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10th Jenner Glycobiology and Medicine Symposium
Saturday 31 March - Tuesday 3 April 2012
Programme
Saturday |
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5.00 pm |
Registration open for 2 hours |
Day 1: Sunday |
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8.30 am |
Registration, coffee and poster mounting |
10.00 am |
Welcome and Introduction |
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Professor John Axford Director of the Sir Joseph Hotung Centre for Musculoskeletal Disorders, London, UK |
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10.15 am |
Plenary lecture: Glycan-lectin interactions control...everything |
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Professor Linda Baum UCLA School of Medicine USA |
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Glycobiology of Innate and Acquired Immunity |
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| Chair: Dr Claudine Kieda Research Director, National Centre for Scientific Research, France |
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11.15 am |
Glycobiology of H.pylori infection |
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Professor Celso A. Reis Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto |
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11.50 am |
Selected poster presentations |
12.20 am |
Lunch and poster viewing |
1.30 pm |
The role of mucins in inflammatory bowel disease |
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Professor Gunnar C. Hansson Department of Medical Biochemistry University of Gothenburg Sweden |
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2.15 pm |
Selected poster viewings |
2.45 pm |
Coffee break |
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Session 2: Glycosylation and Human Disease |
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| Chair: Professor Pauline Rudd NIBRT Professor of Glycobiology, University College, Dublin |
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3.15 pm |
stga13 essential for higher brain function |
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Professor Rita Gerardy Schahn Insitute for Cellular Chemistry Medical School of Hanover |
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4.00 pm |
Selected poster presentations |
4.30 pm |
Drinks reception with poster viewing |
7.30 pm |
Dinner (pre-registered guests only) |
Day 2: Monday |
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8.50 am |
Welcome and introduction |
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Professor John Axford Director of the Sir Joseph Hotung Centre for Musculoskeletal Disorders, London, UK |
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9.00 am |
Plenary lecture: |
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Professor Daan van Aalten University of Dundee UK |
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Session 3: Glycobiology of Infectious Disease |
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| Chair: Professor Ghislain Opdenakker Head of Department of Microbiology and Immunology Catholic University of Leuven |
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10.00 am |
The role of N-linked glycans in HIV-1 immune evasion |
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Professor Rogier Sanders Academic Medical Centre University of Amsterdam the Netherlands |
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10.45 am |
Selected poster presentations |
11.10 am |
Coffee break |
11.30 am |
Selected poster presentations |
12.00 pm |
Cutting edge lecture: |
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Professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh LUMC Leiden Netherlands |
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1.00 pm |
Lunch |
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Session 4: Glycobiology of Cancer |
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| Chair: Dr Irma van Die | |
2.30 pm |
Introduction |
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Professor Pauline Rudd NIBRT Professor of Glycobiology, University College, Dublin |
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2.30 pm |
Challenges in developing proteomic-based breast cancer diagnostics |
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Professor Richard Drake SmartState Endowed Chair of Proteomics, Professor and Director MUSC Proteomics Centre Medical University of South Carolina Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics |
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3.30 pm |
Selected poster presentations |
4.00 pm |
Leaving for city centre tour (pre-registered delegates only) |
7.00 pm |
Conference Dinner (city centre) |
Day 3: Tuesday |
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8.50 am |
Welcome and Introduction |
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Professor John Axford Director of the Sir Joseph Hotung Centre for Musculoskeletal Disorders, London, UK |
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9.00 am |
Plenary Lecture |
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Professor Yvette van Kooyk VUMC Amsterdam the Netherlands |
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Session 5: Challenges in Glycobiology-Diagnosis and Treatment |
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| Chair: Professor John Axford Director of the Sir Joseph Hotung Centre for Musculoskeletal Disorders, London, UK |
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10.00 am |
Towards novel adjuvants:from glycan arrays to murine studies |
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Dr Bernd Lepenies Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Berlin |
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10.50 am |
Selected poster presentation |
11.10 am |
Coffee break and check-out |
11.40 pm |
How glycosylation may influence disease activity in RA. What can we learn from the naturally occurring remission of RA during pregnancy |
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Dr R.J.E.M. Dolhain, Consultant Rheumatologist Department of Rheumatology Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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12.10 pm |
Selected poster presentation |
12.30 pm |
Plenary lecture |
| Professor Pauline Rudd | |
1.20 pm |
Overview and closing meeting |
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Professor John Axford Director of the Sir Joseph Hotung Centre for Musculoskeletal Disorders, London, UK |
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1.30 pm |
Lunch |
Contact
For further information please contact:
Nevena Marjanovic
Royal Society of Medicine
1 Wimpole Street
London W1G 0AE
nevena.marjanovic@rsm.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7290 2980
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7290 2989