Saturday
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2:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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3:30 pm - 3:45 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
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3:45 pm - 4:30 pm |
Mining for CAZymes from Diverse Ecosystems
Discussion Leader: Stephen Lillington (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
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3:45 pm - 3:50 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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3:50 pm - 4:05 pm |
Juliana Sanchez Alponti (University of York, United Kingdom)
"Mining for Enzymes Able to Degrade Recalcitrant Biomass from a Salt Marsh Environment"
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4:05 pm - 4:10 pm |
Discussion
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4:10 pm - 4:25 pm |
Kristin Low (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada)
"Increasing the Digestibilty of Non-Starch Dietary Polysaccharides with CAZymes Bioprospected from the Chicken Intestinal Microbiome"
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4:25 pm - 4:30 pm |
Discussion
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Complex Systems for Carbohydrate Degradation
Discussion Leader: Jonathon Briggs (University of British Columbia, Canada)
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:40 pm - 8:00 pm |
Rebecca Pollet (University of Michigan Medical School, USA)
"The Role of TonB in Polysaccharide Utilization by the Bacteroidetes"
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8:00 pm - 8:05 pm |
Discussion
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8:05 pm - 8:25 pm |
Kazune Tamura (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Holistic Molecular Dissection of Beta-Glucan Utilization by Prominent Human Gut Symbionts"
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8:25 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:50 pm |
Filipe Cerqueira (The University of Michigan, USA)
"Molecular Features of Resistant Starch Degradation by R. bromii: A Keystone Species of the Gut Microbiome"
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8:50 pm - 8:55 pm |
Discussion
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8:55 pm - 9:15 pm |
Chelsea Vickers (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
"Towards Understanding the Microbial Metabolism of Lambda-Carrageenan, One of the Most Highly Sulfated Polysaccharides in Nature"
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9:15 pm - 9:20 pm |
Discussion
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Sunday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 11:00 am |
Mechanistic Insights into CAZyme Action
Discussion Leader: Johanna Karppi (Aalto University, Finland)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:30 am |
Tobias Tandrup (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Structural Determination of Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase Interactions with Substrate"
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9:30 am - 9:35 am |
Discussion
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9:35 am - 9:55 am |
Cecelia Garcia (University of Maryland, USA)
"Trehalose Metabolism in Cellvibrio japonicus Exhibits No Functional Redundancy and Is Solely Dependent on the Tre37A Enzyme"
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9:55 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:20 am |
Shritama Aich (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), India)
"Engineering the Catalytic Efficiency of a Highly Stable Endoglucanase from the GH7 Family from the Hemibiotrophic Plant Pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana"
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10:20 am - 10:25 am |
Discussion
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10:25 am - 10:45 am |
Olanrewaju Raji (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Synergistic Action of Carbohydrate Esterase and α-Glucuronidase in Disassembly of Lignin-Carbohydrate Complexes"
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10:45 am - 10:50 am |
Discussion
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10:50 am - 11:00 am |
General Discussion
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
CAZyme Applications in Bio-Product Production
Discussion Leader: Greta Reintjes (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada)
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1:30 pm - 1:40 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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1:40 pm - 2:00 pm |
Maria Cleveland (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Investigating Catalytic Diversity in Copper Radical Oxidases for Bio-Product Production"
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2:00 pm - 2:05 pm |
Discussion
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2:05 pm - 2:25 pm |
Filip Mollerup (Aalto University, Finland)
"Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase Presents a Unique Capacity for Copper-Catalysed Kirmse Rearrangements in Organic Synthesis"
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2:25 pm - 2:30 pm |
Discussion
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
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3:00 pm |
Seminar Concludes
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