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Detailed Programme

5 July 2026

   

13:00–19:00

Registration

Presidential Lounge

 

13:00

ICO Board Meeting

5 July 2026 – Opening Ceremony

Drama Hall

 

16:00–16:30

 

5 July 2026 – Awards

Drama Hall

Chair:
Carmen Galan

16:30–17:15

The Roy L. Whistler International Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry: Synthesis as an Enabling Technology for Understanding Glycan Biosynthesis and Function
Todd Lowary (Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Chair:
Amelia Rauter
17:15–18:00

The ICO Young Researcher Award: GlycoTime: The Impact of the Circadian Glycome
Daniel Bojar (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)

5 July 2026 – Welcome Reception

   

18:30–21:00

 

6 July 2026

6 July 2026 – Plenary Session 1

Drama Hall

Chair:
David Crich

08:45–09:30

PL1: Advancing sialo glycan synthesis: Chemical strategies driving biological insight
Hiromune Ando (Institute for Glyco-core Research, Gifu University, Japan)

09:30–10:15

PL2: High-throughput glycomics of health and diseases
Manfred Wuhrer (Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands)

   

10:15–10:45

Coffee Break

6 July 2026 – Parallel Session 1

Drama Hall

Synthesis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates

Chair:
Hiromune Ando

10:45–11:15

IL1: Can Sugars Play the Role of Proteins? Biomimetic Assemblies and Molecular Machinery with Cyclodextrins
Matthieu Sollogoub (Sorbonne University, France)

11:15–11:30

OC1: Synthetic Peptidoglycan Substrates as Chemical Tools to Probe and Target Bacterial Transglycosylases
Xuewei Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

11:30–11:45

OC5: Selective Functionalization of Levoglucosan and Analogues for the Synthesis of Structurally Relevant Carbohydrates
Denis Giguère (Université Laval, Canada)

11:45–12:00

OC9: Streamline carbohydrates synthesis through new methods and strategeis
Guozhi Xiao (Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, China)

12:00–12:15

OC13: N-sulfonyl azalevoglucosan, a versatile platform for the diversity-oriented synthesis of iminosugars
Yves Bleriot (Poitiers University, France)

12:15–12:30

OC17: TBA
Paul Trotier (Elicityl, France)

 

12:30–14:00

Lunch

Synthesis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates

Chair:
Xuewei Liu

14:00–14:30

IL5: Chemical Synthesis of Oligosaccharide Repeating Units of ESKAPE Pathogens
Suvarn S. Kulkarni (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India)

14:30–14:45

OC21: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of selectively fluorinated HIV-1 glycopeptides and antibodies for probing biological functions
Lai-Xi Wang (University of Maryland, United States)

14:45–15:00

OC25: Harnessing Commensal Lipid Architecture: Toward Immunomodulatory glycolipids inspired by Bacteroides fragilis Lipid A
Luigi Lay (University of Milan, Italy)

15:00–15:15

OC29: Mapping the Glycosylation Mechanism of 3,6-Anhydro-Galactosides for the Synthesis of Defined Agarose Fragments and Probes
Daan Hoogers (Leiden Institute of Chemistry, the Netherlands)

15:15–15:30

OC33: Stirring through glycopeptide synthesis misconceptions
Mattan Hurevich (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

15:30–15:45

OC37: Organometallic marriage of sugars with porphyrins – new strategies towards glycoporphyrins
Maciej Malinowski (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland)

 

15:45–16:15

Coffee Break

Synthesis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates

Chair:
Pavla Bojarová

16:15–16:45

IL9: Hydrogen-bond-mediated Aglycone Delivery
Alexei Demchenko (Saint Louis University, United States)

16:45–17:00

OC41: Glycomimetics as Chemical Tools to Study α(1→3)-Fucosyltransferases
Pedro Vieira (University of Florence, Italy)

17:00–17:15

OC45: First Total Synthesis of a structurally Complex Conjugation-ready Tetrasaccharide RU of Vibrio cholerae O:3 O-antigen
Soumyakanta Maji (IIT Bombay, India)

17:15–17:30

OC49: Bio- and organocatalysis in the key steps for the synthesis of glycomimetics with potential biological activity
Daniela Gamenara (Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

17:30–17:45

OC53: Swainsonine-based iminosugars as selective inhibitors of Golgi α-mannosidase II
Maroš Bella (Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia)

17:45–18:00

OC57: Automated synthesis of monosaccharide building blocks and applications in oligosaccharide synthesis
Bodhayan Biswas (University College Dublin, Ireland)

6 July 2026 – Parallel Session 2

Studio

Glycans & Health

Chair:
Nikolay Nifantiev

10:45–11:15

IL2: The ADP-heptose/ALPK1 innate immune pathway: from antibacterial defense to antitumor immunity
Feng Shao (National Institute of Biological Sciences, China)

11:15–11:30

OC2: Glycans as potential targets for novel cancer immunotherapeutic approaches
Celso Reis (Institute for Research and Innovation in Health of the University of Porto, Portugal)

11:30–11:45

OC6: Nanomedicine targeting pancreatic cancer cell surface neuraminidase-1
Shin-Ichiro Nishimura (Hokkaido University, Japan)

11:45–12:00

OC10: Development of carbohydrate based vaccines
Mads Clausen (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

12:00–12:15

OC14: Chemical tools for the precision targeting of the Golgi organelle in cancer
Georgia Myrto Prifti (University of Florence, Italy)

12:15–12:30

OC18: Glycomimetic collectin-11 antagonists as a tool to study lectin-mediated ischemic injury during kidney transplantation
Rachel Hevey (University of Basel, Switzerland)

 

12:30–14:00

Lunch

Glycans & Health

Chair:
Winfried Römer

14:00–14:30

IL6: Development of automated systems for glycodiagnostics
Nikolay Nifantiev (N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation)

