Program

Conference program

DAY 1, September 28th, 2023
9:00-9:30 REGISTRATION
9:30-10:00

WELCOME SESSION
Chair: Maciej Ugorski, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

10:00-10:30

PLENARY LECTURE 1
Elisa Fadda, Maynooth University
High-performance computing in glycoscience: Rebuilding glycans to understand their functions, from viruses to humans

10:30-11:00

PLENARY LECTURE 2
Francis Jacob, University of Basel
Exploring the glycolipid landscape: glycosphingolipids as regulators of cancer cell plasticity

11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-12:00

PLENARY LECTURE 3
Iain Wilson, University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna
N-glycan diversity in nematodes

12:00-12:30

PLENARY LECTURE 4
Mariusz Olczak, University of Wrocław
Supply of glycosylation substrates to the mammalian Golgi: a sharp snapshot getting blurred

12:30-13:00

PLENARY LECTURE 5
Jolanta Łukasiewicz, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław
O-antigen variability among clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae relevant for passive and active immunisation

13:00-13:45 LUNCH
13:45-15:00 POSTER SESSION
15:00-15:50 SESSION 1. GLYCANS IN HUMAN DISEASES
15:00-15:10

Sara Trzos, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
The link between serum cytokines levels and N-glycosylation of CD4+ T cells in Graves’ disease

15:10-15:20

Safoura Reza, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
Galactosylceramide down-regulates the expression of pro-apoptotic TNFRSF1b and TNFRSF9 genes and up-regulates the expression of anti-apoptotic BCL-2

15:20-15:30

Paula Czyszczoń, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław
Yersinia eneterolitica outer membrane vesicles as a target for human complement system

15:30-15:40

Magdalena Surman, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
Lectin-based study reveals the presence of disease-relevant glycoepitopes in bladder cancer cells and ectosomes

15:40-15:50

Katarzyna Sołkiewicz, Wrocław Medical University
Variability of the profile and degree of serum immunoglobulin G N-glycosylation in SARS-CoV-2

15:50-16:20 COFFEE BREAK
16:20-17:00 SESSION 2. CELLULAR BIOLOGY OF GLYCOCONJUGATES
16:20-16:30

Paweł Link-Lenczowski, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków
N-Glycosylation dynamics in differentiating intestinal epithelial cells

16:30-16:40

Łukasz Opaliński, University of Wrocław
N-glycans and galectins as multilevel master regulators of FGF/FGFR signaling and cell fate

16:40-16:50

Katarzyna Szymczak-Kulus, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław
Human Gb3/CD77 synthase: a paradigm-shifting glycosyltransferase

16:50-17:00

Dorota Maszczak-Seneczko, University of Wrocław
SLC35A2-deficient MDCK cells display elevated levels of selected glycolytic enzymes

19:00 GET TOGETHER PARTY
DAY 2, September 29th, 2023
9:00-9:20 COFFEE
9:20-10:00 SESSION 3. BACTERIAL GLYCOCONJUGATES
9:20-9:30

Katarzyna Pacyga-Prus, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław
Impact of the dephosphorylation on the function of Ba218.3 polysaccharide isolated from Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. animalis CCDM 218

9:30-9:40

Daria Artyszuk, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław
Morphology and carbohydrate surface antigens of Flavonifractor plautii PCM 3108

9:40-9:50

Bogumiła Szponar, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław
Gut microbiome and bacterial markers assessed in mice with MC38 colorectal cancer

9:50-10:00

Agata Palusiak, University of Łódź
Antigenic and structural properties of the lipopolysaccharide of uropathogenic Proteus mirabilis Dm55 strain isolated from a patient in the central Poland

10:00-10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30-10:40 A-BioTech presentation
10:40-11:00 SESSION 4. INVERTEBRATE GLYCOCONJUGATES
10:40-10:50

Łukasz Sobala, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław
Evolutionary glycomics of holozoans and early branching animals

10:50-11:00

Patrycja Burzyńska, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wrocław
Sialic acids specificity of Plasmodium parasites

11:00 AWARD CEREMONY AND CLOSING REMARKS