Kicking off GIA2025 with an infectious talk from Dr. Jim Paulson! 😷 We can't wait for the rest of the talks to come. Share your conference experience using #GIA2025
Kicking off GIA2025 with an infectious talk from Dr. Jim Paulson! 😷 We can't wait for the rest of the talks to come. Share your conference experience using #GIA2025
⏰ #GIA2025 kicks off tomorrow at 9 AM! We’re so excited to see everyone in UCommons 2-350 (Alfred Sorenson Community Hall, @UAlberta) or virtually. Less than 24 hours to go! 🎉 #glycotime
⏰ Final few hours to register for #GIA2025! If you haven’t signed up yet, be sure to complete the registration form today — we can’t wait to see you there either in person, or online for this free glyco event! forms.gle/gP5xj53XC3At... #GIA2025 #glycotime
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We’re thrilled to announce our final #GIA2025 Invited Speaker — Dr. Lisa Willis, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences & Adjunct in Medical Microbiology & Immunology at @UAlberta! She’ll share insights into α2,8-linked sialic acids in the blood. 🧬 Register here: forms.gle/2JjuXwxo82Kb...
Don't miss Dr. Hull-Meichle's talk - register here: forms.gle/psaVWBmggTje...
🎃 Happy Halloween! Enjoy some sweet, glucose-filled treats tonight—and speaking of glucose, meet Canada Excellence Research Chair Dr. Rebecca Hull-Meichle, who studies glycosaminoglycans in the pancreas 🧬. Catch her talk soon at GIA2025! @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social #GIA2025 #glycotime
Get your registration in now to claim the last few spots! #GIA2025 #glycotime
The deadline to submit a title for poster presentations is tonight! 9 spots still open to undergrad, graduate, or postdocs with research related to glycolipids/glycoproteins. 3 posters chosen by a panel of experts will be awarded a prize at the symposium closing remarks! forms.gle/CDouzKsZWje9...
Catch this talk and so much more glycoscience at GIA2025! Register here: forms.gle/XMss1VWjgkdg... #GIA2025 #glycotime
Dr. Jason Northey, Assistant Professor at the UofA Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Biochemistry is our next Invited Speaker at GIA2025. Dr. Northey is presenting a mechanobiology perspective on the cancer glycocalyx and breast cancer metastasis. @northeylab.bsky.social
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Our first Invited Speaker to present at GIA2025 is Dr. Jason Plemel (@jrplemel.bsky.social), a Canada Research Chair in Glial Neuroimmunology and Associate Professor in the UofA Department of Medicine Neurology Division. Dr. Plemel will talk on Microglia and glycome alterations during demyelination.
We are so lucky to have Prof. Paulson! Don't miss out on this opportunity, register here: forms.gle/2mT5PTHYUtjF...
We’re thrilled to introduce GIA2025 Trainee Invited Speaker Dr. Jim Paulson, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA who’ll talk on the roles of inhibitory Siglecs in regulation of immune responses! #GIA2025 #glycotime
Reminder that the deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a 15 minute talk at GIA2025 is tonight! Don't miss out on presenting your glyco research and the opportunity to have lunch with Dr. Jim Paulson, our trainee-invited speaker! Link to submit: forms.gle/BdDTRsdXmTP9.... #GIA2025
Register for virtual or in person attendance for FREE at forms.gle/GGXwhBiRPgA9... #glycotime
Our final Keynote Speaker this year will be Dr. Alisdair Boraston from the University of Victoria, BC. Dr. Boraston will be speaking on advances in understanding O-glycopeptidases from host-adapted bacteria. Catch his talk and all our Keynote Speakers at GIA2025, November 6 and 7! #GIA2025
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Our next Keynote Speaker for Day 2 of GIA2025 is Dr. @salomepinho.bsky.social . She is coming from the University of Porto, Portugal to talk about glycans as master regulators of immune response in inflammation, autoimmunity and cancer: from disease prediction to therapeutic opportunities.
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Our next Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Simon Wisnovsky from UBC who will be talking on mapping the genomic landscape of cancer glycome remodeling with genome-wide CRISPR. His work is consistently recognized with many awards and we are very excited to have him at GIA2025. @wisnovskylab.bsky.social
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🧪 Come join us for free #glycotime Register here for hybrid or in person attendance glyco-alberta.ca/gia2025/
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The countdown is on! With GIA2025 less than 3 weeks away, we’d like to introduce our Keynote Speakers that we will have the privilege of hosting this year. First is Dr. Sriram Neelameghan from the University at Buffalo whose lab studies the area of Systems Glycobiology. @neel-lab.bsky.social
We’re excited to invite you to the @giaglyco.bsky.social GIA2025 Symposium on Thursday and Friday, November 6–7. Registration is free and the event will take place in person and virtually for those joining online. glyco-alberta.ca/gia2025/ Come get the latest #Glycogang swag!
Be sure to stick around for a moment following the #Glyco27 closing ceremonies to grab a GIA photo! @glycocode.bsky.social
It is the last day of #Glyco27 and GIA's sponsored session on Systems Glycobiology is today! Be sure to go to Hall A to hear @glyco.me and @flyglyco.bsky.social beginning at 9:30am, followed by some wonderful trainee oral abstracts. #glycotime
This is quite relevant to a recent conversation on mirror life and glycans held at #Glyco27 and really headed by @giaglyco.bsky.social member Ratmir Derda @ualberta