Glycan Function Workshop at SfG 2023

The second "Workshop on Glycan Function Annotation," entitled "Defining Glycan Functions" will be held on November 4th at Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort in Kona on the big island of Hawaii, just prior to the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for GlycoBiology. The workshop is organized and chaired by Dr. Michael Tiemeyer and Dr. René Ranzinger from the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and is sponsored by the GlyGen project with the support of NIH. A select group of glycobiology experts have been invited to participate in discussions and contribute their ideas for developing a framework of terms and concepts relating glycan functions to glycan structural features, motifs, and patterns.

Venue

Hilton Waikoloa Village

Queens Ballroom 4

Hilton Waikoloa Village

69-425 Waikoloa Beach Drive

Waikoloa, HI 96738

Floor plan with Queens 4 ballroom marked red.

Schedule

Time	Duration	Topic	Chair	Presenters	Reporters
9:00	10 min	Welcome		Mike Tiemeyer & Rene Ranzinger
9:10	20 min	Glycan Function Overview		Mike Tiemeyer
9:30	70 min	Adhesion and cell-cell interaction 10 min introduction talk 10 min introduction talk 40 min open discussion 10 min session summary			Rene Ranzinger Karina Martinez
10:40	15 min	Morning Break (in meeting room)
10:55	70 min	Signal modulation 10 min introduction talk 10 min introduction talk 40 min open discussion 10 min session summary			Rene Ranzinger Nathan Edwards
12:05	60 min	Lunch (Kona Promenade)
1:05	70 min	Immune modulation 10 min introduction talk 10 min introduction talk 40 min open discussion 10 min session summary			Rene Ranzinger Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita
2:15	70 min	Protein folding 10 min introduction talk 10 min introduction talk 40 min open discussion 10 min session summary			Rene Ranzinger Mindy Porterfield
3:25	15 min	Coffee Break (in meeting room)
3:40	70 min	Other functions (e.g., structural component) 10 min introduction talk 10 min introduction talk 40 min open discussion 10 min session summary			Rene Ranzinger Mike Tiemeyer
4:50	10 min	Closing remarks		Mike Tiemeyer & Rene Ranzinger

• Chair - Facilitate discussion sessions
• Presenters - Give short ~10 minute presentation as introduction to a topic
• Reporters - Take notes

Attendees

	Resource/Project	Attendees
1	Michael Tiemeyer	University of Georgia
2	Rene Ranzinger	University of Georgia
3	Karina Martinez	George Washington University
4	Hans H. Wandall	University of Copenhagen
5	Jim Paulson	Scripps Institute
6	Lance Wells	University of Georgia
7	Rick Cummings	Harvard Medical School
8	Ten Feizi	Imperial College London
9	Kelley Moremen	University of Georgia
10	Nathan Edwards	Georgetown University
11	Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita	Soka University
12	Henrik Clausen	University of Copenhagen
13	Hamed Jafar-Nejad	Baylor
14	Jeff Esko	UCSD
15	Sean Stowell	Harvard
16	Karin Hoffmeister	Medical College of Wisconsin
17	Marie Hollenhorst	Harvard
18	Shinobu Kitazume	RIKEN
19	Mindy Porterfield	University of Georgia
20	Jennifer Kohler	UTSW

Travel information

Airport

Kona International Airport (KOA) is a 20-minute (19 miles) car ride from the hotel.

Uber & Lyft                           

Rides from Kona International Airport range from $21–$37.

Taxi                                        

Approx. $55-$65 (one way)

Parking             

Self-Parking: $39/night

Valet Parking: $55/night

Organization Committee

Dr. Mike Tiemeyer and Dr. René Ranzinger organizing and chairing the workshop. Other people that helped in planning the agenda and organizing the meeting are:

• Raja Mazumder (GlyGen)
• Karina Martinez (GlyGen)
• Anna Bighta (Complex Carbohydrate Research Center)

Contact

For questions about registration or general inquiries, please contact:

Mike Tiemeyer: mtiemeyer@ccrc.uga.edu

Rene Ranzinger: rene@ccrc.uga.edu

Acknowledgment

The workshop is supported by the GlyGen project and National Institute of General Medical Sciences under the grant # 1R24GM146616 - 01.