Programme

Draft programme outline, subject to change.

Time	Session
4.00pm - 5.00pm	Registration & arrival refreshments
5.00pm	Symposium Opening Mihi whakatau \| Welcome
5.30pm	2024 Protein Metrics ECR Award recipient presentation Systems glycobiology: linking omics data to decode the structure and function of glycans in health and disease Dr Rebeca Kawahara
6.05pm	Lifetime membership of the Australian Glycoscience Society (sponsored by Bruker) Distinguished Prof Mark von Itzstein, AO
6.10pm	2024 Shimadzu MCR Award recipient presentation Deciphering the prevalence, mechanism and function of tryptophan C-mannosylation Prof Ethan Goddard-Borger
6.45-8.00pm	Welcome reception

Time	Session
7.30am - 8.30am	Registration open
8.30am - 10.15am	Session one
8.30am	Keynote presentation \| Precision glycocalyx editing to guide cellular differentiation Dr. Kamil Godula
9.00am	Paracentral dogma: supporting the central dogma with sugar code Dr Manshu Song
9.15am	Beyond the Sequon: Modulation of N-Glycosylation site occupancy Prof Ben Schulz
9.30am	Structure, dynamics, and glycan-binding specificities of the N. meningitidis and N. gonorrhoeae Type IV Pili A/Prof Elisa Fadda
9.45am	High-throughput discovery of functional N-glycosylation sites by thermal glycoproteome profiling Shulei Liu
10.00am	Unveiling host-cell glycosylation changes upon parainfluenza virus infection using Mass spectrometry Plabon Kumar Das
10.20am - 10.45am	Morning tea
10.45am - 12.15pm	Session two
10.45am	Keynote presentation \| Of Mice and Sheep: Mincle ligands for improved vaccine efficacy Assoc Prof. Bridget Stocker
11.15am	Synthesis and immunomodulatory effect of marine green algae ulvan oligosaccharides Prof Shang-Cheng Hung
11.30am	A new approach to asymmetrically-substituted trehalose derivatives and application to the synthesis of mycobacterial lipooligosaccharides Hsin-chuan Hsu
11.45am	Enzymatic modification of sulfated polysaccharides for production of bioactive candidates Olivia Macrae
12.00pm	Sugar amino acid mimetics of heparan sulfate Daniel Phipps
12.15pm	Sialic acid linkage switching on the cell surface of pro- and anti-inflammatory macrophages Priya Dipta
12:30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch
12.45pm - 1.30pm	Workshop \| Hands-on LC-MS glycan data analysis with compositional matching and Skyline Christopher Ashwood, Nicholas Debono
1.30pm - 3.00pm	Session three
1.30pm	Keynote presentation \| Glycosylation is a key regulator in stem cell signaling Assoc Prof. Daniel Kolarich
2.00pm	GlyCombo enables rapid, complete glycan composition identification across mammalian, insect, and plant samples Christopher Ashwood
2.15pm	Optimizing single-cell glycomic analysis of mammalian cultured cells using imaging mass spectrometry Dr Arun Everest-dass
2.30pm	Differential expression of sulphated GSL glycans as distinguishing markers of colorectal cancer cell lines Dr Katherine Wongtrakul-Kish
2.45pm	Development of an automated N-glycan analysis software enables fast identification and quantification of permethylated N-glycans Paula Nissen
3.00pm - 3.10pm	Comfort break
3.10pm - 3.40pm	Session four
	Functional analysis of ces1d-mediated ER endomannosidase activity complex using hybrid-binding probes. Akito Taira
	Aglycon specificity analysis of glycan processing enzymes focusing on hydrophobicity as an indicator Yuma Kono
	The Glycosylated MHC-II immunopeptidome of brain tumour tissues: A comparison of MS Fragger-HLA-glyco and byonic output Hayley Goodson
	Peptidespecificity analysis of UGGT regarding the consensus sequence Yuko Funatsu
	Development of the fluorescent monitoring method for cancer cell surface calreticulin Yuka Kobayashi
	Transition-State Analysis of Acid Ceramidase Richard Thom
	Glycoprofiling of extracellular vesicles for detection of ovarian cancer Dr Kristina Mae Bienes
	Surface patterning with unprotected sugars; towards mimicking the glycocalyx Jude Kalan
3:50pm - 4.15pm	Afternoon tea
4.15pm - 5.30pm	Session five
4.15pm	Keynote presentation \| Toward improved drug delivery across the endothelium: Affinity interactions between polymers and the endothelial glycocalyx Prof. Megan Lord
4.45pm	Engineering a glycan matrix to reshape spleen tissue for ectopic liver regeneration Chunming Wang
5.00pm	Exploring new materials as biomimetic growth factor delivery systems Brooke Farrugia
5.15pm	Using synthetic biology to produce bespoke heparan sulphate variants for mesenchymal stromal cell expansion Dr Alex Smith
5.30pm - 6.15pm	Poster session

