Annual General Meeting
2022 AGM Schedule
The AGM is a closed meeting for GlycoNet Network Investigators and HQP only, and Non-Disclosure Agreements are required to attend. The AGM starts Monday, May 9 with project presentations, followed by a closed poster session in the evening. The meeting continues on Tuesday, May 10 with project presentations and professional development workshops. The Canadian Glycomics Symposium opens in the morning on Wednesday, May 11.
For more information about the Canadian Glycomics Symposium, which is open to all members of the scientific community and the public, check out the Symposium page.
* Schedule as of May 6, 2022 and subject to change.
06:00 – 09:00 PM | AGM Registration Opens – Max Bell Central Foyer |
| 7:00 – 8:50 AM | Breakfast – Vistas Dining Room |
| 7:00 – 8:50 AM | AGM Registration – Max Bell Central Foyer |
| 8:50 – 9:00 AM | Welcome Remarks – Max Bell Auditorium |
9:00 – 10:30 AM
| Project Presentations – Max Bell Auditorium Development of next-generation glyco-caged drugs to treat enteric inflammatory diseases in humans and livestock Modulatory and therapeutic roles of gangliosides in neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation Development of a glycobiology therapy to mitigate the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
| 10:30 – 10:50 AM | Break – Max Bell Central Foyer |
| 10:50 AM – 12:05 PM | Project Presentations – Max Bell Auditorium Towards universal blood through enzymatic red blood cell modification Regulation of inflammatory response to bacterial infections by human neuraminidase enzymes Selective GBA2 inhibitors and their evaluation in cell models of Batten disease Taming cytokine storms with a P- and E-selectin antagonist to treat coronavirus acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) |
| 12:05 AM – 1:15 PM | Lunch – Vistas Dining Room |
| 1:00 – 4:00 PM | Professional Headshots (Sign-up at Registration) – Kinnear Centre 208 |
| 1:15 – 2:30 PM | Project Presentations – Max Bell Auditorium Lead discovery for inhibitors of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis Innovative therapies for neurological lysosomal storage disorders Clinical trial for Montbretin A diabetics |
| 2:30 – 2:50 PM | Break – Max Bell Central Foyer |
| 2:50 – 4:05 PM | Project Presentations – Max Bell Auditorium Modulating CD33 splicing as a protective therapeutic strategy in Alzheimer’s disease Mitigation of necrotic enteritis by improving the integrity of intestinal mucin through small molecules and stress management Identification of targets of glucocerebrosidase activators and optimization of PET imaging agents |
| 4:30 – 5:45 PM | Trainee Mixer – Max Bell 252 |
| 6:00 – 6:15 PM | Remarks from GlycoNet Board Chair – Kinnear Centre 101-105 |
| 6:15 – 9:00 PM | Poster Session & Buffet Dinner – Kinnear Centre 101-105 |
| 7:00 – 9:00 AM | Breakfast – Vistas Dining Room | |
| 8:30 – 10:00 AM | HQP Workshop: Drug Development – Bench to Clinic Max Bell 252 | |
| 9:00 – 10:30 AM | Project Presentations – Max Bell Auditorium Systematic characterization of Siglecs and their glycan ligands in cancer Inhibitors of antibody fucosylation: commercialization-enabling studies Bringing a candidate Haemophilus influenzae serotype A vaccine through late pre-clinical development into a Phase 1, randomized placebo-controlled, observer-blind trial Phase I/IIa clinical trial for the treatment of Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff disease using AAV9-Hex gene therapy | |
| 10:20 – 11:50 AM | HQP Workshop: Writing Effective EDI Statements Max Bell 252 | |
| 10:30 – 10:50 AM | Break – Max Bell Central Foyer | |
| 10:50 AM – 12:05 PM | Project Presentations – Max Bell Auditorium Anti-exopolysaccharide therapies to improve eradication of early Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in CF A platform for the rapid synthesis of nucleoside analogues The EARLY study: Economic evAluation of a novel pRostate cancer gLYcan-based diagnostic tool | |
| 12:05 PM – 1:15 PM | Lunch – Vistas Dining Room | |
| 1:00 – 2:30 PM | HQP Workshop: Building Your Confidence as a Scientist Max Bell 252 | |
| 1:15 – 2:30 PM | Legacy Workshop – Max Bell Auditorium | |
| 2:30 – 2:50 PM | Break – Max Bell Central Foyer | |
| 2:30 – 5:00 PM | Professional Headshots (Sign-up Required) – Kinnear Centre 208 | |
| 2:50 – 4:30 PM | HQP Workshop: Career Panel: I Graduated, Now What? Max Bell 252 | |
| 2:50 – 4:30 PM | Legacy Workshop – Max Bell Auditorium | |
| 4:30 – 8:00 PM | Free Time | |
| 8:00 – 11:00 PM | AGM Mixer Rose & Crown | |
| 7:00 – 9:00 AM | Breakfast – Vistas Dining Room | |
| 9:00 AM | Departure for AGM-Only Attendees | |