13TH CARBOHYDRATE BIOENGINEERING MEETING

›8:30 (1h40)

Enzymes for carbohydrate synthesis and modification
Chair: Antoni Planas

› Amphitheater

8:30 - 10:10 (1h40)

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)

›10:10 (30min)

Coffee break

10:10 - 10:40 (30min)

Coffee break

›10:40 (40min)

Enzymes for carbohydrate synthesis and modification
Chair: Vladimir Kren

› Amphitheater

10:40 - 11:20 (40min)

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)

›11:20 (1h)

Poster pitch talks (12-15, 3' each)

› Amphitheater

11:20 - 12:20 (1h)

Poster pitch talks (12-15, 3' each)

Amphitheater

›12:20 (1h30)

Lunch (1h30)

12:20 - 13:50 (1h30)

Lunch (1h30)

›13:50 (1h40)

Glycobiotechnologies
Chair: Carsten Andersen

› Amphitheater

13:50 - 15:30 (1h40)

Glycobiotechnologies

Amphitheater

Chair: Carsten Andersen

› 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)

›15:30 (1h)

Poster session #1 (1h)

15:30 - 16:30 (1h)

Poster session #1 (1h)

›16:30 (30min)

Coffee break

16:30 - 17:00 (30min)

Coffee break

›17:00 (1h40)

Omics and CAZyme discovery
Chair: Gideon J. Davies

› Amphitheater

17:00 - 18:40 (1h40)

Omics and CAZyme discovery

Amphitheater

Chair: Gideon J. Davies

› 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)