SESSION I:  GLYCOMICS
Chair:  Anne Dell, Imperial College, London, UK

• Functional Glycomics: the Pivotal Role of Mass Spectrometry, Anne Dell, Imperial College, London, UK
• Discovery of Clinically Useful Glyco-biomarkers for Liver Fibrosis and Cancer, Hisashi Narimatsu, AIST, Japan
• Systems Glycobiology:  Analysis of Glycosylation Reaction Networks, Sriram Neelamegham, SUNY, Buffalo, NY  

SESSION II:  GLYCOBIOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
Chair:  Ronald L Schnaar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

• Gangliosides in Axon-Myelin Interactions, Ronald L Schnaar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Autonomous and Non-autonomous Pathways to Neural-specific Glycosylation, Michael Tiemeyer, University of Georgia/CCRC, Athens, GA
• Mass Microscopy of Glycolipid, Mitsutoshi Setou, Hamamatsu University, Japan

SESSION III:  SIALOBIOLOGY
Chair:  Ajit Varki, University of California, San Diego, CA

• Uniquely Human Evolution of Sialic Acid Biology, Ajit Varki, University of California, San Diego, CA
• Crucial Role of Sialic Acid Binding Receptors in Herpes Virus Infection, Hisashi Arase, Osaka University, Japan
• A Question of Perception: How Streptococcal Sialic Acid Structure Influences Molecular Mimicry, Amanda Lewis, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
• CD24-Siglec G Interaction Discriminates Pathogens vs. Tissue Damage - Associated Molecular Patterns, Yang Liu, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

SESSION IV: CYTOPLASMIC GLYCOSYLATION/SIGNALING
Chair:  Gerald W Hart, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

• O-GlcNAcylation & Phosphorylation Have Extensive Crosstalk:  A New Paradigm for Signaling, Gerald W Hart, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
• Interplay between O-GlcNAc Modification and Phosphorylation of Insulin Receptor Substrates, Lauren Ball, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
• O-GlcNAc Signaling in Neuronal Synaptic Plasticity, Keith Vosseller, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
• Signaling with O-GlcNAc, Daan van Aalten, University of Dundee, UK

SESSION V:  DEVELOPMENTAL GLYCOBIOLOGY
Chair:  Pamela Stanley, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY

• The Regulation of Notch Signaling by O-fucose Glycans during Development, Pamela Stanley, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
• Role of Protein O-mannosylation in Drosophila Development, Vlad Panin, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
• Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Lunatic Fringe during Vertebrate Segmentation, Susan Cole, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

SESSION VI:  GLYCOSYLATION AND HUMAN DISEASE
Chair:  Jacques U Baenziger, Washington University, St Louis, MO

• Modulation of Hormone Bioactivity in vivo by Unique Carbohydrate Structures, Jacques U Baenziger, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
• Novel Roles of Heparan Sulfate in Recruitment of Leukocytes and Dendritic Cells during Inflammation, Minoru Fukuda, Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA
• O-glycans in Glycoprotein Ligands for Platelet and Blood Cell Adhesion, Rick D Cummings, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
• Deficiency of Intestinal Mucin-type O-glycans Causes Colitis in Mice, Lin Xia, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK

SESSION VII:  STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND BIOSYNTHESIS OF GLYCANS
Chair:  Michael Tiemeyer, University of Georgia/CCRC, Athens, GA

• O-Man: Glycosylation Defects in Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, Lance Wells, University of Georgia/CCRC, Athens, GA
• Notch Xylosyltransferases, Hans Bakker, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
• Role of the COG Vesicle Tethering Complex in Trafficking of Golgi Glycosyltransferases, Vladimir Lupashin, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR

SESSION VIII:  GLYCOBIOLOGY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
Chair:  Linda G Baum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

• Galectin-glycan Regulation of Immune Cell Differentiation, Migration and Survival, Linda G Baum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• Ligand-Receptor Interactions in Bacterial Infections of the Urinary Tract, Soman Abraham, Duke University, Durham, NC
• Glycosylation Modulates Antigen Presentation by MHCII, Brian Cobb, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
• Modulation of Notch-dependent Hematopoietic Cell Fates by Lunatic, Manic and Radical Fringe, Cynthia Guidos, Hospital for Sick Kids, Toronto, Canada

SESSION IX:  GLYCOBIOLOGY OF HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS
Chair:  Richard D Cummings, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

• Rational Engineering of Virucidal Lectins Targeting HIV: Theory, Computation and Experiment, David Green, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
• The Capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans, a Central Feature in Fungal Pathogenesis, Tamara Doering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
• A Simple Lectin and Fibril Model for Cyst Wall Formation by Entamoeba and Giardia, John Samuelson, Boston University, Boston, MA
• Immune Regulation by Glycoconjugates of Parasitic Helminths, Irma van Die, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands