› Breaking the limits in understanding glycan recognition by NMR - Jesús Jiménez-Barbero, CIC bioGUNE, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain, Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain
17:40-18:20 (40min)
› Host interactions of O-antigen specific bacteriophages: Linking tailspike glycan recognition to particle opening - Stefanie Barbirz, Universität Potsdam
18:20-18:40 (20min)
› Single-cell visualization of glycan uptake and strain-specific saccharolytic fingerprinting of rumen bacteria - Wade Abbott, Agriculture and Agri-Food - AAFC (CANADA), University of Lethbridge
18:40-19:00 (20min)
Enzymes for carbohydrate synthesis and modification
Amphitheater
Chair: Antoni Planas
› Synthesis by CAZymes from extremophiles - Eva Nordberg Karlsson, Biotechnology, Dept of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund Sweden
08:30-09:10 (40min)
› A novel enzyme module system for the one-pot synthesis of hyaluronic acid from sucrose and N-acetylglucosamine - Lothar Elling, RWTH Aachen University
09:10-09:30 (20min)
› Single step S-GlcNAcylation of peptides and proteins using a mutant hexosaminidase - Gregor Tegl, University of British Columbia
09:30-09:50 (20min)
› Molecular study of hydrolysis/transglycosylation modulation in retaining glycoside hydrolases - Jiao Zhao, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés
09:50-10:10 (20min)
Enzymes for carbohydrate synthesis and modification
Amphitheater
Chair: Vladimir Kren
› Dissection of Sulfoglycolytic (sulfo-EMP) pathway - Mahima Sharma, University of York [York, UK]
10:40-11:00 (20min)
› Enlarging the toolbox of GH70 sucrose-active enzymes by mixing discovery and rational engineering - Moulis Claire, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés
11:00-11:20 (20min)
› Biocatalytic cascades to bifunctional carbohydrates - Emma Master, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Aalto University; FI-00076 Aalto, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, Finland
13:50-14:30 (40min)
› Ultra-high-throughput droplet microfluidics CAZymes functional screening using coupled enzymatic assays - Simon Ladevèze, University of Cambridge
14:30-14:50 (20min)
› Cyanobacterial Conversion of CO2 to Sugars - Xuefeng LU, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
14:50-15:10 (20min)
› Enzymatic synthesis of Glucan Dendrimer (GD) and its application for drug delivery carriers - Ryo Kakutani, Institute of Health Sciences, Ezaki Glico Co.,Ltd.
15:10-15:30 (20min)
› Estimating glycan natural diversity using CAZymes - Bernard Henrissat, AFMB, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique & Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
17:00-17:40 (40min)
› Large-scale screening of activities in unexplored CAZy sub-families, and distant or non-classified CAZymes - Marie Couturier, Cermav
17:40-18:00 (20min)
› Ultra-high-throughput discovery of dietary and host glycan utilization pathways in gut microbiomes - Gabrielle Potocki-Veronese, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés (LISBP)
18:00-18:20 (20min)
› Discovery of new enzymes for universal donor blood production - Peter Rahfeld
18:20-18:40 (20min)
› Peptidoglycan deacetylases. Dual N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetyl-muramic acid specificities, structures and biological functions - Antoni Planas, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institut Químic de Sarrià, University Ramon Llull, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
08:30-09:10 (40min)
› Structural and functional insights into the mode of action of a modular lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase - Gaston Courtade, NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
09:10-09:30 (20min)
› The human GDP-mannose-4,6-dehydratase reveals the minimal active site needed for NDP-sugar dehydration. - Pfeiffer Martin, Technische Universität Graz
09:30-09:50 (20min)
› Enzymatic cleavage of lignin-carbohydrate complexes by fungal glucuronoyl esterases - Jane Agger, Technical University of Denmark [Lyngby]
09:50-10:10 (20min)
› Engineering of the production of health-promoting glucos-inolates in heterologous hosts - Barbara Ann Halkier, DynaMo Center of Excellence, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Thorvald-sensvej 40, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
10:40-11:20 (40min)
› Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Thio-linked Heparinoid Polysaccharides for Anti-Cancer Applications - Paul DeAngelis, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
11:20-11:40 (20min)
› Glycosidase-catalyzed synthesis of glycosyl esters and phenolic glycosides - Vladimir Kren, Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences,Laboratory of Biotransformation, Vídeňská 1083, CZ 14220, Prague 4
11:40-12:00 (20min)
› Metabolic and enzyme engineering to produce high quantities of the steviol glycoside Rebaudioside M in S. cerevisiae - Gale Wichmann, Amyris
12:00-12:20 (20min)
› Tools for structural bioinformatics; design of a chimeric GH10 CBM-containing hydrolase - Narcis Fernandez-Fuentes, IBERS, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
13:50-14:30 (40min)
› Efficient conversion of GHs into transglycosylases: a conservation-based approach - David Teze, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet
14:30-14:50 (20min)
› BindScan: a computer-assisted protein design algorithm with applications in re-engineering CAZymes. - Xevi Biarnés, Laboratory of Biochemistry, Institut Químic de Sarrià. Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona
14:50-15:10 (20min)
› Enzymatic glucosylation of a chemically-protected tetrasaccharide to access antigenic oligosaccharides - Mounir Benkoulouche, Laboratoire dÍngénierie des Systèmes Biologiques et des Procédés
15:10-15:30 (20min)
Polysaccharide metabolism & carbohydrate transport
Amphitheater
Chair: Marco Moracci
› Completing the pathways of polysaccharide metabolism by marine heterotrophic bacteria - Mirjam Czjzek, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Bio-logique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, Bretagne, France
17:00-17:40 (40min)
› Prevotella beta-Mannan Utilization Loci: From the Rumen to the Human - Harry Brumer, University of British Columbia
17:40-18:00 (20min)
› The Ruminococcus bromii amylosome: Structure of the Amy12 pullulanase and its starch-binding protein partner Doc20 - Nicole Koropatkin, University of Michigan [Ann Arbor] - Darrell Cockburn, Pennsylvania State University - Ryan Kibler, University of Michigan [Ann Arbor]
18:00-18:20 (20min)
› Novel insights into mucin degradation by key members of the human gut microbiota - Lucy Crouch, Newcastle University
18:20-18:40 (20min)
Mechanisms, structure-function relationships and dynamics of CAZymes
Amphitheater
Chair: Steve G. Withers
› Structural analysis of β-L-arabinofuranosidases in GH127 and GH146 - Shinya Fushinobu, Department of Biotechnology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
09:00-09:40 (40min)
› Early stages of glycogen biosynthesis: mechanism of action of glycogenin - Carme Rovira, University of Barcelona
09:40-10:00 (20min)
› Structural and Mechanistic Basis for Peptidoglycan O-Acetylation in both Gram-Positive and Negative Pathogens - Anthony Clarke, University of Guelph
10:00-10:20 (20min)
› Findings of new CAZymes, β-1,2-glucan-associated enzymes - Masahiro Nakajima, Tokyo University of Science [Tokyo]
10:20-10:40 (20min)
Mechanisms, structure-function relationships and dynamics of CAZymes
Amphitheater
Chair: Steve G. Withers
› Discovering and Characterizing Alginate Lyases from Human Gut Microbiota - Emil G P Stender, Technical University of Denmark - DTU, Dept. of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Kgs. Lyngby
11:10-11:30 (20min)