Minisymposium Glycobiology of Bacterial Infection

About this event

Category
Meeting
Date
Oct 23, 2025
Location
Utrecht Science Park

Organizers: Prof. Jon Laman (UMCG) and Prof.Manfred Wuhrer (LUMC), supported by NWO

Local hosts and moderators: Prof. Suzan Rooijakkers, Dr. Balthasar Heesters and Josch Kuhlmann

Venue: Conference room of David de Wied building, Universiteitsweg 999, across from UMC Utrecht (50 seats maximum)

Duration: Arrival 9.30, start at 10.00, and drinks at 16.00, so attendants from across NL can plan one full day including travel. Cost 25 euro to cover coffee, lunch & drinks.

Aims

  • Reinforce and extend the relatively small and collegial community of glycan researchers
  • Identify recent progress and novel technologies from unpublished work
  • Assess new opportunities for joint work and grant proposals

Target audience: Immunologists, chemists and clinicians with active work on glycans in bacterialphysiology, infection, pathogenesis, and antibody action

Keynote speaker:
Prof. Gestur Vidarsson (Sanquin, Amsterdam)
How can virus glycoimmunology inspire research into bacterial infection

Invited international speaker:
Dr. Alexandra Tsouka (PEPperPRINT GmbH, Heidelberg)
Generation of glycan-related Microarrays via cLIFT technology for antibody profiling and biomarker discovery

Ample opportunities for young and mid-career scientists to present in different talk formats or poster.

For further information and pre-registration (50 seats maximum at first come first serve basis) please mail to Josch Kuhlmann at j.kuhlmann@uu.nl