Time	Session
7:30am - 8.30am	Registration open
8.30am - 10.15am	Session six
8.30am	Keynote speaker \| Probing glycosaminoglycan structure-function relationships Prof. Cathy Merry
9.00am	Structural insights of chitooligosaccharides for the anti-inflammatory activity Prof Kecheng Li
9.15am	Novel glycan-binding proteins with paucimannose recognition Dr Julian Ugonotti
9.30am	Desialylation of Intracellular and Secreted Glycoproteins occurs during infection with Influenza A Virus Kyle Macauslane
9.45am	Secondary deficiency of neuraminidase 1 contributes to CNS pathology in neurological mucopolysaccharidoses via hypersialylation of brain glycoproteins Alexey Pshezhetsky
10.00am	Identification of the common epitope present on both A and B antigens recognized by anti-A,B but not by anti-A or anti-B Stephen Henry
10.20am - 10.45am	Morning tea
10.45am - 12.30pm	Session seven
10.45am	Keynote presentation \| Precise Synthesis of Complex Glycosides and Structure-Activity Relationship Studies Aimed at Drug Discovery Assoc Prof. Daisuke Takahashi
11.15am	Multisite Partial Glycosylation Approach for Preparation of Biologically Relevant Oligomannosyl Branches Prof Kiichiro Totani
11.30am	Toward nucleoside phosphonate mimetics for the treatment of Malaria and Chagas disease Dr Amy Foster
11.45am	Discovery and exploitation of essential glycointeractions to create new opportunities for malaria therapeutics and vaccines. Prof Michael Jennings
12.00pm	Understanding how alterations within O-linked glycosylation biosynthesis results in toxicity in Burkholderia cenocepacia A/Prof Nichollas Scott
12.15pm	The multifunctional role of the gonococcal glycan-binding protein NHBA Dr Evgeny Semchenko
12:30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm - 3.00pm	Session eight
1.30pm	Keynote presentation \| Unravelling the mysteries of RG-II – one of the most structurally complex polysaccharides in nature Assoc Prof. Jenny Mortimer
2.00pm	Discovery of a polysaccharide vaccine target for Strangles disease Jamie Dawson
2.15pm	What's The Slime? The Polysaccharides in New Zealand Lake Snow Dr Cara Luiten
2.30pm	Structural characterisation of biofilms from pure and co-cultures of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter pneumoniae Dr Joel Cain
2.45pm	Seaweed polysaccharide depolymerisation and utilization by marine bacteria: insights and applications Dr Chelsea Vickers
3.00pm - 3.10pm	Comfort break
3.10pm - 3.40pm	Session nine
	Oxidative release of O-acetylated glycans and their characterization using PGC and negative mode tandem MS Punita Aggarwal
	Moraxella nonliquefaciens – an opportunistic pathogen? Characterisation of a novel capsular polysaccharide (strain CCUG348T) Dr I. Darren Grice
	Investigation of glycoconjugates in breastmilk: a prospective study on populational differences (Mongolian vs. Swiss) Dr Alessandra Tozzi
	Simultaneous detection of PNGase/ENGase activity using multifunctionally glycopeptide probe Yuiko Kamata
	Analytical profiling of a unique Australian seaweed-derived protein and glycan extract Runsheng Guo
	Development of glycoprotein degradation promoter to correct abnormalities in glycoprotein quality control Moegi Asayama
	Methodologies and applications of the glycosylated peptide antibiotic Vancomycin and Ramoplanin Dr Julien Tailhades
3:50pm - 4.15pm	Afternoon tea
4.15pm	Poster session
5.00pm	Australian Glycoscience Society AGM
7.00pm - 11.00pm	Conference Dinner

Time	Session
7:30am - 8.30am	Registration open
8.30am - 10.15am	Session ten
8.30am	Keynote presentation \| (Pseudo-)glycomics-guided glycoproteomics enable improved glycoproteome profiling Assoc Prof. Morten Thaysen-Andersen
9.00am	Comprehensive N-glycoprofiling of mouse liver lysosomes reveals a mannose-6-phosphate-poor and paucimannose-rich glycophenotype Dr Sayantani Chatterjee
9.15am	Models and mechanisms of O-GlcNAc transferase intellectual disability Prof Daan van Aalten
9.30am	Multi-Glycomic analysis of the Hypothalamic Arcuate Nucleus in High-Fat diet induced neurofibrosis Sagar Dalal
9.45am	Changes in colonic and fecal mucin glycosylation in metformin-suppressed colorectal cancer Dr Di Wang
10.00am	Spatiotemporal Facets of the Dynamic Platelet Glycoproteome The Huong Chau
10.20am - 10.45am	Morning tea
10.45am - 12.15pm	Session eleven
10.45am	Keynote presentation \| Exploiting the fluorine-directing effect to access rare L-hexoses Prof. Vito Ferro
11.15am	Targeting Glycan Biosynthesis: Pioneering Glycomics Approaches in the Development of New Antifungals Against Invasive Aspergillosis A/Prof Thomas Haselhorst
11.30am	Inhibition of Clostridioides difficile TcdA and TcdB toxins with transition state analogues Dr Ashleigh Paparella
11.45am	Peracetylated 4-Deoxy-GlcNAc as a Substrate Reduction Therapy for MPS III (Sanfilippo Syndrome) Nooramirah Farhana Mustaffar
12.00am	Bodipy, Biotin and 19F Labeled Single-Entity Heparan Sulfate Mimetics Dr Olga Zubkova
12:30pm - 1.30pm	Lunch
1.30pm - 3.15pm	Session twelve
1.30pm	Keynote presentation \| Harnessing Progress in Mass Spectrometry to Explore Glycobiology Prof. Cathy Costello
2.00pm	The glycobiology of osteoarthritis: A bittersweet symphony of galectin overexpression and tissue degeneration A/Prof Stefan Toegel
2.15pm	The sialome of the retina and alteration in Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Dr Jaclyn Swan
2.30pm	E. coli-based Burkholderia O-glycosylation: Platform for tool development & understanding Burkholderia protein glycosylation. Hamza Tahir
2.45pm	Distinct glycomes reveal different cancer and immune cell responses between tubal and ovarian cancer ascites Isabella Steen
3.00pm	Small extracellular vesicles from breast cancer cells show distinct signatures from cell surface glycans Shriya Agarwal
3.15pm	Prizes and awards
3.45pm	Farewell