Info
Confirmed speakers
... and members of the DFG FOR2953
Program
| Day 1 | Mon, Oct 09 | The registration desk will be open for check-in from 2 pm | |
| 16:00 – 16:05 | Opening of the Symposium | |
| 16:05 – 16:20 | Introduction & FOR2953 Overview | |
| 16:20 – 16:55 | Invited Lecture | Adrian Erlebacher, San Francisco, USA |
| An unexpected role for antigen glycosylation in fetomaternal tolerance | ||
| 16:55 – 17:30 | Invited Lecture | Matthew Macauley, Alberta, Canada |
| New roles for Siglecs in health and disease | ||
| 17:30 – 17:55 | FOR2953 Talk | Lars Nitschke, Erlangen, Germany |
| The importance of sialoglycans for lymphocyte survival | ||
| 17:55 – 18:20 | FOR2953 Talk | Anja Münster-Kühnel, Hannover, Germany |
| The impact of sialylation on kidney development and function: Lessons from mouse models | ||
| 18:30 – 21:00 | Welcome Reception (Wine, beer, soft drinks and finger food) | |
| Day 2 | Tue, Oct 10 | ||
| 08:55 – 09:00 | Opening day 2 | |
| 09:00 – 09:35 | Invited Lecture | Salomé Pinho, Porto, Portugal |
| N-glycans as key checkpoints in immunity: from development to autoimmune diseases | ||
| 09:35 – 10:10 | Invited Lecture | Jeffrey V. Ravetch, New York, USA |
| IgG Fc sialylation modulates innate and adaptive immune responses | ||
| 10:10 – 10:45 | Invited Lecture | Yvette van Kooyk, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Sialic acid-Siglec interactions in the tumor microenvironment, novel immune checkpoints | ||
| 10:45 – 11:30 | Coffee break | |
| 11:30 – 12:05 | Invited Lecture | Heinz Läubli, Basel, Switzerland |
| Targeting cancer-associated sialylation for cancer immunotherapy | ||
| 12:05 – 12:30 | FOR2953 Talk | Herbert Hildebrandt, Hannover, Germany |
| Polysialic acid-Siglec immune checkpoints in glioblastoma and myelin repair | ||
| 12:30 – 12:55 | FOR2953 Talk | Thilo Stehle, Tübingen, Germany |
| Structural analyses of polysialic acid-binding proteins | ||
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 – 16:30 | Poster Session | |
| 16:30 – 17:05 | Invited Lecture | Vered Padler-Karavani, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Sialoglycans immunity in human diseases | ||
| 17:05 – 17:40 | Invited Lecture | Dirk Lefeber, Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Cell-specific mechanisms in sialic acid metabolism | ||
| 17:40 – 18:05 | FOR2953 Talk | Martina Mühlenhoff, Hannover, Germany |
| Decoding the sialic acid O-acetylome | ||
| 18:05 – 18:30 | FOR2953 Talk | Falk Büttner, Hannover, Germany |
| Advances in glycosphingolipid-analytics fostering biomedical research | ||
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner | |
| Day 3 | Wed, Oct 11 | ||
| 08:30 – 08:35 | Opening day 3 | |
| 08:35 – 09:10 | Invited Lecture | Christoph Schmidt, Ulm, Germany |
| Sialic acids unlock the complement regulator Factor H from its less active conformation | ||
| 09:10 – 09:35 | FOR2953 Talk | Markus Abeln, Hannover, Germany |
| Placental inflammation in sialoglycan-deficient pregnancies | ||
| 09:35 – 10:10 | Invited Lecture | Simonetta Sipione, Alberta, Canada |
| Novel roles of gangliosides in extracellular vesicles secretion and in microglia | ||
| 10:10 – 10:35 | FOR2953 Talk | Harald Neumann, Bonn, Germany |
| Therapeutic potential of low molecular weight polysialic acid for neuroinflammatory diseases | ||
| 10:35 – 11:10 | Coffee break | |
| 11:10 – 11:45 | Invited Lecture | René E. M. Toes, Leiden, Netherlands |
| Bitter sweet symphony; the impact of sugars on autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis | ||
| 11:55 – 12:20 | FOR2953 Talk | Anja Werner, Erlangen, Germany |
| The role of α2,6-sialylation on B cell development | ||
| 12:20 – 12:55 | Invited Lecture | Herta Steinkellner, Vienna, Austria |
| Engineering of complex glycosylation in plants | ||
| 12:55 – 13:00 | Closing remarks | |
| 13:00 | Lunch Snack & farewell |
