SFG 2024
Elucidating Functions for Glycans and Glycoconjugates

8:00 am–6:00 pm

8:30 am–4:30 pm


9:00 am–2:00 pm

1:00–3:00 pm

5:30–5:40 pm


5:40–6:10 pm

6:10–6:40 pm


6:40–8:45 pm

Registration Open

Session 0: Glyco in Biotechnology & NCFG Tools (extra fee required)
Session Chair: Parastoo Azadi & Nikki Pohl

Mentoring Session (extra fee required)
Session Chairs: Michael Boyce, Karen Colley, & Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen

SfG Board of Directors Meeting (Invitation only)

Conference Opening Remarks
Lance Wells, SfG President

Karl Meyer Lecture
Dr. Kevin Campbell, University of Iowa

Rosalind Kornfeld Awardee Lecture 
Dr. Rita Gerardy-Schahn, Hannover Medical School, Germany

Opening Reception

8:30–10:10 am 

8:30–8:50 am
8:50–9:10 am

9:30–9:50 am
9:50–10:10 am

9:10 –9:15 am
9:15–9:20 am
9:20–9:25 am
9:25–9:30 am

Session 1: Glycopathologies and Therapeutics
Hud Freeze, Session Chair

Keynote Speakers:
Andrew Edmondson
Judy Fridovich-Keil

Guido Bommer
Osman Sheikh

Poster Talks:
Niclas G. Karlsson
M. Chiara Manzini
Avishek Roy
Jasmeen Merzaban

10:10–10:40 am

Coffee Break

10:40am–12:20pm

10:40–11:00 am
11:00–11:20 am

11:40am - Noon
Noon –12:20 pm

11:20–11:25 am
11:25 –11:30 am
11:30–11:35 pm
11:35–11:40 pm

Session 2: Glycoconjugates in Infection and Immunity
Mandy Lewis, Session Chair 

Keynote Speakers:
Mandy Lewis
Nina Van Sorge 

Lakshmi Rajagopal
Matt Redinbo 

Poster Talks:
Emily Kukan
John Erickson
Sarah Dohadwala
Mayank Saraswat

12:20–1:45 pm

Lunch On Your Own

1:45–4:00 pm

Poster Session I

4:00–5:40 pm 

4:00–4:20 pm
4:20–4:40 pm

5:00–5:20 pm
5:20–5:40 pm

4:40–4:45 pm
4:45–4:50 pm
4:50–4:55 pm
4:55–5:00 pm

Session 3: Roles for Intracellular Glycosylation
Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen, Session Chair

Keynote Speakers:
Jerry Hart
Jiaoyang Jiang

Gulcin Pekkurnaz
Matt Gentry

Poster Talks:
Tetsuya Hirata
Dimitri Vanauberg
Lilyanna Massman
Megna Tiwari

5:40–6:10 pm


6:10–6:20 pm

President's Innovator Award Lecture
Dr. Jeff Esko, UCSD

Distinguished Service Award Presentation
Essentials of Glycobiology Editors

8:30–8:50 am
8:50–9:10 am

9:30–9:50 am
9:50–10:10 am

9:10–9:15 am
9:15–9:20 am
9:20–9:25 am
9:25–-9:30 am

Coffee Break

10:40 am–12:20 pm

10:40–11:00 am
11:00–11:20 am

11:40am - Noon
Noon –12:20 pm

11:20–11:25 am
11:25 –11:30 am
11:30–11:35 pm
11:35–11:40 pm

4:00–5:40 pm

4:00–4:20 pm
4:20–4:40 pm

5:00–5:20 pm
5:20–5:40 pm

4:40–4:45 pm
4:45–4:50 pm
4:50–4:55 pm
4:55–5:00 pm

8:30–10:10 am

8:30–8:50 am
8:50–9:10 am

9:30–9:50 am
9:50–10:10 am

9:10–9:15 am
9:15–9:20 am
9:20–9:25 am
9:25–9:30 am

10:40–11:10 am

11:10–11:40 am

11:40 am–12:20 pm

1:30–3:10 pm

 


1:30–1:50 pm
1:50–2:10 pm

2:30–2:50 pm
2:50–3:10 pm

2:10–2:15 pm
2:15–2:20 pm
2:20–2:25 pm
2:25–2:30 pm

Session 8: Gaining Insights into Glycoenzymes and Glycoconjugates
with: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning/Computer Science
Nathan Lewis, Chair

Keynote Speakers:
Nathan Lewis 
Ratmir Derda

Mateusz Sikora
Natarajan Kannan