Program

All 30 minute talks should leave 5 minutes at the end for questions. Questions can be asked live or sent as Chat messages in the session’s channel in Discord. Discussions are encouraged throughout via Discord. Lightning talks will be available for viewing via the Lightning Talk channel in Discord. Each talk will have its own channel so that comments/questions can be made.

March 1st, 2022

Zoom help desk open - 19:00~ (JST/UTC+9)

Session 1 - 21:00~ (JST/UTC+9)

Microbial glycoconjugate catabolism and synthesis

Chair: Christine Szymanski (CCRC1, University of Georgia, USA), Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita (GaLSIC2, Soka University, Japan)

JST/UTC+9 Session
21:00-21:30 MicroGlycoDB and the significance of integrating glycan data from microbial species
Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita (GaLSIC2, Soka University, Japan)
21:30-22:00 Structure-function relationships of beta-mannosyltransferases from Candida pathogenic yeasts
Yann Guerardel (CNRS3, University of Lille, France)
22:00-22:30 Extracellular polysaccharides and fungal pathogenesis
Tamara Doering (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
22:30-22:45 Coffee break
22:45-23:15 Technologies and strategies for glycomics and glycoproteomics
Kazuhiro Aoki (CCRC1, University of Georgia, USA)
23:15-23:45 Bacterial glycosylation, it’s complicated
Christine Szymanski (CCRC1, University of Georgia, USA)
23:45-0:00 Coffee break

March 2nd, 2022

Zoom help desk open - 08:00~ (JST/UTC+9)

Session 2 - 9:00~ (JST/UTC+9)

Microbial glycoconjugate catabolism and synthesis (Japanese and English Session)

Chair: Shujiro Okuda 奥田 修二郎 (新潟大学 Niigata University, Japan), Kazuhiro Aoki 青木 一弘 (CCRC1, University of Georgia, USA)

JST/UTC+9 Session
9:00-9:30 Enzymes and proteins in carbohydrate metabolism of bifidobacteria: a structural view
Shinya Fushinobu 伏信 進矢 (東京大学 Tokyo University, Japan)
9:30-10:00 Practical Production of Oligosaccharides Employing Phosphorylases
Motomitsu Kitaoka 北岡 本光 (新潟大学 Nigata University, Japan)
10:00-10:30 Structures and functions of cell wall polysaccharides in various yeast species
Kaoru Takegawa 竹川 薫 (九州大学 Kyushu University, Japan)
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-11:15 Enzymes involved in mucin O-glycan degradation by Bifidobacterium bifidum
Takane Katayama 片山 高嶺 (京都大学 Kyoto University, Japan)
11:15-11:45 D-arabinan degradative enzymes of Microbacterium arabinogalactanolyticum for the assimilation of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan.
Kiyotaka Fujita 藤田 清貴 (鹿児島大学 Kagoshima University, Japan)
11:45-12:15 Investigate carbohydrate metabolism in various environments using the distribution of glycan-related genes obtained from metagenomes
Hayato Takihara 瀧原 速仁 (新潟大学 Niigata University, Japan)
12:15-12:30 Coffee break

Zoom help desk open - 20:00~ (JST/UTC+9)

Session 3 - 21:00~ (JST/UTC+9)

Microbial glycoconjugate catabolism and synthesis

Chair: Yann Guerardel (CNRS3, University of Lille, France)

JST/UTC+9 Session
21:00-21:30 Mycobacterial glycopeptidolipids : biosynthesis and biological functions
Louis-David LeClercq (University of Lille, France)
21:30-22:00 Mycobacterial arabinogalactan and glycosidases
Christophe Mariller (CNRS3, University of Lille, France)
22:00-0:00 User workshop (Discord)

March 3rd, 2022

Zoom help desk open - 08:00~ (JST/UTC+9)

Session 4 - 9:00~ (JST/UTC+9)

GlyCosmos Portal (Japanese and English Session)

Chair: Issaku Yamada 山田一作 (公益財団法人野口研究所, The Noguchi Institute)

JST/UTC+9 Session
9:00-9:10 GlyCosmos Portal Overview
Masae Hosoda 細田正恵 (創価大学糖鎖生命システム融合研究所 GaLSIC2, Soka University, Japan)
9:10-9:25 Glycan Structure Repository GlyTouCan
Akihiro Fujita 藤田晶大 (創価大学 Soka University, Japan)
9:25-9:45 GlyCosmos Database (Organisms, Glycans, Pathway, Glycoprotein, Glycogene, Lectin, Diseases)
Tamiko Ono 小野多美子 (創価大学 Soka University, Japan)
9:45-10:00 Coffee break
10:00-10:15 Drawing and searching of glycan structures (SNFG notation, SugarDrawer, GlycanBuilder2)
Shinichiro Tsuchiya 土屋伸一郎 (公益財団法人野口研究所, The Noguchi Institute)
10:15-10:30 Tool introduction (GlyCosmos Glycan search)
Issaku Yamada 山田一作 (公益財団法人野口研究所, The Noguchi Institute)
10:30-12:00 User workshop (Discord)

Zoom help desk open - 20:00~ (JST/UTC+9)

Session 5 - 21:00~ (JST/UTC+9)

GlySpace Alliance

Chair: Raja Mazumder, George Washington University, USA

JST/UTC+9 Session
21:00-21:10 Introduction to GlySpace
Frederique Lisacek (SIB4, University of Geneva)
21:10-21:40 GlyCosmos
Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita (GaLSIC2, Soka University, Japan)
21:40-22:10 GlyGen
Rene Ranzinger (CCRC1, Univ. of Georgia, USA)
22:10-22:40 Glycomics@Expasy
Frederique Lisacek (SIB4, University of Geneva)
22:40-22:50 Best lightning talk awards
LT-2: Todd Lowary (Academia Sinica)
Insight into the immune response arising from mycobacterial infection facilitated by a glycan array
LT-4: Martin Pabst (TUD, The Netherlands)
Revealing the unique surface layer glycosylation of anammox bacteria
LT-6: Atsuto Uchino (Soka University)
RDF conversion of sugar chain-related information of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and introduction to “MicroGlycoDB”
LT-7: Koichi Arakawa (Soka University)
GlycoSim: a web tool to predict glycan pathway and simulate glycan biosynthesis
LT-8: Akane Kon (Soka University)
Simulation analysis of mucin O-linked glycosylation in mouse embryonic stem cell glycan biosynthesis
22:50-23:00 Coffee break
23:00-0:00 User workshop (Discord)

  1. Complex Carbohydrate Research Center ↩︎

  2. Glycan and Life Systems Integration Center ↩︎

  3. French National Centre for Scientific Research ↩︎

  4. Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics ↩︎