Keynote lectures

Opening lecture
Prof. Bernard Henrissat
CNRS, Universités Aix-Marseille I & II, France
CAZomes: where is genome sequence data taking us

Closing lecture
Prof. Anne Dell
Imperial College London, UK
Mass spectrometry: a powerful tool for systems glycobiology

Prof. Paul L. DeAngelis
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Customizing Glycosaminoglycan Polymer Size and Chemistry with Synthase Enzymes

Prof. Dr. Peter H. Seeberger
Max-Planck-Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Berlin, Germany
From Automated Synthesis to Applications of Carbohydrates in Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Dr. Eric J. Mathur
Synthetic Genomics, La Jolla, CA, USA
Synthetic Biology tools for Accelerated Glycosyl Hydrolase Development

Prof. David Vocadlo
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Mechanistic understanding of O-GlcNAc processing enzymes affords probes for investigating the biological role of         O-GIcNAc

Dr. Carlos M.G.A. Fontes
CIISA – Lisboa, Portugal
Mechanisms of cellulosome assembly and cell-surface attachment revealed by the structure of cohesin-dockerin complexes

Prof. Jan A.M. de Bont
Royal Nedalco, Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands
Second generation fuel ethanol: the role of enzymes

Prof. John C. Mathers
University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Resistant starches and human health