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Gordon Research Conference on Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes for Glycan Conversions

2020-09-22T15:37:57Z

Dates : July 21-26, 2019
Location : Proctor Academy, Andover, NH, USA

Meeting Description
The enzymes that deconstruct polysaccharides and in particular those of the plant cell wall Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) transform diverse polysaccharides to renewable fuels, biochemicals, and bio-based materials, and are essential to the digestion of dietary glycans in food and feed. The expanding number of new CAZyme families relevant to plant biomass conversion motivated a small revision to the title of this successful conference established in 1999. The 2019 Gordon Research Conference, now titled “Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes for Glycan Conversions”, will present leading-edge research on this growing class of enzymes, which find applications in both industrial biotechnology and health sectors. The 2019 conference will offer exciting and complementary sessions on the enzymes and enzyme systems that transform land and aquatic polysaccharides via hydrolytic and oxidative mechanisms, with particular emphasis on protein-protein and protein-substrate interactions that influence bioconversion efficiency. Frontline research topics will cover latest insights into plant cell wall architecture that impact CAZyme action, enzyme cascades and multi-enzyme complexes from diverse natural habitats, emerging tools to accelerate CAZyme discovery and development, and novel applications of CAZymes in bio-based materials.

Application deadline
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 20, 2019. Apply early, as this meeting frequently become oversubscribed (full) before the deadline.

Preliminary Programme :
– Keynote Session : CAZymes from Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems (Michelle O'Malley / William Helbert)
– Plant Cell Walls and Implications to Their Bioconversion (Paul Dupree / Cecile Herve / Taku Demura/ Daniel Cosgrove)
– Enzyme Action on Intermolecular Linkages and Complex Carbohydrate Structures (Micheal Crowley/Lisbeth Olsson, Harry Brumer)
– Carbohydrate Active Enzyme Cascades from Diverse Habitats (Matthias Hess/ Phillip Pope/ Elizabeth Ficko-Blean/ Jan-Hendrik Hehemann)
– Multi-Enzyme Complexes in Nature and by Design (Raul Perez-Jimenez/ Yves Brier/ Steven Smith)
– Oxidative Enzymes and Their Partners (Bastien Bissaro/ Anna Karkonen/ David Cannella/ Aurore Labourel)
– Emerging Tools for CAZyme Discovery, Design and Development (Adrian Tsang/ Heather Mayes/ Anne Meyer)
– Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes for New Bio-Based Materials (Naoki Sunagawa/ Kaisa Marjamaa/ Peter Ciesielski)

For more information please visit the conference website : GRC

7th Symposium on the Alpha-Amylase Family (ALAMY_7)

2020-09-22T15:37:21Z

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The 7th Symposium on the Alpha-Amylase Family (ALAMY_7) will take place at the Smolenice Castle in Slovakia from September 29 to October 3, 2019.

For more information please visit the conference website :

ALAMY_7

2nd LPMO symposium - November 7-9, 2018

elodie — 2018-02-08T10:52:17Z

Dates : November 7-9, 2018
Location : Marseille (France)

After the first successful meeting held in Copenhagen in 2016, the second LPMO symposium will be organized in Marseille (France) in November 2018 and will present cutting-edge research on this enlarging class of exciting enzymes, which are of great interest from a mechanistic point of view as well as for biotechnological applications. The 2018 symposium will be interdisciplinary, offering complementary sessions on the detailed chemistry of catalysis, enzyme diversity, enzymology and industrial applicability for the degradation and modification of polysaccharides.

For more information please visit the conference website : LPMO symposium

Gordon Research Conference on Cellulases and Other Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes

elodie — 2017-01-17T10:58:00Z

Dates : July 23-28, 2017
Location : Proctor Academy, Andover, NH, USA

Meeting Description
The enzymes that deconstruct polysaccharides and in particular those of the plant cell wall share structural, mechanistic and evolutionary similarities whether for biofuels production, for digestion of dietary glycans or for myriads of other applications such as in food and feed processing. This realization has motivated a small change of title for this very successful conference established in 1999. The 2017 Gordon Research Conference now entitled "Cellulases and Other Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes" will present cutting-edge research on this broad class of enzymes which not only find applications in the industrial enzyme sector, but also in the health sector as they control the sensing and breakdown of dietary polysaccharides in the animal gut. The 2017 conference will offer complementary sessions on "traditional" lignocellulose degradation for biofuels and biorefinery, on the exciting enzymes that depolymerize polysaccharides via oxidative mechanisms, on the polysaccharide deconstruction in the digestive microbiota, and on the multiples approaches that lead to novel enzyme discovery and their complete mechanistic and structural characterization.

Application deadline
Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 25, 2017. Apply early, as this meeting frequently become oversubscribed (full) before the deadline.