14:30–14:45

OC22: GlycoNMR: Fast Quantification of Plasma N-glycosylation Profiles Associated to Cancer Progression and Inflammatory Processes by NMR
Alvaro Mallagaray (University of Luebeck, Germany)

14:45–15:00

OC26: Targeting Tumour-Associated Glycans via Macrophage Galactose C-Type Lectin (MGL): From Molecular Recognition to Glycan-Directed Cancer Therapies
Filipa Marcelo (NOVA FCT/UCIBIO, Portugal)

15:00–15:15

OC30: Luminescent glycoconjugate complexes and materials as sensors for bacterial lectins, and associated antiadhesive properties
Joseph Byrne (University College Dublin, Ireland)

15:15–15:30

OC34: Unravelling the glycan recognition properties of human galectin-9
Mirane Florencio-Zabaleta (CIC bioGUNE, Spain)

15:30–15:45

OC38: Machine learning–based identification of IgG N-glycan biomarkers in inflammatory bowel disease
Konstantinos Flevaris (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)

 

15:45–16:15

Coffee Break

Glycans & Health / Synthesis

Chair:
Antoni Planas

16:15–16:45

IL10: Impact of Glycosylation on Biotherapeutic Drugs
Vered Padler-Karavani (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

16:45–17:00

OC42: Exploring the molecular dynamics of Heparan Sulfate and Chondroitin Sulfate expression in gastric cancer
Ana Raquel Ribeiro (ICBAS-UP, Portugal)

17:00–17:15

OC46: The two polymers behind one false identity, a new perspective on Aspergillus fumigatus biofilms.
Francois Le Mauff (Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Canada)

17:15–17:30

OC50: Hydroxybenzoic Galactosides as Potent LecA Inhibitors: From SAR Studies to an Anti-Adhesive Prodrug Strategy.
Bastian Bohrer (CERMAV, IBS, France)

17:30–17:45

OC54: Human blood group glycosyltransferases GTA and GTB in the synthesis of blood group antigens
Eliška Filipová (Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, Laboratory of Biotransformation, Czech Republic)

17:45–18:00

OC58: Covalent Oseltamivir Aziridines as Mechanism-Based Inhibitors and Probes of Influenza Neuraminidase
Lei LI (Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden, the Netherlands)

6 July 2026 – Parallel Session 3

Opera Lounge

Glycobiology & Glycomics

Chair:
Elisa Fadda

10:45–11:15

IL3: Chemical tools for quantifying glycosidase activities directly within cells and their application to uncovering disease biology
David Vocadlo (Simon Fraser University, Canada)

11:15–11:30

OC3: Metabolic Glycoengineering for Studying Protein O-GlcNAcylation and the Vestibular Organ of Zebrafish
Valentin Wittmann (University of Konstanz, Germany)

11:30–11:45

OC7: When pathogens read sugars: Unraveling microbial lectins
Michaela Wimmerova (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)

11:45–12:00

OC11: Recent Advances in Glycosaminoglycan Microarrays: Illuminating New Nodes in the GAG Interactome
Yan Liu (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)

12:00–12:15

OC15: Identification of genes encoding DLO-PP’ase
Tadashi Suzuki (RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute, Japan)

12:15–12:30

OC19: Comprehensive Characterization of Glycoproteins on the Cell Surface and Their Dynamics using Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics
Ronghu Wu (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)

 

12:30–14:00

Lunch

Glycobiology & Glycomics

Chair:
Yan Liu

14:00–14:30

IL7: GlycoChat: Decoding Glycan–Lectin Circuits in Pancreatic Cancer at Single-Cell Resolution
Hiroaki Tateno (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)

14:30–14:45

OC23: Understanding the Mucus degradation Machinery by Employing Synthetic Mucin Tandem Repeat Glycopeptides
Ulrika Westerlind (Chemistry, Sweden)

14:45–15:00

OC27: Time and dose-depended Protues mirabilis S1959(O3) lipopolysaccharide endotoxicity, evaluated on Galleria mellonella larvae model
Wieslaw Kaca (Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce, Poland)

15:00–15:15

OC31: 19F-tagged galectins to monitor glycan binding in complex environments
Milena Bartoloni (CICbioGUNE, Spain)

15:15–15:30

OC35: Advancing Glycomics and Glycoproteomics by LC–MS: Resolving Glycan Isomers and Enabling Multi-Omics Biomarker Discovery
Yehia Mechref (Texas Tech University, United States)

15:30–15:45

OC39: Serotype-Specific Streptococcus pneumoniae Modulates Tumor-Associated Macrophages and PD-L1 Expression in Lung Cancer
Oren Moscovitz (Reichman University, Israel)

 

15:45–16:15

Coffee Break

Glycobiology & Glycomics / Biochemistry of Carbohydrates

Chair:
Manfred Wuhrer

16:15–16:45

IL11: Development and application of C-type lectin ligands for targeted delivery
Christoph Rademacher (University of Vienna, Austria)

16:45–17:00

OC43: Structure and function of peptidoglycan O-acetyltransferase A, an integral membrane acyltransferase
Anthony Clarke (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)

17:00–17:15

OC47: Detection of meningioma serum glycobiomarker using Ulex europaeus agglutinin-I
Atit Silsirivanit (Khon Kaen University, Thailand)

17:15–17:30

OC51: Scalable Enzymatic Synthesis of Free-Reducing Human Milk Oligosaccharides via a β-Galactosidase-Resistant Tagging Strategy
Mei-Ting Lin (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

17:30–17:45

OC55: Elucidation of N-linked glycans recognition mechanism of endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidase from Coprinopsis cinerea: Focusing on core and aglycone structures
Naoya Tajima (Department of Science and Technology, Seikei University, Japan)

17:45–18:00

OC59: Study of a thermophilic GH3 β-glucosidase from Rhodothermus marinus and the role of its non-catalytic domains in biomass degradation
Sayani Ghosh (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India)

