Preliminary program
Day 1 | Monday, October 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 | Tuesday, October 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 | Wednesday, October 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 alpha2,6-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 -
Registration
Registration includes:
Access to all sessions
Welcome reception on Monday, 9 October
Coffee and lunch on the Symposium days as indicated in the program
Accommodation is not included in the registration fee. Attendees are responsible for making their own accommodation arrangements.
Please note that the total number of participants is limited. We therefore advise you to register as soon as possible.
