussions about our future prospects and project plans for the upcoming year.
Program and Information
Meeting Venue
Room G1-001, 2115 Wisconsin Ave NW, Georgetown University (Map) (Parking)
Day 1 Wednesday June 12 - Room G1-001
Day 2 Thursday June 13 - Room G1-001
Driving to the Meeting Venue
Parking is at Colonial Parking - 2115 and 2121 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007. (Parking) The parking ticket will be validated. Contact Jeet Vora.
NOTE: Entrance to the parking is behind the building, at the end of Whitehaven St. NW.
From Wisconsin Ave NW, southbound, turn left onto Whitehaven after the Wisconsin 2115 building entrance and Trader Joes.
From Wisconsin Ave NW, northbound, turn right onto Whitehaven after the Safeway and British School of Washington.
Follow Whitehaven around to the left. Parking is at end of Whitehaven St. NW.
Use the left lane to get a ticket, right lane is for monthly parkers only. You are entering on the G2 level. There will be many open spots on the G3 level. Use the elevators marked for 2115 Wisconsin (on your right after you enter the garage). Take the elevator to the G1 level. The room is adjacent to the elevators.
Uber/Taxi:
Address: 2115 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007 (Map)
Driver should pull into the driveway and pull up in the circle in front of the building. As you enter the building, the elevators are around the reception desk to the left. There is no need to check-in with reception. Take the elevators to the G1 level, the room is adjacent to the elevators.
Alternatively, take the blue stairs next to the elevators down one level. The room is behind you.
On foot:
Address: 2115 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007 (Map)
Walk in the driveway. Building is in front of you at the circle. As you enter the building, the elevators are around the reception desk to the left. There is no need to check-in with reception.
Take the elevators to the G1 level, the room is adjacent to the elevators.
Alternatively, take the blue stairs next to the elevators down one level. The room is behind you.
Virtual Meeting
The Zoom Link will be used for the virtual attendees - https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/99846226862?pwd=VDFMZldybGNhTjYyWGVQZDhRZTd5dz09
Group Dinner
Group Dinner on Day 1 June 12 will be at il Canale (In Georgetown) at 6PM. The restaurant is 7 mins drive and 23 mins walking from the meeting venue.
Address: 1065 31st St NW, Washington, DC 20007 (MAP). | Parking: 1054 31st St NW, Washington, DC 20007 (MAP)
There is a prix fix menu for the dinner which will be paid for by GlyGen.
Alcoholic Drinks - Buy Your Own Drink.
Accommodation - Closest Hotel to the venue is the The Glover Park Hotel in Glover Park. Other hotels are in Georgetown and Foggy Bottom which are a short ride from the venue.
For entering the building ID is required. In the morning, GW members will be in the courtyard or near the security desk to sign you in and hand out your badges.
For any assistance call Karina (804-868-0809) or (Raja (703-608-9785) or Jeet (202-816-0104)
Travel from DCA or IAD Airport:
The accommodation and meeting venue near/in Georgetown/Glover Park is approximately 7 miles away from Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) and 27 Miles from Dulles International Airport (IAD). A taxi ride should take around 20 minutes from DCA and 50 Minutes from IAD.
There is no Metro station near the venue. The closest Metro station is Foggy Bottom (2 miles away). The Metrorail Blue line connects the DCA airport and the Foggy Bottom Station, in direction of Largo Town Center. There is a Silver line metro that directly connects IAD Dulles Airport Station to Foggy Bottom Station, in direction of Largo Town Center) and takes about 60 mins from IAD. (Metro Map , WMATA)
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Agenda
Day 1 (Wednesday June 12th) All Hands Meeting
| Time (ET) | Agenda | Description | Presenter |
| 8:30am | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00am | Welcome |
|
MikeT & Raja (30min) |
| 9:30am | NIH Remarks |
|
NIH Guests (15 min) |
| 9:45am | Year 2 progress |
|
MikeT & Raja (30min) |
| 10:15am | Coffee Break (15min) | ||
| 10:30am | Portal Year 3 Plan |
|
MikeT (15min) |
| 10:45pm | Data Year 3 Plan |
|
Raja (15min) |
| 11:00am | GlyGen Year 4 and Year 5 Plans |
|
MikeT & Raja (15min) |
| 11:15pm | Open Discussion |
|
All (30min) |
| 11:45pm | Photo & Lunch break (60min) | ||
| 12:45pm | Tool game/data |
|
Rene (45 min) |
| 1:30pm | Subcontract I - Protein Data |
|
Maria, Preethi & Kate (20min) |
| 1:50pm | Subcontract II - Lit. Mining |
|
Vijay (20min) |
| 2:10pm | Subcontract III - Glycan |
|
Nathan (20min) |
| 2:30pm | GlyGen-PubChem |
|
Karina, Evan and Tiejun (20mins) |
| 2:50pm | Discussion session |
|
All (40 min) |
| 3:30pm | Coffee break (10mins) | ||
| 3:40pm | Introduction to GlySpace |
|
Mike and Raja (10min) |
| 3:50pm | GlyGen's Data Integration Plan for GlyCosmos and GlyConnect data |
|
Urnisha (10min) |
| 4:20pm | Collaboration plans between GlyGen and GlyCosmos/GlyTouCan |
|
Kiyoko (20min) |
| 4:40pm | Collaboration plans between GlyGen and GlyConnect/SIB |
|
Frederique (20 min) |
| 5:00pm | Open discussion |
|
All (20 min) |
| 5:20pm | Meeting Adjourned | ||
| 6:00pm | Group Dinner - il Canale (MAP) (Georgetown) @ 6PM | ||
Day 2 (Thursday June 13th) All Hands Meeting
| 8:30am | Breakfast | ||
| 9:00am | Welcome |
|
MikeT & Raja (5min) |
| 9:05am | Review Day 1 |
|
Rene (10min) |
| 9:15am | Outreach |
|
Jeet (20min) |
| 9:35am | Publication plans |
|
Karina (10min) |
| 9:45am | Outreach Workshop |
|
Rene (30 min) |
| 10:15am | Discussion |
|
All (15min) |
| 10:30am | Coffee break (15 min) | ||
| 10:45am | Machine learning and literature mining in GlyGen |
|
Robel & Nathan (30min) |
| 11:15am | How to measure success? |
|
Rene (30min) |
| 11:45am | Open Discussion |
|
All (15min) |
| 12:15pm | Lunch break and (60min) | ||
| 12:45pm | Executive Session with Advisors and NIH Guests, if available (60min) | ||
| 1:30pm | General Meeting adjourned | ||
| 1:30pm | GlySpace Meeting (Mike, Raja, Nathan, Kiyoko and Frederique) Room G308 ZOOM | ||
| 1:30pm | Developer Meeting (Developers) | ||
| 5:10pm | Meeting Adjourned | ||
Day 3 (Friday June 14th) All Hands Meeting
| 8:30am | Breakfast | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00am | Welcome |
|
MikeT & Raja (5min) |
| 9:05am | GlySpace Meeting |
|
GlySpace Members |
| 9:05am | Developers Meeting |
|
All Developers |
| 12:00am | Lunch (60min) | ||
| 1:00PM | Developers Meeting |
|
All Developers |
| 4:55PM | Meeting Adjourned | ||