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2018 Glycobiology SIG Workshop
September 10, 2018
On the Crossroads of Glycobiology, Immunology and the Microbiome
Lipsett Amphitheater
Building 10
National Institutes of Health,
1 p.m.– 5 p.m.
Chair
Dr. Aleksandra Nita-Lazar, Chief, Cellular Networks Proteomics Unit, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, NIAID
Program
1 p.m.: Dr. Aleksandra Nita-Lazar, Welcome & Introduction
1:10 p.m.: Keynote Address: “How important are sugars for Campylobacter jejuni?”
Dr. Christine Szymanski, Professor of Microbiology, AITF iCORE Strategic Chair in Bacterial Glycomics, Complex Carbohydrate research Center, University of Georgia
1:55 p.m.,: “Challenges and opportunities in Computational microbiome-ology”
Dr. Mihai Pop, Professor, Computer Science Department and Interim Director, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
2:25 p. m.: “Transkingdom networks reveal key players of host-microbiota interactions”
Dr. Andrey Morgun, Associate Professor in Pharmacogenomics College of Pharmacy, Oregon State University
2:55 p.m.: Invited short talk: Dr. Stephanie Oliver-Van Stichelen (John Hanover lab, NIDDK): “Maternal exposure to non-nutritive sweeteners impacts infant metabolism and nascent microbiome”
3.10 p.m., break
3:30 p.m.: “Breaking down bacterial cell walls to understand inflammation”
Dr. Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware
4 p.m.: “Regulation of innate immune signaling pathway by the selective autophagy receptor Tax1BP1”
Dr. Ed Harhaj, Professor, Penn State College of Medicine
4:30 p.m.: Invited short talk: Dr. Casey Daniels (Aleksandra Nita-Lazar lab, NIAID): “Protein ADP-ribosylation in the Innate Immune Response and Cancer”
This meeting is being presented by the NIH Glycobiology SIG with generous support from the FDA.