Program
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 01, 2024
8:30 REGISTRATION
9:00 OPENING
Rainer Haag | Spokesperson of the CRC 1449 Freie Universität Berlin
SESSION – MUCIN ENGINEERING
Chair: Oliver Seitz
09:15 Mucin glycans: synthesis & virulence attenuating properties
Dr. Rachel Hevey | Universität Basel, CH
10:00 Labeling and Engineering of Protein O-Glycosylation
Prof. Xing Chen | Peking University, Beijing, CNn
10:45 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION – SUPRAMOLECULAR HYDROGELS
Chair: Beate Koksch
11:15 Supramolecular structures and hydrogels to tune the cell-material interface
Prof. Patricia Dankers | Eindhoven University of Technology, NL
12:00 Mucin inspired supramolecular hydrogels
Dr. Nives Hribernik (C02) | Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
12:30 LUNCH BUFFET
SESSION – MUCOLYTICS AND RHEOLOGY
Chair: Marcus Mall
13:30 Live Cell Rheometry of Airway Mucus: Application to Acute Asthma and Cystic Fibrosis
Prof. Gerald Fuller | Stanford University, USA
14:15 Polymeric Reducing Agents as Treatment for Muco-obstructive Lung Diseases
Justin Arenhoevel (C04) | Freie Universität Berlin
14:45 Biocompatible Hydrogels from the Self-Assembly of Collagen-Mimetic Peptides
Prof. Ron Raines| MIT, Cambridge, USA
15:30 10 SPEED LECTURES from selected posters
16:30 COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
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19:00 CONFERENCE DINNER
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 02, 2024
SESSION – MUCINS AND GLYCOSYLATION
Chair: Christian Hackenberger
08:30 Chemical Precision Tools to Dissect Protein Glycosylation
Prof. Benjamin Schumann | Imperial College London, UK
09:15 Synthetic mucins for engineering mucus and the glycocalyx
Prof. Jessica Kramer | University of Utah, USA
10:00 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION – MUCIN FUNCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION
Chair: Martina Delbianco
10:30 Leveraging Mucin Glycans for Enhanced Innate Immune Function
Prof. Katharina Ribbeck | MIT, Cambridge, USA
11:15 Semisynthetic Mucins
Prof. Oliver Seitz (C01) | Humboldt Universität Berlin
11:45 Structural analysis of mucin-type O-glycans
Dr. Leila Bechtella (C03) | University of Evry Paris-Saclay, FR
12:15 LUNCH BUFFET
SESSION – BARRIER FUNCTION
Chair: Marie Weinhart
13:15 Control of mucus barrier function
Prof. Dave Thornton| University of Manchester, UK
14:00 Protein crystals as key components of airway mucus plugging
Prof. Bart Lambrecht | Ghent University, BE
14:45 Network Analysis of Host Glycan Profiles, Tissue Transcriptome, and Microbiota Composition in the Intestinal Mucus of TLR5-Deficient Porcine Model
Prof. Marcus Fulde | Freie Universität Berlin
15:15 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION – GAG ANALYTICS AND FUNCTION
Chair: Kevin Pagel
15:45 Complex mucus structures protect the intestinal epithelium
Prof. Malin Johansson | University of Gothenburg, SE
16:30 Glycosaminoglycans and terminal fucosylation in pulmonary defense against S. pneumoniae
Dr. Cengiz Gökeri | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
17:00 Hydrogel properties on intestinal surfaces in health and disease
Prof. Marie Weinhart | Freie Universität Berlin
17:30 POSTER PRIZES & CLOSING REMARKS
Prof. Rainer Haag | Freie Universität Berlin