What molecules decide human ABO blood teams? What do influenza viruses seize once they infect a human? What outline the serotypes of bacterial species? What are essentially the most numerous protein post-translational modifications? The reply to all of those questions is “carbohydrates.”
Indeed, carbohydrates are indispensable biomolecules and parts which are important for all times. They are key recognition parts of many organic and pathological occasions. Synthesizing glycans and understanding the roles of carbohydrates was once daunting duties however, because of current progress, have turn into simpler.
The thrilling talks in our symposium at Discover BMB, the annual assembly of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, which will probably be held in March in Seattle, will current current advances made on a number of fronts: glycan synthesis, instruments developed, chemical biology, and the roles and the purposes of carbohydrates in well being and ailments.
The subjects embrace human and bacterial glycans, biocatalysis, chemoenzymatic synthesis, glycomics, glycoproteomics, anti-glycan antibodies and the roles and purposes in studying, reminiscence and remedy of grownup ailments.
We goal to interact aficionados in addition to these excited about studying extra about the best way to implement these approaches in their very own analysis.
Keywords: Biocatalysis, carbohydrates, glycans, glycoscience, synthesis, recognition.
Who ought to attend: Anyone within the current advances within the synthesis, roles and purposes of glycans and glycoconjugates.
Theme tune: “Watermelon Sugar” by Harry Styles.
This session is powered by a sugar rush.
Speakers
Synthesis of glycans for exploring their function in well being and illness
Xi Chen (chair), University of California, Davis
Catherine L. Grimes, University of Delaware
Rita Gerardy–Schahn, Hannover Medical School
Steven D. Townsend, Vanderbilt University
Jerry Troutman, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Chemical glycobiology and instruments for glycoscience
Catherine Grimes (chair), University of Delaware
Mireille Kamariza, Harvard University
Jeff Gildersleeve, National Cancer Institute
Lingjun Li, University of Wisconsin
Tania Lupoli, New York University
Carbohydrate biocatalysts and glycan-binding probes/supplies
Catherine Grimes (chair), University of Delaware
Xi Chen, University of California, Davis
Barbara Imperiali, Massachuetts Institute of Technology
Kelley Moremen, University of Georgia
Vered Padler–Karavani, Tel Aviv University