Glycan Function Workshop at SfG 2023

The workshop on "Glycan Function Annotation" associated with the annual meeting of the Society for GlycoBiology 2023 will be held on November 4th at Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort, on the big island of Hawaii. The workshop is organized and chaired by Dr. Mike Tiemeyer and Dr. René Ranzinger from the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and sponsored by the GlyGen project with the support of NIH. This workshop follows the workshop on "Glycan Function" held in Padova, Italy in May 2023. While the workshop in Italy was pretty much focused on the bioinformatics and biocuration aspects of glycan function the workshop in Hawaii will focus on the biology and chemistry aspects

Workshop intention

Venue

Queens Ballroom 4

Hilton Waikoloa Village

69-425 Waikoloa Beach Drive

Waikoloa, HI 96738

Schedule


Time	Duration	Topic	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.