| SUNDAY | 
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) | 
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | 
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff | 
| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Late Breaking Science | 
|  | Discussion Leaders: Jerry Turnbull (University of Liverpool) and Renato Iozzo (Thomas Jefferson) | 
| 7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Dan Leahy (Johns Hopkins University) "The pervasive role of proteoglycans in hedgehog signaling"
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| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion | 
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | James Fawcett (Kings College Cambridge) "Glycosaminoglycans and protein interactions in perineuronal nets - regulation of synaptic plasticity"
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| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion | 
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Anthony J. Day (University of Manchester) "Crystal structure of heavy chain 1 (HC1) from human inter-alpha-inhibitor (IaI)"
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| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion | 
| MONDAY | 
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast | 
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biosynthesis and Catabolism | 
|  | Discussion Leaders: Lena Kjellén (Uppsala University) and Marion Kusche-Gullberg (University of Bergen) | 
| 9:00 am - 9:35 am | Hinke Multhaupt (University of Copenhagen) "Specific localization of HS and CS biosynthesis enzymes within the Golgi compartment"
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| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion | 
| 9:50 am | Coffee Break | 
| 10:20 am - 10:40 am | Paul DeAngelis (University of Oklahoma Medical Center) "Domain structures in HS glycosaminoglycans"
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| 10:40 am - 10:50 am | Discussion | 
| 10:50 am - 11:25 am | Jian Liu (University of North Carolina) "Recent success of the use of biosynthetic enzymes for the in vitro preparation of glycosaminoglycans and domain structure in HS"
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| 11:25 am - 11:40 am | Discussion | 
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm | Johan Ledin (University of Uppsala) "Proteoglycans in zebra fish"
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| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:10 pm - 12:17 pm | David Vigetti (University of Insubria) "Role of protein O-GlcNAcylation in the control of glycosaminoglycan synthesis in human smooth muscle cells"
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| 12:17 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:20 pm - 12:27 pm | Joanne Tobacman (University of Illinois at Chicago) "Transcriptional effects of arylsulfatase B mediated through changes in chondroitin-4-sulfation and nuclear galectin-3"
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| 12:27 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | 
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time | 
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session | 
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | 
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Developmental Biology | 
|  | Discussion Leaders: Joe Yost (University of Utah) and Hiroshi Nakato (University of Minnesota) | 
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Bradley Olwin (University of Colorado) "Syndecan-3 in muscular development, regeneration, and disease"
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| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion | 
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Christine B. Kern (Medical University of South Carolina) "Extracellular matrix (ECM) during cardiovascular development"
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| 9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion | 
| TUESDAY | 
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast | 
| 8:30 am | Group Photo | 
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Structure/Analysis/Glycomics | 
|  | Discussion Leaders: Barbara Mulloy (National Institute for Biological Standards and Control) and Joseph Zaia (Boston University) | 
| 9:00 am - 9:35 am | Jon Amster (University of Georgia) "Advances in mass spectrometry allowing for the sequencing of intact glycosaminoglycan chains"
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| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion | 
| 9:50 am | Coffee Break | 
| 10:20 am - 10:55 am | Cindy Larive (University of California, Riverside) "NMR for the analysis of glycosaminoglycans"
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| 10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion | 
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Matt Nugent (Boston University Medical School) "Computational studies on proteoglycans"
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| 11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion | 
| 11:40 am - 12:00 pm | Kazuyuki Sugahara (Hokkaido University) "Characterization of a receptor for glycosaminoglycans that mediate experimental lung 
metastasis"
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| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:10 pm - 12:17 pm | Xiaofeng Shi (Boston University School of Medicine) "Characterization of incorporation of 34S into glycosaminoglycan chains by sulfotransferases"
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| 12:17 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:20 pm - 12:27 pm | Jeremy E. Turnbull (University of Liverpool) "Synthesis of a targeted library of heparan sulfate hexa- to dodeca-saccharides as inhibitors of β-secretase: potential therapeutics for Alzheimer's disease"
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| 12:27 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | 
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time | 
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session | 
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | 
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Signaling and the Interactome | 
|  | Discussion Leaders: Pascal Zimmerman (Katholieke Universiteit) and David Fernig (University of Liverpool) | 
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Alan Rapraeger (University of Wisconsin) "Syndecan-coupled signaling complexes and their disruption by synstatins"
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| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion | 
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | A. Radu Aricescu (University of Oxford) "Proteoglycan-specific molecular switch for cell surface signaling"
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| 8:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion | 
| 8:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Guido David (Catholic University of Leuven) "Syndecan-syntenin-Alix regulate the biogenesis of exosomes"
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| 8:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion | 
| 8:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Mary Cowman (Polytechnic Institute of New York University) "Hyaluronan Interactions with Proteins: Binding vs. Repulsive Crowding"
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| 8:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion | 
| WEDNESDAY | 
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast | 
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cancer | 
|  | Discussion Leaders: Ralph Sanderson (University of Alabama at Birmingham) and Alan Rapraeger (University of Wisconsin) | 
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Steve Pals (University of Amsterdam) "HS PGs in cancer"
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| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion | 
| 9:45 am - 10:05 am | Michael Elkin (Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center) "Heparanase and cancer"
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| 10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion | 
| 10:15 am | Coffee Break | 
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Nikos Karamanos (University of Patras) "Glycosaminoglycans in cancer and therapeutics"
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| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion | 
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | Joanna Phillips (UCSF) "HSulf in gliomas"
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| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:00 pm - 12:07 pm | Juliana Dreyfuss (Federal University of Sao Paulo - UNIFESP) "Paracrine regulation of endothelial cells on tumor biology: proteoglycans as key players"
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| 12:07 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:10 pm - 12:17 pm | John Couchman (University of Copenhagen) "Syndecan-4 and its heparan sulfate are regulators of invadopodia function and breast carcinoma invasion"
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| 12:17 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:20 pm - 12:27 pm | Angélica Gomes (Lawence Berkeley National Laboratory) "Shedding light on the role of heparanase during mammary ductal branching morphogenesis"
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| 12:27 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | 
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time | 
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session | 
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | 
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting | 
|  | Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair | 
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Neural, Muscular and Skeletal Diseases | 
|  | Discussion Leaders: Yu Yamaguchi (Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute) and Dick Heinegard (Lund University) | 
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Laurie McCauley (University of Michigan) "Knockout mice show proteoglycan 4 is involved in skeletal formation"
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| 8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion | 
| 8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Alan Grodzinsky (MIT) "Aggrecan structural differences over age as well as on interactions using AFM and other techniques"
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| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion | 
| 8:40 pm - 9:00 pm | Yu Yamaguchi (Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute) "Proteoglycans in autism and epileptic seizures of Has KO mice"
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| 9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion | 
| 9:10 pm - 9:17 pm | Linda Troeberg (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology) "Sulfated glycosaminoglycans of the cartilage extracellular matrix can regulate the levels and activity of the chondroprotective metalloproteinase inhibitor, TIMP-3"
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| 9:17 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion | 
| 9:20 pm - 9:27 pm | Anders Malmström (Lund University) "Dermatan sulfate epimerase 1 and 2 and double 1/2 deficient mice as models to study the functions of dermatan sulfate in the body"
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| 9:27 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion | 
| THURSDAY | 
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast | 
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine | 
|  | Discussion Leaders: Lola Reid (University of North Carolina) and Jennifer Elisseeff (Johns Hopkins University) | 
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Cathy Merry (University of Manchester) "Stem cell glyco-niche"
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| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion | 
| 9:45 am - 10:05 am | Bruce Caterson (University of Cardiff) "CS/DS Glycosaminoglycan expression in the Stem/Progenitor cell niche"
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| 10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion | 
| 10:15 am | Coffee Break | 
| 10:45 am - 11:15 am | Xingbin Ai (Boston University Medical School) "Heparin sulfate sulfs in the regulation of stem cell function and aging"
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| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion | 
| 11:30 am - 11:50 am | Alison Nairn (University of Georgia) "Stem cell glycosaminoglycanomics"
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| 11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:00 pm - 12:07 pm | Addolorata Pisconti (University of Colorado at Boulder) "Syndecan-3 defines the muscle stem cell niche and its role in controlling muscle regenerative potential"
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| 12:07 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:10 pm - 12:17 pm | Donna Tillotson (University of Manchester) "Glyconanotubes to direct stem cell behavior"
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| 12:17 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:20 pm - 12:27 pm | Lianchun Wang (University of Georgia) "Heparan sulfate facilitates FGF and BMP signaling to drive mesoderm differentiation of mouse embryonic stem cells"
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| 12:27 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion | 
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | 
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time | 
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session | 
| 6:00 pm | Dinner | 
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Poster Awards Leader: Nick Shworak (Conference Vice Chair)
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| 7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Cardiovascular and Inflammation | 
|  | Discussion Leaders: Nick Shworak (Dartmouth Medical School) and Pyong Park (Harvard Medical School) | 
| 7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Paul Noble (Duke University) "Role of hyaluronan and syndecans in immune modulation in chronic lung disease"
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| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion | 
| 8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Renato Iozzo (Thomas Jefferson) "Endorepelin in angiogenesis - a new anti-angiogenic mechanism-dual receptor antagonism"
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| 8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion | 
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | David Birk (University of South Florida) "SLRPs in matrix assembly"
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| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion | 
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Liliana Schaefer (University of Frankfurt) "Proteoglycans in innate immunity"
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| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion | 
| FRIDAY | 
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast | 
| 9:00 am | Departure |