Keynote Speakers
Banquet Keynote
Cara Tannenbaum
The Sweet Side of Sex: Why Sex Matters in Glycobiology
Scientific Director, Institute of Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research and
Departmental Science Advisor, Health Canada
Keynote Speakers
Josef Penninger
ACE2 and Spike Glycosylation
Professor, Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Kirk Bergstrom
Holistic Glycoscience: Combining the power of preclinical models of glycosylation deficiencies with glycomics to interrogate the biologic functions of glycans and their defects in chronic diseases
Assistant Professor, Biology, University of British Columbia Okanagan
David Jakeman
Rhamnose Biosynthesis as an Antibacterial Target
Professor, Chemistry,
Dalhousie University
Janelle Sauvageau
The Applications of Carbohydrate Chemistry to Vaccines and Adjuvants
Research Officer, Human Health Therapeutics, National Research Council Canada
Meghan Azad
7 Years of Human Milk Oligosaccharide Research in the CHILD Cohort: What have we learned and what’s up next?
Associate Professor, Immunology, Community Health Sciences, Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba