SFG 2024
Elucidating Functions for Glycans and Glycoconjugates

Schedule of Events
(as of October 31, 2024)
Meeting times are listed in Eastern Time

Sunday, November 10 

8:00 am–6:00 pm

8:00 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 BiotechnologyNCFG 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

 

Monday, November 11

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
Heather Flanagan-Steet, 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

6:20-7:00 pm

Meet with Essentials of Glycobiology Editors (optional)
Talbot Room

                                      

Tuesday, November 12

 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 4: GAGs and Proteoglycans: Regulation and Function

Ryan Weiss, Session Chair

 

Keynote Speakers:


Linda Hsieh-Wilson

Aaron Petrey

 

Amullya Sreekumar

Peng Zhang

 

Poster Talks

Po-Nien Lu

Daniel Tehrani

Saumya Digraskar

Xiaolin Dong

10:10–10:40 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


Session 5: Gaining Insights into Glycoenzymes and 
Glycoconjugates

with: Genetic Tools

Yoshiki Narimatsu, Session Chair

 

Keynote Speakers:

Matthew Paszek

Sriram Neelamegham

 

Daan Van Aalten

Yoshiki Narimatsu

 

Poster Talks:

Pierre Gilormini

Katarina Madunic

Dilyara Sadykova

Stefan Schulze

12:20–1:45 pm Lunch On Your Own
1:45–4:00 pm



Poster Session II

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 6: Gaining Insights into Glycoenzymes and 
Glycoconjugates

with: Structural Biology

Anne Imberty, Session Chair

 

Keynote Speakers:

Anne Imberty

Fiona Kearns

 

Nadine Samara

Ben Schumann (EMBO Young Investigator Lecture)

 

Poster Talks:

Andrew Alexander

Amin Akbari Ahangar

Deepak Sharma

Martin Horvath 

7:00–11:00 pm Banquet Dinner (Tickets Required)

 

Wednesday, November 13

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 7: Gaining Insights into Glycoenzymes and 
Glycoconjugates

with: High-throughput Analytical Approaches

Nick Riley, Session Chair

 

Keynote Speakers:

Nick Riley

Rebekah Gundry

 

Karli Reiding

Kimberly Alonge 

 

Poster Talks:

Valentina Rangel-Angarita

Lyndsay Young

Maxence Noel

Zachary Shaver

10:10–10:40 am



Coffee Break

10:40–11:10 am


11:10–11:40 am


11:40 am–12:20 pm


ASBMB Molecular & Cellular Proteomics (MCP) Lecture



Dr. Iain Wilson, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria

 

Glycobiology Significant Achievement Awardee Lecture



Dr. Ramon Sun, University of Florida         

 

SfG Business Meeting



   

12:20 –1:30 pm



Lunch On Your Own

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

Poster Talks:
Silvia D'Andrea
Samuel Canner
James Urban
Margaret Lunn-Halbert

3:10–3:20 pm Poster Awards Presentation
3:20–3:30 pm


Conference Closing Remarks

Lance Wells, SfG President