Meeting number (access code): 627 911 780
Meeting password: 48hZG5JM
2018 Glycobiology SIG Workshop
September 26, 2018
Concerted Action for Therapies of Free Sialic Acid-Related Disorders
Natcher Balcony B
1p.m. - 4p.m.
Chair
Dr. Marjan Huizing, Staff Scientist, Medical Genetics Branch NHGRI
Program
1:00 p.m., Sialic Acid Synthesis Pathway, Its Genetic Disorders and Prospects for Therapy
William A. Gahl, MD, PhD (NHGRI, NIH, Bethesda, MD)
Marjan Huizing, PhD (NHGRI, NIH, Bethesda, MD)
1:25 p.m., Sialic Acid Pathway Bioengineering
Kevin J. Yarema, PhD (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD)
Sialic Acid Storage Disorders
1:40 p.m., Therapeutic approaches to lysosomal disorders
Ellen Sidransky, MD (NHGRI, NIH, Bethesda, MD)
1:55 p.m., Gene- or cell-therapies for rare disorders
Cynthia J Tifft, MD, PhD (NHGRI, NIH, Bethesda, MD)
2:10 p.m., Drug screening panels for rare disorders
Wei Zheng, PhD (NCATS, NIH, Rockville, MD)
2:25 p.m., Discussion of therapeutic options for sialic acid storage disorders
Sialic Acid Deficiency Disorders
2:40 p.m., ManNAc therapy to increase intracellular sialic acid production
Nuria Carrillo, MD (NHGRI, NIH, Bethesda, MD)
2:55 p.m., Control of IgG Sialylation
Brian A. Cobb, PhD (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH)
3:10 p.m., Discussion and therapeutic options for Sialic Acid Deficiency Disorders
3:20 p.m., Wrap Up & General Discussion