EGC 2021 Webinar Schedule

Our webinar series is co-organized by the EuChemS Division of Glycoscience & recognized by the European Chemical Society.

A series of free to attend webinars to highlight the innovative and ground breaking glycoscience research in Europe and globally. This is part of the EGCs long-term vision in establishing a European-wide glycoscience research network with strong links to leading scientists from around the world. The webinar series is open to all international scientists and will provide a platform for young and established researchers to network, share ideas, and build long-term partnerships with other international glycoscience organizations.

If you are interested in participating as a speaker in the series, please complete the Expression of Interest form and a member of the team will be in touch.

2021 Webinar Schedule & Recordings

EGC Webinar #11 Analytical Glycosciences (Jan 14, 4 pm CET)

Elisa Fadda (Maynooth University, Ireland)

"Functional role of the glycan shield in the activation of the SARS-CoV-2 S protein"

Gestur Vidarsson (Sanquin Research, the Netherlands)

"IgG fucosylation as an On/Off switch in human immune responses, and how it drives exaggerated pathologies​ in COVID-19"

EGC Webinar #12 Glycobiology (Jan 28, 4 pm CET)

Karli Reiding (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)

"Whole neutrophil glycoproteomics reveals a subset of highly atypical glycoproteins"

Francesca Berni (Leiden University, the Netherlands)

"Synthesis of glycobiology-based antigens from S. aureus and E. fecaelis"

EGC Webinar #13 Glycochemistry (Feb 11, 4 pm CET)

Camilla Matassini (University of Florence, Italy)

"Nitrogen-containing glycomimetics: From synthesis to therapeutic application in metabolic and neurological disorders"

Laura Morelli (University of Milan, Italy)

"Saccharide fragments common to Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroup 19"

EGC Webinar #14 Glycobiology (Feb 25, 4 pm CET)

Johanne Dubail (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale/Inserm, France)

"Calcium homeostasis and proteoglycan biosynthesis defects in chondrodysplasia with multiple dislocations"

Rhianna Rowland (University of York, United Kingdom)

"Insights into lysosomal storage diseases; Characterisation of lysosomal glycoside hydrolases"

EGC Webinar #15 Analytical Glycosciences (March 11, 5 pm CET)

Jon Agirre (University of York, United Kingdom)

"Integrative structural glycobiology – computational methods sans frontières"

Dr. Juan C. Muñoz García (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)

"Pushing the limits of solution and solid-state NMR methods for the characterisation of carbohydrate-based materials"

EGC Webinar #16 Glycochemistry (March 25, 4 pm CET)

Supriya Dey (Harvard University, United States)

"Programmable one-pot synthesis of heparin sulfate and commercial heparin anticoagulants"

Eris Sletten (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)

"Automated synthesis of glycans"

EGC Webinar #17 Glycobiology (April 8, 5 pm CEST)

Sabina Górska (Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

"Discover the sweet side of probiotics"

Christoph Rademacher (University of Vienna, Austria)

"Glycan-based cell-cell communication – How lectins read the sugar-code"

EGC Webinar #18 with the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry (CARB) (April 22, 5 pm CEST)

Steven Townsend (Vanderbilt University, United States)

“Non-infant uses of human milk oligosaccharides”

Matthew Pratt (University of Southern California, United States)

“Discovering O-GlcNAc biochemistry using synthetic proteins”

EGC Webinar #19 Glycochemistry (May 6, 5 pm CEST)

Cecilia Romanò (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

"Gangliosides and αGalCer: Design and synthesis of novel cancer vaccine candidates"

Gavin Miller (Keele University, United Kingdom)

"Chemoenzymatic synthesis of sugar nucleotides to explore the mannore dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa"

EGC Webinar #20 Glycobiology (May 20, 5 pm CEST)

Marcelina Pyclik (Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

"Peptidoglycan  - "simple" structure with immunomodulatory potential"

Agnieszka Razim (Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

"Current advances in adjuvants for intranasal vaccines"

EGC Webinar #21 Analytical Glycosciences (June 3, 4 pm CEST)

Jolanda van Munster (Scotland's Rural College, Scotland)

"Lignocellulose degradation"

Roisin O'Flaherty (Maynooth University, Ireland)

"(title TBC)"

EGC Webinar #24 Analytical Glycosciences (Oct 7, 4 pm CEST)

Ieva Bagdonaite (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

"O-Glycosylation of SARS-CoV-2: Are we close to the full picture?"

Manfred Wuhrer (Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands)

"Antibody glycosylation dynamics associate with clinical outcome in Covid-19"

EGC Webinar #25 Glycochemistry (Nov 4, 4 pm CET)

Alonso Pardo Vargas (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

"Automated solid phase synthesis of oligosaccharides as tool for structural and functional analysis"

Jonathan Cramer (Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, Germany)

"Sweet drugs for bad bugs: Carbohydrate-based therapeutics against the DC-SIGN-mediated dissemination of viral pathogens"

EGC Webinar #26 Analytical Glycosciences (Dec 9, 4 pm CET)

Daniel Spencer (Ludger Ltd., United Kingdom)

"Detection of MODY type diabetes – moving from HPLC to micro-titre plate based assay measurement of glycans"

Alan Moran (Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands)

"Sialic acid derivatization of fluorescently labeled N-glycans allows linkage differentiation by RPLC-FD-MS"

EGC Webinar #27 Glycochemistry (Dec 16, 4 pm CET)

Marko Anderluh (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)

"Innovative inhibitors of O-GlcNAc transferase – chemical probes that modulate cell's metabolic gauge"

Sateesh Dubbu (University of Basel, Switzerland)

"Stereoselective synthesis of C-aryl/alkyl glycosides from carbohydrate synthons using the Prins reaction and chemistry of arynes"