Chair: Dr. Warren Wakarchuk

9:00 am - 9:20 am
Invited Speaker: Dr. Kirk Bergstrom
Intestinal epithelial-intrinsic Casd1 governs sialic acid O-acetylation on colon mucus, influences microbial ecology, and enhances susceptibility to microbially-induced colitis
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9:20 am - 9:40 am
Invited Speaker: Dr. Chantelle Capicciotti
Expanding the glyco-engineering and chemo-enzymatic synthesis toolbox to understand glycan-mediated interactions
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9:40 am - 10:00 am
Invited Speaker: Dr. Samy Cecioni
Chemical approaches to illuminate glycan recognition and processing
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10:00 am - 10:20 am
Invited Speaker: Landon Edgar
Glycans as levers of control in T cell mediated immunity
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10:20 am - 10:40 am
Invited Speaker: Lisa Willis
Polysialic acid is associated with T cell activation and control migration
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10:40 am - 11:00 am
Invited Speaker: Simon Wisnovski
CRISPR activation screens map the genomic drivers of cancer-associated hypersialylation
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