Dates: 8th and 9th October 2020
i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto,
Porto, Portugal and Virtual Conference
Organizers:
Ana Magalhães
Barbara Richichi
Celso A. Reis
Programme:
Indicated times are Western European Summer Time (West Time).
8th October (Thursday)
14h00-14h30 – Registration
14h30-14h45 – Welcome Session (Barbara Richichi and Celso A. Reis)
> Session I
Chair: Celso A. Reis
14h45-15h05 – Keynote lecture KL1-Robert Sackstein (15+5 min) – Glycan Determinants in Cancer as Targets for CAR-T-cell-based Therapeutics
15h05-15h25 – Keynote lecture KL2-Sandra van Vliet (15+5 min) – FUT9-Driven Programming of Colon Cancer Cells Towards a Stem Cell-Like State
15h25-15h55 –Selected Communications
SC1 – José Reina Martin (8+2 min) – Selectins Ligands to Target Endothelial Cells Surrounding Metastatic Tumors
SC2 – Kristina A. Thomsson (8+2 min) – O-glycan sulfation on ovarian cancer cyst fluid mucin-type proteins
SC3 – Tomasz Kobiela (8+2 min) – Characterization of cell-surface glycans interactions with lectins as test for melanoma development
16h00 – 16h30 – Coffee-Break
16h30-19h00 – MC Meeting (Chair: Luigi Lay)
9th October (Friday)
> Session II
Chair: Ana Magalhães
9h15-9h35 – Keynote lecture KL3 – Bernadette Tse Sum Bui (15+5 min) – Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Chemical Antibody Mimics for Clinical Diagnosis and Therapy
9h35-9h55 – Keynote lecture KL4 – Niclas Karlsson (15+5 min) – Gastric O-glycomic discovery is revealing surprises regarding H. pylori interaction
9h55-10h20 – Selected Communications
SC4 – Angelina Palma (8+2 min) – Sialyl ligands other than the α2,6-sialyl-Tn O-glycan identified for human Siglec-15
SC5 – Dragana Nikitovic (8+2 min) – Lumican stimulates chondrosarcoma cell growth by regulating IGF-IR activity
10h30 – 11h00 – Coffee-Break
> Session III
Chair: Barbara Richichi
11h00-11h20 – Keynote lecture KL5- Anne Harduin-Lepers (15+5 min) – B4GALNT2 controls Sda and sLex antigens biosynthesis in healthy and cancer human colon
11h20-11h40 – Keynote lecture KL6 –Ramon Hurtado Guerrero (15+5 min) – Structural basis for substrate specificity and catalysis of α1,6-fucosyltransferase
11h40-12h10 – Selected Communications
SC6 – Fumiichiro Yamamoto (8+2 min) – ABO Blood Groups in Immunology and Cancer
SC7 – Matjaz Weiss (8+2 min) – In vitro modulation of protein O-GlcNAcylation and its impact on dendritic cells function
12h10- 12h30 – Keynote lecturer KL7- Ruben Ragg (15+5 min) – Getting Published in 2020 and Beyond: How to Adapt to a Rapidly Changing Publication Landscape
12h30 – 12h50 – Closing session (Barbara Richichi, Celso A. Reis, Luigi Lay)