Minisymposium Glycobiology of bacterial infection
Thursday October 23rd 2025 in Utrecht
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- Identify recent progress and novel technologies from unpublished work
- Asses new opportunities for joint work and grant proposals
Target audience: Immunologists, chemists and clinicians with active work on glycans in bacterial physiology, 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.n