Conference Description
The important roles of carbohydrates in human homeostasis, immunology, allergy, transplantation, microbial and viral infection, host-microbe interaction, cancer, etc. have been increasingly recognized. However, detailed information on how carbohydrates are involved in these important physiological and pathological events at the molecular level is still limited. Significant advances have been made in various areas of carbohydrate research to bridge the gap. The 2019 Carbohydrates Gordon Research Conference brings together experts and emerging investigators to present cutting-edge research progresses and to openly discuss ideas and future directions in the carbohydrate field. Major topics range from carbohydrate structures and glycomics to synthetic strategies, carbohydrate biosynthesis and degradation enzymes, carbohydrate-based prebiotics and therapeutics, glycoimmunology and chemical glycobiology, human and microbial glycomes, and carbohydrates in host-microbe interactions. The conference will feature 29-31 invited talks, 12-16 short talks selected from submitted abstracts, and 4 poster preview sessions. The conference provides a friendly environment for exchanging ideas, building scientific networks, establishing collaborations, starting new projects, and initiating new research directions. The on-site meeting, discussion, interaction, and leisure activities are especially useful for newcomers to get familiar with the major players in the field and to explore new ideas and directions in the interdisciplinary areas of carbohydrate research. The goal of the conference is to advance the field of carbohydrates which will greatly facilitate the improvement of human health.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by February 23, 2019. Please check back for updates.
Structures and Glycomics
Discussion Leaders
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Xuefei Huang (Michigan State University, USA)
Speakers
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Isabelle Compagnon (Institut Universitaire de France, France)
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Daron Freedberg (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA)
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Christina Woo (Harvard University, USA)
Chemical Synthesis
Discussion Leaders
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Srinivas Hotha (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India)
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George O'Doherty (Northeastern University, USA)
Speakers
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David Crich (Wayne State University, USA)
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Ram Vishwakarma (Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, India)
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Maciej Walczak (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
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Xin-Shan Ye (Peking University, China)
Enzymatic and Chemoenzymatic Synthesis
Discussion Leaders
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Todd Lowary (University of Alberta, Canada)
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Min Xiao (National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong University, China)
Speakers
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Hongzhi Cao (Shandong University, China)
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Joachim Thiem (University of Hamburg, Germany)
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Lai-Xi Wang (University of Maryland, College Park, USA)
Machine-Assisted Synthesis
Discussion Leaders
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Alexei Demchenko (University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA)
Speakers
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Geert-Jan Boons (University of Georgia, USA)
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Peter Seeberger (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)
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Peng George Wang (Georgia State University, USA)
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Chi-Huey Wong (The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
Biosynthesis and Degradation Enzymes
Discussion Leaders
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Stephen Withers (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Speakers
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Andrew Fisher (University of California, Davis, USA)
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Taroh Kinoshita (Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan)
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Bernd Nidetzky (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
Carbohydrate-Based Prebiotics and Therapeutics
Discussion Leaders
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Timor Baasov (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
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Biao Yu (Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Speakers
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Yukari Fujimoto (Keio University, Japan)
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Steven Townsend (Vanderbilt University, USA)
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Guangli Yu (Ocean University of China, China)
Glycoimmunology and Chemical Glycobiology
Discussion Leaders
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Peter Andreana (University of Toledo, USA)
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Linda Hsieh-Wilson (California Institute of Technology, USA)
Speakers
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Benjamin Davis (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Sabine Flitsch (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
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Rita Gerardy-Schahn (Institute for Cellular Chemistry, Hannover Medical School, Germany)
Human and Microbial Glycomes
Discussion Leaders
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Jennifer Kohler (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
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Jian Liu (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
Speakers
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Fikri Avci (University of Georgia, USA)
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Kamil Godula (University of California, San Diego, USA)
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Xuechen Li (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
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Amélia Rauter (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Carbohydrates in Host-Microbe Interactions
Discussion Leaders
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Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague (University of California, Davis, USA)
Speakers
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Michael Jennings (Griffith University, Australia)
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Laura Kiessling (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
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Chun-Hung Lin (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