Preliminary Programme :
– Keynote Session : CAZymes : From Industry to Fundamentals (Per Falholt / Kiyohiko Igarashi)
– Cellulases and the Deconstruction of Plant Cell Walls for Biofuels and Biorefinery (Seema Singh / Corinne Scown / Yannick Bomble)
– Cellulosomes (Sarah Morais / Carlos Fontes)
– The Gut Microbiota and Complex Carbohydrates (Justin Sonnenburg / Michael Patnode / Nicole Koropatkin / Harry Flint)
– Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes of the Microbiota (Gabrielle Veronese / Nathalie Juge)
– LPMOs and Redox Enzymes (Leila Lo Leggio / Makoto Yoshida / Jean-Guy Berrin / Katja Salomon Johansen)
– Structural and Mechanistic Characterization of CAZymes (Lynne Howell / Gideon Davies)
– Substrates and Assays for Discovery (William Willats / Marie-Christine Ralet)
– Keynote Session : CAZymes : More Genes, Enzymes and Activities (Michelle O'Malley / Harry Gilbert)

For more information please visit the conference website : GRC

14th European Training Course on Carbohydrates - June 12-16, 2016

elodie — 2016-03-02T10:57:00Z

14th European Training Course on Carbohydrates (Summer Course Glycosciences) in Groningen, The Netherlands, 12-16 June 2016.

This broad course in glycosciences combines general introductions in the field of carbohydrates and glycoproteins with in-depth parallel sessions. This gives participants the opportunity to focus on specific interests without losing a broad education. Prior to the start of the summer course detailed hand-outs will be available. All lecturers will be present for further discussion with participants. The programme is set up in such a way that about 20 to 25 % of the time is for discussions with experts and participants. The course is at graduate level.

FASEB Conference on Microbial Glycobiology...

elodie — 2016-01-06T10:56:00Z

FASEB Conference on Microbial Glycobiology

Dates : June 12-17, 2016
Location : West Palm Beach, Florida USA

Sessions :
– Methods for study of glycans & their processing enzymes
– Structural biology of microbial lectins & glyco-enzymes
– Microbial protein glycosylation
– Surface glycan biosynthesis & assembly
– Glycans in mutualisms, microbial communities, & interaction with host cells
– Applications of microbial glyco-enzymes, vaccines & glyco-therapeutics

For more information please visit the conference website : Microbial Glycobiology

6th Symposium on the Alpha-Amylase Family (ALAMY_6)

elodie — 2015-09-10T10:55:00Z

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The 6th Symposium on the Alpha-Amylase Family (ALAMY_6) will take place at the Smolenice Castle in Slovakia from September 11 to 15 September 2016.

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ALAMY_6

11th Carbohydrate Bioengineering Meeting (CBM11) in Espoo, Finland - 2015/May/10-13

elodie — 2014-12-22T10:54:00Z

The 11th Carbohydrate Bioengineering Meeting will take place from May 10 to May 13, 2015 at the Dipoli congress centre in Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland.

www.cbm11.org

The main scientific topics of this conference are : Mechanisms and structure-function relationships of carbohydrate-acting enzymes ; Carbohydrate and enzyme engineering ; Glycomics, systems glycobiology and bioinformatics ; Synthesis, structure and function of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates ; Materials from renewable carbohydrates ; Carbohydrates in health and nutrition.

IAWPS 20015 - March 15-17, 2015

elodie — 2014-11-26T15:21:54Z

IAWPS 20015 - March 15-17, 2015

The International Symposium on Wood Science and Technology 2015 (IAWPS 2015) at the Tower Hall Funabori, Tokyo. The aim of the conference is to bring together scientists working on all aspects of wood science, a sustainable and most promising biomaterial for the 21st century.

Contact :
Conference Secretariat, IAWPS 2015
Kiyohiko IGARASHI
University of Tokyo
E-mail : iawps2015secret@woodchem.fp.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp

13th European Training Course on Carbohydrates - April 13-17, 2014

elodie — 2014-11-26T15:20:44Z

13th European Training Course on Carbohydrates (Summer Course in Glycosciences) in Wageningen, The Netherlands, April 13-17, 2014.

This broad course in glycosciences combines general introductions in the field of polysaccharides and glycoproteins with in-depth parallel sessions. This gives participants the possibility to focus on specific interests without losing a broad education. The course is at graduate level. The course may be valuable for those working in research and industry that are willing to refresh their knowledge within the broad field of carbohydrates and for graduate students working on a PhD related to carbohydrate chemistry, biochemistry, biology, chemical technology or food science. All participants will be encouraged to introduce themselves and their work by presenting a poster during the course.