6 July 2026 – Parallel Session 4

Blue Lounge

Glycomaterials

Chair:
Antony Fairbanks

10:45–11:15

IL4: Pectin Aerogels: transforming a conventional polysaccharide into high-performance materials
Tatiana Budtova (Mines Paris, PSL University, Center for Materials Forming (CEMEF),, France)

11:15–11:30

OC4: Synthesis and Functional Properties of Fatty Acid Derivatives of Maltobionic Acid and Oxidized Dextrin: Oil Gelation and Collagen Production
Shiro Komba (National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Japan)

11:30–11:45

OC8: Depletion of sulfate moieties from polysaccharides derived from Porphyridium cruentum using an electric method
Oshrat Levy-Ontman (Shamoon College of Engineering (SCE)  , Israel)

11:45–12:00

OC12: Photoswitchable Azobenzene-bridged Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Glycosides: en route to Spatio-Temporal Control of Nucleic Acid Delivery
Juan M Benito (Institute for Chemical Research, CSIC-University of Seville, Spain)

12:00–12:15

OC16: Preparation, characterization and anticancer activity of β-cyclodextrin nanosponges formulated with two chemotherapeutic drugs
Paolo Di Gianvincenzo (CICbiomaGUNE, Spain)

12:15–12:30

OC20: Regio- and Stereoselective Synthesis of the Biotin-Conjugated Keratan Sulfate Hexa- and Octasaccharide in the Repeating Disaccharide Region
Jun-ichi Tamura (The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori Univ., Japan)

 

12:30–14:00

Lunch

Bioinformatics & Molecular modelling

Chair:
Miloš Hricovíni

14:00–14:30

IL8: AI assisted identification of low-energy conformers of mono- and di-saccharides and comparison with experimental vibrational spectra
Jer-Lai Kuo (Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

14:30–14:45

OC24: Deciphering the 3D Antigenic Landscape of Staphylococcus aureus Capsular Polysaccharides through Molecular Modelling
Nicole Richardson (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

14:45–15:00

OC28: When flexible glycans meet flexible proteins: what we have learnt by applying FTIR-spectroscopy and computer modelling to complexes with sulfated polysaccharides
Olga Makshakova (University of Freiburg, Germany)

15:00–15:15

OC32: The distinct binding of typical and atypical LPS to toll-like receptors 2 and 4. A computational exploration
Sonsoles Martin-Santamaria (Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas, CSIC, Spain)

15:15–15:30

OC36: PapayaDB: A Web-Based Database of Cathepsin–GAG in silico Interactions
Marta Pągielska (University of Gdańsk, Poland)

15:30–15:45

OC40: Substrate Scope and Synthetic Utility of an α1,3/4-Fucosyltransferase from Bacteroides fragilis
Kai-Eng Ooi (Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

 

15:45–16:15

Coffee Break

Glycomaterials

Chair:
Francesco Nicotra

16:15–16:45

IL12: Convergent assembly and study of glycosylated cyclodextrins and glycosurfaces
Antony Fairbanks (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

16:45–17:00

OC44: Engineering Multivalent Mannose Interfaces for Biointerfacial Recognition and Biomedical Applications
Chian-Hui Lai (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)

17:00–17:15

OC48: Olive stone-derived polysaccharide-based biofilms for food and cosmetic applications
Hana Maalej (Faculty of Sciences of Gabes, University of Gabes, Tunisia)

17:15–17:30

OC52: Evaluation of Binding Affinity for Laminin with Matriglycan Oligosaccharides and the Dendrimers
Kota Kotera (The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Tottori Univ., Japan)

17:30–17:45

OC56: Photoinitiated 1,2-cis addition to 2-alkoxyglycals – stereoselective route to thioglycosides and glycosylazoles with interesting properties
Jakub Zýka (UCT Prague, Czech Republic)

17:45–18:00

OC60: Four of a kind: chemical synthesis of nonulosonic acid-containing Acinetobacter baumannii K-glycans
Vincent Verhoeks (Leiden University, the Netherlands)

 

7 July 2026

7 July 2026 – Plenary Session 2

Drama Hall

Chair:
Biao Yu

08:45–09:30

PL3: A Sweet Surprise: miRNA regulation of the glycome
Lara Mahal (University of Alberta, Canada)

09:30–10:15

PL4: On Oxo- and dioxocarbenium ions and their roles in glycosylation reactions
David Crich (University of Georgia, United States)

   

10:15–10:45

Coffee Break

7 July 2026 – Parallel Session 5

Drama Hall

Structural analysis

Chair:
Jesus Jimenez Barbero

10:45–11:15

IL13: The Essence of Polysaccharides
Serge Perez (CERMAV-CNRS - University Grenoble Alpes, France)

11:15–11:30

OC61: Are N-Linked glycans intrinsically disordered?
Robert Woods (University of Georgia, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, United States)

11:30–11:45

OC65: Content and Location of 3-O-Sulfated Glucosamine. Structural Determinants Differentiating Ovine Heparin from Bovine and Porcine Heparins
Antonella Bisio (Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche e Biochimiche G. Ronzoni, Italy)

11:45–12:00

OC69: Glycan receptor specificities of human viruses
Luca Unione (CICbioGUNE, Spain)

12:00–12:15

OC73: Structural insights into Man9 recognition by the HIV antibody 2G12 revealed by paramagnetic NMR
Angeles Canales (Complutense University, Spain)

12:15–12:30

OC77: Glycoprotein analysis with MALDI-DIT in MS¹, MS², and MS³
Andreas Baumeister (Center of Innovation and Product Support, Shimadzu Europa GmbH, Germany)

 

12:30–14:00

Lunch

Synthesis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates

Chair:
Carme Rovira

14:00–14:30

IL17: Sulfur-mediated Routes to Bioactive Glycan Analogues
Cristina Nativi (University of Florence, Italy)

14:30–14:45

OC81: How to improve pharmacokinetics of glycoconjugates in vivo
Pavla Bojarová (Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)

14:45–15:00

OC85: Visible Light-Induced Synthesis of 2-Deoxy Sugars
Guoqing Zhang (School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Australia)

15:00–15:15

OC89: Linkage-Editing of β-Glucosylceramide by β-Selective C-Glucosylation Generates Potent Mincle Ligands
Go Hirai (Kyushu University, Japan)

15:15–15:30

OC93: Synthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae 6A/6C Oligosaccharides for Vaccine Applications
Giusi Aresta (Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli studi di Milano, Italy)

 

15:30–17:30

Poster Session (Foyer)

Synthesis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates

Chair:
Anikó Borbás

17:30–17:45

OC97: Tertiary N-Galactopyranosylbenzamides as Potent and High Selective Glycomimetic Inhibitors of Galectin-3
Ashis Dhara (University of Galway, Ireland)

17:45–18:00

OC101: Synthetic approaches towards tetrasaccharide fragments of secondary cell wall polysaccharides containing pyruvylated ß-ᴅ-ManNAc units
Michael Bruckner (BOKU University, Austria)

18:00–18:15

OC105: Copper(II) Trifluoromethanesulfonate as an Efficient, Versatile, and Dual-Purpose Catalyst for the Regioselective Acetylation of ʟ-Sorbose under Neat and Solvent-Directed Conditions
Jasper Dumalaog (Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

18:15–18:30

OC109: Design and Synthesis of Covalent Cholera Toxin Ligands
Kevin Kappes (University of Konstanz, Germany)

7 July 2026 – Parallel Session 6

Studio

Glycans & Health

Chair:
Mark von Itzstein

10:45–11:15

IL14: Host glycans trap bacterial lectins to activate the NLRP3 inflammasome
Winfried Römer (University of Freiburg, Germany)

11:15–11:30

OC62: Glycolipids of pathogenic microbes: Synthesis and evaluations for their structure-immunomodulating activities
Chun-Hung Lin (Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia SInica, Taiwan)

11:30–11:45

OC66: The Parkinson's Disease Drug Tolcapone and Analogues are Potent Glycomimetic Lectin Inhibitors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa LecA
Alexander Titz (Saarland University, Germany)

11:45–12:00

OC70: Targeting a bacterial lectin with non-covalent and covalent beta-fucosylamides
Annabelle Varrot (CERMAV-CNRS, France)

12:00–12:15

OC74: Structural modeling of α-1,2- or α-1,3-branched exopolysaccharides via enzymatic modification to modulate digestion properties
Young-Bo Song (Sejong University, Korea)

12:15–12:30

OC78: Structural variability of the LPS-molecule from a pan-drug-resistance Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate
Angela Casillo (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)

 

12:30–14:00

Lunch

Glycans & Health

Chair:
Feng Shao

14:00–14:30

IL18: Microwave-based Glycosylation Methodology Assists in Immunotherapeutic Development
Peter R. Andreana (The University of Toledo, United States)

14:30–14:45

OC82: Engineering resistant starch-enriched banana starches via enzymatic chain elongation enhances short-chain fatty acid production during gut fermentation.
Je-Hyun Park (Sejong University, Korea)

14:45–15:00

OC86: Polysaccharides from Streptococcus and Serratia are tumor hemorrhagic and are the probable API’s of Coley’s toxin: On PS1, the Serratia constituent
Roger A Laine (Louisiana State University, United States)

15:00–15:15

OC90: Pectins from Agri-Food By-Products Extracted with NADES: Structure - Function Relationships in Glycaemic and Gut Health
Izabela Pawlaczyk-Graja (Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland)

15:15–15:30

OC94: Instruct-ERIC: Funded Access to Technologies for Structural Biology and Carbohydrate Research
John Dolan (Instruct-ERIC, United Kingdom)

 

15:30–17:30

Poster Session (Foyer)

Glycans & Health

Chair:
Vladimír Křen

17:30–17:45

OC98: Biocatalytic modification of microbial-derived reuteran regulates intestinal fermentation kinetics and improves the colonic environment
Won-Min Lee (Sejong University, Korea)

17:45–18:00

OC102: Characterization of UipB protein from Microbacterium ViU2A
Geraud Kpahoun (Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology of Aix-Marseille, France)

18:00–18:15

OC106: Stereoselective synthesis and selective antiphage activity of carbohydrate-derived δ-thiolactones
Karol Postrożny (Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

18:15–18:30

OC110: Sweet targets: Exploring the glycosylation of nucleoside analogue therapeutics
Gavin Miller (The University of Manchester, United Kingdom)

7 July 2026 – Parallel Session 7

Opera Lounge

Biochemistry of carbohydrates

Chair:
Ed Yates

10:45–11:15

IL15: New chemical tools for carbohydrate modifying enzymes
Zachary Armstrong (Leiden Institute of Chemistry, the Netherlands)

11:15–11:30

OC63: Microbial sulfosugar metabolism: Uptake, pathways and C–S bond cleavage
Spencer Williams (University of Melbourne, Australia)

11:30–11:45

OC67: Peptidoglycan deaceylases of Bacillus subtilis. Specificities and applications acting on chitooligosaccharides.
Antoni Planas (Institut Químic de Sarrià, University Ramon Llull, Spain)

11:45–12:00

OC71: Cross-chiral recognition in glycobiology
Ratmir Derda (University of Alberta, Canada)

12:00–12:15

OC75: Structural basis for core α1,3-fucosylated N-glycan recognition by a PNGase A
Josef Voglmeir (Nanjing Agricultural University, China)

12:15–12:30

OC79: ER endomannosidase triages misfolded glycoproteins from calnexin/calreticulin folding cycle
Kiichiro Totani (Seikei University, Japan)

 

12:30–14:00

Lunch

Structural analysis

Chair:
Ana Arda

14:00–14:30

IL19: Sugars in the Gas Phase – Mass Spectrometry-Based Tools to Unravel the Glycocode
Kevin Pagel (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

14:30–14:45

OC83: Unravelling the Complexity of Hyaluronic Acid: How Molecular Structure Affects Physicochemical Properties
Sabrina Bertini (Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche e Biochimiche "G.Ronzoni", Italy)

14:45–15:00

OC87: Structural Elucidation of an Arabinogalactan from Neltuma nigra Resin Featuring Unusual β-(1→2)-Linked Arabinofuranosyl Residues
Carolina Fontana (CENUR Litoral Norte, Universidad de la República, Uruguay)

15:00–15:15

OC91: Deciphering the Structure and Catalytic Mechanism of the Carbohydrate-active enzyme GH43 β-1,4-Xylosidase from Pseudopedobacter saltans
Punit Kaur (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India)

15:15–15:30

OC95: Structural analysis and mechanism of action of oligofructofuranosyl DFA III producing endo-inulin fructotransferase from Bacteroides cacao
Akihiro Ishiwata (RIKEN, Japan)

 

15:30–17:30

Poster Session (Foyer)

Structural analysis

Chair:
Marco Guerrini

17:30–17:45

OC99: Structural characterization of starch and β-glucan from diverse barley lines
Xiang Hu (The University of Queensland, Australia)

17:45–18:00

OC103: Structure-Collision Cross Section (CCS) Correlation and MS/MS Fragmentation Features of Neutral Human Milk Oligosaccharides Isomers Characterized by Ion Mobility Spectrometry-Mass Spectrometry
Xia Zhou (National Institute of Metrology, China)

18:00–18:15

OC107: Comprehensive characterization of apolipoprotein E by liquid chromatography – mass spectrometry
Anabel Torrente López (Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands)

18:15–18:30

OC111: Stereoselective Synthesis of Matriglycan Anomeric Isomers and the Evaluation of the Laminin-Binding Affinity
Haruto Taguchi (Graduate School of Sustainability Science, Tottori University Tottori, Japan, Japan)

7 July 2026 – Parallel Session 8

Blue Lounge

Glycoconjugates

Chair:
Yukari Fujimoto

10:45–11:15

IL16: Engineering Glycan Recognition at Membranes: From Model Glycocalyces to Lectin Based Fusogens
Bruce Turnbull (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)

11:15–11:30

OC64: Linear and cyclic antifreeze glycoprotein analogues as structurally defined platforms for structure–activity relationship studies
Kohki Fukushi (Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University, Japan)

11:30–11:45

OC68: Genome-guided discovery of glycosylated antimalarial cyclolipodepsipeptides
Zhao-Xun Liang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore)

11:45–12:00

OC72: Chimerolectins: the emerging important lectins
Desh Deepak Singh (Panjab University, India)

12:00–12:15

OC76: Organoruthenium Thiodigalactoside Glycomimetics Reverse Galectin Selectivity and Block Tumor Immune Evasion
Vojtěch Hamala (Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the CAS, Czech Republic)

12:15–12:30

OC80: Vaccine architecture shapes the quality and breadth of antibody responses elicited by Klebsiella pneumoniae carbohydrate-based vaccines
Giuseppe Stefanetti (Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy, Italy)

 

12:30–14:00

Lunch

Biochemistry of carbohydrates

Chair:
Christoph Rademacher

14:00–14:30

IL20: β-D-glucuronides of dietary phenols; tools for probing biological activity.
Edwin Yates (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)

14:30–14:45

OC84: GPR55 Modulation: Conformational Determinants and Electrophile-Substituted Lysophospholipid Analogues as Non-Competitive Antagonists
Peter Greimel (RIKEN, Japan)

14:45–15:00

OC88: Ligand-directed chemistry profiling of glycosidases
Tanja M. Wrodnigg (IBioSys Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Biobased Systems, Graz University of Technology, Austria)

15:00–15:15

OC92: Rewiring Fungal Rutinosidases: Glycone Promiscuity and Side-Tunnel Engineering Enable Designer Transglycosylation
Vladimír Křen (Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic)

15:15–15:30

OC96: A tandem sulfofucolytic/sulfolytic pathway for the catabolism of the rare sulfosugar, sulfofucose.
Adam Stewart (Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, Australia)

 

15:30–17:30

Poster Session (Foyer)

Glycoconjugates

Chair:
Bruce Turnbull

17:30–17:45

OC100: Monoglycosylceramides as Immunomodulators and Adjuvants for Infectious Diseases
Yukari Fujimoto (Keio University, Japan)

17:45–18:00

OC104: Frameshift Mapping and Acetylation Surrogate Enable Structure-Defined Vaccine Epitopes from Klebsiella pneumoniae K1 CPS
Zirong Huang (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)

18:00–18:15

OC108: Development of a Modular Synthetic Strategy for Peptidoglycan Fragments
Eduardo Cláudio de Sousa (Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics, School of Life Sciences, FHNW, Switzerland)

18:15–18:30

OC112: Synthesis of oxazole modified glycoconjugates as potential beta-glucosidase Inhibitors
David Kostadinov (LMU, Germany)

7 July 2026 – Cultural Event

St. Martin‘s Cathedral

 

20:00–21:30

 
 

8 July 2026

8 July 2026 – Plenary Session 3

Drama Hall

Chair:
Lara Mahal

08:45–09:30

PL5: Targetting clinically relevant sialic acid-recognising respiratory viruses. From in silico and synthesis to in vitro and in vivo studies.
Mark von Itzstein (Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, Griffith University, Australia)

09:30–10:15

PL6: Deciphering enzymatic glycosylation mechanisms
Carme Rovira (University of Barcelona, Spain)

   

10:15–10:45

Coffee Break

8 July 2026 – Parallel Session 9

Drama Hall

Synthesis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates

Chair:
Suvarn S. Kulkarni

10:45–11:15

IL21: Exploitation of photoinitiated thiol-ene reaction for the synthesis of lectin inhibitors
Anikó Borbás (University of Debrecen, Hungary)

11:15–11:30

OC113: Scope and Mechanism of Protonated Phenanthroline-Catalyzed Stereoselective Glycosylation and Applications to the Synthesis of Vaccine Adjuvants
Hien Nguyen (Wayne State University, United States)

11:30–11:45

OC117: Exploration of sialic acid aldolases reveals the Corynebacterium glutamicum enzyme as a highly effective biocatalyst for the synthesis of the bacterial ‘sialic acid-like’ sugars
Millie Curran (University of York, United Kingdom)

11:45–12:00

OC121: Glyco-oxazolinium cation: generation, structure, properties
Maxim Romanyuck (N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Federation)

12:00–12:15

OC125: A few complex bacterial oligosaccharides synthesis and vaccines development
Qingju Zhang (Jiangxi Normal University, China)

 

12:15–13:45

Lunch

8 July 2026 – Parallel Session 10

Studio

Glycans & Health

Chair:
Peter R. Andreana

10:45–11:15

IL22: Restoring Glycan Homeostasis: Therapeutic Convergence of Cancer Immunobiology and CDG
Paula Videira (Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal)

11:15–11:30

OC114: Targeting GBA2 and GCS via PROTACs: HiBiT-Enabled Discovery of Dual GBA2/GCS Degraders
Eva Wan (Leiden University, the Netherlands)

11:30–11:45

OC118: Targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis GlgE: Novel Inhibitors for Antimicrobial Discovery
Steven Sucheck (The University of Toledo, United States)

11:45–12:00

OC122: Design and Synthesis of 1-O- and 6′-C-Modified Heparan Sulfate Trisaccharides as Human Endo-6-O-Sulfatase 1 Inhibitors
Kuei-Yao Tseng (Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

12:00–12:15

OC126: Improving the Weak Mincle-Activating Activity of 6,6’-diacyl neotrehalose by Linkage-Editing
Rintaro Nakahashi (Grad. Sch. Pharm. Sci., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan, Japan)

 

12:15–13:45

Lunch

8 July 2026 – Parallel Session 11

Opera Lounge

Structural analysis

Chair:
Zbigniew Kaczynski

10:45–11:15

IL23: Engineering Synthetic Heparanase Inhibitors: Antimetastatic Properties and Mechanistic Basis.
Marco Guerrini (Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche e Biochimiche G. Ronzoni, Italy)

11:15–11:30

OC115: A Workflow For Comprehensive Structural Determination of Fructans and Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides
Chi-Kung Ni (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

11:30–11:45

OC119: Molecular insights into GD3 recognition by human coronavirus spike proteins
Iris A. Bermejo (CIC bioGUNE, Spain)

11:45–12:00

OC123: Structural Insights into Dolichol Biosynthesis by the Human cis-Prenyltransferase Complex
Yoni Haitin (Tel Aviv University, Israel)

12:00–12:15

OC127: Metabolic inactivation or bioactivation: glucuronides of diosgenin as an antifungal agents
Daria Grzywacz (University of Gdańsk, Poland)

 

12:15–13:45

Lunch

8 July 2026 – Parallel Session 12

Blue Lounge

Glycobiology & Glycomics

Chair:
David Vocadlo

10:45–11:15

IL24: Heterogeneity in Glycoprotein Structure and Function: Regulation of N-glycans Macroheterogeneity by OST
Elisa Fadda (University of Southampton, United Kingdom)

11:15–11:30

OC116: Decoding Glycan Regulation and Display at the Cancer Cell Surface
Noortje de Haan (Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands)

11:30–11:45

OC120: Preparation of 3,3-difluoro sialic acid and its testing as a sialyltransferase inhibitor
Matthew Macauley (University of Alberta, Canada)

11:45–12:00

OC124: Mapping evolution-driven human H3N2 influenza glycan-binding preferences by chemoenzymatic synthesis and NMR
Cristina Fernández Pérez (CIC bioGUNE, Spain)

12:00–12:15

OC128: Introducing Fluorine into Disaccharide Lectin Ligands Enhances Binding Affinity and Selectivity
Jindřich Karban (Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czech Republic)

 

12:15–13:45

Lunch

8 July 2026 – Tours (External)

   

14:00

 
 

9 July 2026

9 July 2026 – Parallel Session 13

Drama Hall

Synthesis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates

Chair:
Cristina Nativi

08:45–09:15

IL25: Synthetic strategies toward s-disaccharide glycomimetics with galectin-3 selectivity
Kamil Parkan (UCT Prague, Czech Republic)

09:15–09:30

OC129: Synthetic Strategies for Building and Editing Nucleoside Analogues
Michael Meanwell (University of Alberta, Canada)

09:30–09:45

OC133: Glycomimetics-Multivalent Probes to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
Laura Diaz Casado (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

09:45–10:00

OC137: Polyproline nanoscaffolds as tools to investigate carbohydrate interactions
Sheng-Kai Wang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

10:00–10:15

OC141: Enhancing lectin recognition via precise fluorination: new insights into DC-SIGN interactions
Javier Ramos-Soriano (Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ), CSIC − Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)

10:15–10:30

OC145: Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Sulfated Human Milk Oligosaccharide Derivatives Enabled by Differential Fucosylation of Sulfated Oligosaccharides
Ching-Ching Yu (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

 

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

Glycans & Health / Synthesis

Chair:
Celso Reis

11:00–11:30

IL29: Exploitation of sugar chemistry against neurodegeneration
Amélia Pilar Rauter (Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)

11:30–11:45

OC149: The biological role of glycans in post-acute infection syndromes
Davide Ret (TU Wien / Medical University of Vienna, Austria)

11:45–12:00

OC153: Glycosyl thioimidates as versatile building blocks for stereocontrolled glycosylation and glycan synthesis
Alessandra Damico (Saint Louis University, Department of Chemistry, United States)

12:00–12:15

OC157: Targeting endo-D-arabinofuranosidases in mycobacteria as a novel therapeutic strategy
Moescha Hoopman (Leiden University, the Netherlands)

12:15–12:30

OC161: Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of Fluorinated N-Acetylmannosamine Analogs
Aleš Krčil (Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the CAS, v. v. i., Czech Republic)

12:30–12:45

OC165: GlycoExtreme: Unlocking Novel Hyperstable Glycosyltransferases
Martina Escorial (Technical University of Denmark, Novo Nordisk Foundation Biotechnology Research Institute for the Green Transition, Denmark)

 

12:45–14:00

Lunch

Synthesis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates

Chair:
Matthieu Sollogoub

14:00–14:15

OC169: Novel bacterial α2,3- and α2,6-sialyltransferases for efficient complex-glycan synthesis
Nam-Hai Hoang (eversyn GmbH, Germany)

 

14:15–14:30

OC173: Synthesis of N-glycosides via Buchwald-Hartwig Coupling
Abhijit Sau (IIT Hyderabad, India)

 

14:30–14:45

OC177: Convergent Synthesis of Branched Human Milk Oligosaccharides Enables Access to Fucosylated Probes for Viral Recognition
Dileep Paladugu (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

 

14:45–15:00

OC181: De Novo Synthesis of 3,6-Dideoxy and 3,6-Dideoxy-4-C-branched Monosaccharides.
Sheng Yang (Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

 

15:00–15:15

OC185: Synthesis of Listeria Wall Teichoic Acids for Probing the Human Antibody Repertoire
Yuanyuan Jiang (Leiden University, the Netherlands)

9 July 2026 – Parallel Session 14

Studio

Glycans & Health

Chair:
Paula Videira

08:45–09:15

IL26: New Glycosyltransferase Inhibitors Targeting the Biosynthesis of Cancer-Associated Glycans
Marko Anderluh (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Slovenia)

09:15–09:30

OC130: Synthetic Carbohydrate Receptors as Broad Spectrum Antivirals
Mateusz Marianski (Hunter College CUNY, United States)

09:30–09:45

OC134: A Syalomimetic Glycan Array for the Identification of Viral Entry Inhibitors
Seyed Omar Zaraei (Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Germany)

09:45–10:00

OC138: Synthesis of GroP-Modified Group A Carbohydrate Oligosaccharides for Immunological Studies
Haoru Zhuang (Leiden University, the Netherlands)

10:00–10:15

OC142: Cell-selective Glycopolymer Modification via Peroxidase-mediated Proximity Labeling for Antibody-recruiting Cancer Immunotherapy
Tomonari Tanaka (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan)

10:15–10:30

OC146: Streamlined Synthesis and Immunomodulatory Effects of Ulvan Oligosaccharides from Marine Green Algae
Cheng-Hsiu Chang (Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

 

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

Structural analysis / Synthesis

Chair:
Kevin Pagel

11:00–11:30

IL30: Structural studies of polysaccharides isolated from the cell wall of plant-pathogenic bacteria
Zbigniew Kaczynski (Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Poland)

11:30–11:45

OC150: Characterization of protein-glycan interactions through advanced STD NMR methods
Inés Lera-Lasso (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)

11:45–12:00

OC154: Synthesis and Function of Acetobacter pasteurianus Lipid A
Atsushi Shimoyama (The University of Osaka, Japan)

12:00–12:15

OC158: Carbohydrate conjugates as trojan horses to improve antibiotic import
Hanna Perius (Saarland university, Germany)

12:15–12:30

OC162: Synthetic Approaches Toward Chain D of Rhamnogalacturonan-II: DHA Rare Sugar Preparation and β-Glycosylation Strategy
Mukul Mahanti (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)

12:30–12:45

OC166: Shelf-stable 3-thiocresyl-prop-1-enyl (TCP) glycosides in glycosylations
Deepak Kushwaha (Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India)

 

12:45–14:00

Lunch

Glycans & Health / Synthesis

Chair:
Peter Greimel

14:00–14:15

OC170: Glycoproteomic profiling of Alzheimer’s disease brains reveals changes in bisecting GlcNAc carriers
Adrià Duran Sidera (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)

14:15–14:30

OC174: Design and Synthesis of Glycomimetics as Galectin Antagonists
Ben Mohan (University of Galway, Ireland)

14:30–14:45

OC178: Fucose-Based Anti-Virulence Agents Targeting EclA, a Novel Lectin from Enterobacter cloacae
Beshoy Tawfik (Universität des Saarlandes, Germany)

14:45–15:00

OC182: Total Synthesis of Conjugation-Ready Sulfated Red Algae Carrageenan Oligosaccharides for Sensing Applications
Yonatan Sukhran (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)

9 July 2026 – Parallel Session 15

Opera Lounge

Structural analysis

Chair:
Alfred D. French

08:45–09:15

IL27: Molecular Mechanisms of Glycan-Mediated Molecular Recognition
Ana Arda (Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Spain)

09:15–09:30

OC131: CH-π interactions of pyranosides - chemical shift perturbations induced by arenes
Amit Basu (Brown University, United States)

09:30–09:45

OC135: Development of a method to identify & quantify N-glycans from lactoferrins
Carolina Oliveira Pandeirada (Nestlé Research, Switzerland)

09:45–10:00

OC139: An Integrated CRISPR–NMR Platform for Glycoengineered Cell Models and Glycan Characterization
Diego Del Balzo (CICbioGUNE, Spain)

10:00–10:15

OC143: Klebsiella pneumoniae O-antigens – correlation of novel OL loci with chemical structures
Jolanta Lukasiewicz (Laboratory of Microbial Immunochemistry and Vaccines, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

10:15–10:30

OC147: Using Fourier-transformed alternating current voltammetry to detect and fingerprint glycans
Bethany Paterson (Department of Chemistry, University of York, United Kingdom)

 

