Dear Glycobiologists,
We are pleased to invite you to the 27th Joint Glycobiology Meeting, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, October 16–18, 2016. This meeting is a joint initiative of the German, French, Belgium and Dutch platforms for Glycobiology and offers an ideal opportunity for PhD students and post-docs to present their work and to learn about the wide range of Glycobiology applications.
Sunday 16 19:00-21:00 get-together
Monday 17 Conference day with social program and dinner
Tuesday 18 Conference morning with lunch
Invited speakers
Eric Bennett – Copenhagen Center for Glycomics
‘Mucin-type O-glycosylation: Biosynthetic aspects in relation to function and disease’
Daan van Aalten – University of Dundee
‘O-GlcNAc signalling in (neuro)development’
Stéphane Vincent – Universite de Namur
‘The inhibition of biologically relevant glycosyl processing enzymes: Design, synthesis and applications’
The scientific program will consist of presentations selected from abstracts and posters. Abstracts submitted after September 5 will be considered for a poster presentation only. The Hans Vliegenthart award is available for the best scientific contribution.
We hope to welcome you in October!
With kind regards,
Organizing committee
Angel Ashikov
Thomas Boltje
Dirk Lefeber
Monique van Scherpenzeel
Scientific committee
Julie Bouckaert
Fabrizio Chiodo
Sebastian Galuska
Françoise Routier
Juan Garcia Vallejo