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

Glycobiology & Glycomics

Chair:
Valentin Wittmann

11:00–11:30

IL31: Mass spectrometry in glycobiology: From glycan structure to clinical application
Zuzana Pakanova (Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia)

11:30–11:45

OC151: Chemical tools to probe ribitol phosphate-containing glycans
Lianne Willems (University of York, United Kingdom)

11:45–12:00

OC155: Structural characterization of the jacalin-related lectin from the mushroom Calocera viscosa
Michaela Mikysková (National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Czech Republic)

12:00–12:15

OC159: Comparison of the Milk Oligosaccharide Spectrum in Farm Animals
Sebastian P. Galuska (Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Germany)

12:15–12:30

OC163: Mass spectrometry assisted N-glycan analysis of phosphorylated epitopes in simple organisms
Alba Hykollari (University of Veterinary Medicine, Austria)

12:30–12:45

OC167: Mapping ST3GAL Transferase Specificities in the Glycosylation Landscape of N/TERT-1 Keratinocytes Using Glycogenomics and Mass Spectrometry
Agnes Hipgrave Ederveen (Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands)

  12:45–14:00

 

Lunch

Structural analysis / Synthesis

Chair:
Nicole Richardson

14:00–14:15

OC171: Classification of pectins based on functional properties and structure analysis by MALDI-FTICR-MS
Yasmin van der Velden (Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands)

14:15–14:30

OC175: Anomerization of glycosides by iminium salt formed in dibromomethane and dimethylformamide
Natalie Condino (University of Guelph, Canada)

14:30–14:45

OC179: Polycationic cyclodextrin derivatives as antimicrobial agents: design, synthesis, and biological evaluation
Sergio Adorna-Sánchez (Institute for Chemical Research-Spanish National Research Council (IIQ-CSIC), Spain)

14:45–15:00

OC183: Advantages and benefits of total serum glycome analysis for cancer detection
Andrea Furdová (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia)

9 July 2026 – Parallel Session 16

Blue Lounge

Bioinformatics & Molecular modelling

Chair:
Robert Woods

08:45–09:15

IL28: Decrypting the "sulfation code" of glycosaminoglycans for understanding their function in the extracellular matrix
Sergey Samsonov (University of Gdańsk, Poland)

09:15–09:30

OC132: GlycoFlow: A GlycoShape-Trained Conformational Prior for Structural Glycobiology
Ojas Singh (Maynooth University, Ireland)

09:30–09:45

OC136: Deciphering the molecular recognition code of S1 sulfatase towards sulfamate and sulfate substrates
Stefano Elli (NMR and Carbohydrate Department, Istituto di Ricerche Chimiche e Biochimiche G. Ronzoni, via G. Colombo 81 20133, Milano, Italy, Italy)

09:45–10:00

OC140: Molecular Simulations of Paenibacillus alvei Cell Wall Glycans and SpaA Anchoring
Peter Poliak (Institute of Molecular Modeling and Simulation, Department of Natural Sciences and Sustainable Resources, BOKU University, Austria)

10:00–10:15

OC144: Studies on applications of fully stereoselective α-sialylation
Naoko Komura (Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Gifu University, Japan)

10:15–10:30

OC148: HPLC-based automated oligosaccharide synthesis using TIDA-tagged monosaccharide building blocks
Oana Popa (University College Dublin, Ireland)

 

10:30–11:00

Coffee Break

Glycomaterials / Synthesis

Chair:
Tatiana Budtova

11:00–11:30

IL32: Glycosylated ECM, AI/ML guided synthesis and cell fate modulation
Francesco Nicotra (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy)

11:30–11:45

OC152: Modelling Multivalent Avidity in C-type lectins: Revealing how glycan surface density, composition and presentation govern superselective pathogen recognition by tetravalent DC-SIGN
Erin Tait (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)

11:45–12:00

OC156: Surface grafting of carbohydrates on polymer materials via non-thermal plasma activation
Philip Sgarz (TU Wien, Austria)

12:00–12:15

OC160: Reversible Functionalisation of Synthetic Cellulosic Oligosaccharides
Liam Beardmore (Keele University, United Kingdom)

12:15–12:30

OC164: Chemoenzymatic Regioselective Manipulation of Acyl Groups on Carbohydrates: A Path towards Sustainable Carbohydrate Chemistry
Mária Mastihubová (Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia)

12:30–12:45

OC168: Synthesis of oligosaccharide fragments of rhamnogalacturonan-II side chain B
Katharina Obleser (BOKU University, Austria)

 

12:45–14:00

Lunch

Glycobiology & Glycomics

Chair:
Tanja Wrodnigg

14:00–14:15

OC172: Understanding glycan recognition processes: NMR insights into the biologically relevant CD44–hyaluronan interaction
María Payá-García (CIC bioGUNE, Spain)

14:15–14:30

OC176: Beyond Initial Analysis: Cross-Disease Profiling of the Human Blood N-Glycome Through Mass Spectrometry Data Re-analysis.
Oleg Maiboroda (Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Netherlands)

14:30–14:45

OC180: New β-D-galactopyranosyl azoles: synthesis and evaluation as galectin-1 and galectin-3 inhibitors
István Kacsir (University of Debrecen, Hungary)

14:45–15:00

OC184: Synthesis of ENGase inhibitors for glycan recognition analysis
Nozomi Ishii (Gunma University, Japan)

   

15:15–15:45

Coffee Break

9 July 2026 – Plenary Session 4

Drama Hall

Chair:
Alexei Demchenko

15:45–16:30

PL7: Expedient and catalytic strategies for the synthesis of glycan-based diagnostics
M. Carmen Galan (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)

16:30–17:15

PL8: A Personal Account on the Total Synthesis for Structural Validation of Natural Glycans and Glycoconjugates
Biao Yu (Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

9 July 2026 – Closing Ceremony

Drama Hall

 

17:15–17:45

 

9 July 2026 – Symposium Dinner

Dock 7

 

19:00–22:00

 

 

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