Canadian Glycomics Network

#maythe4thbewithyou. There is hope residing within glycoscience.

On behalf of the GlycoNet Trainee Association (GTA), we are calling for applications for the 2021/22 GTA Executive Committee! If you're interested in advocating for trainees and supporting trainee development, apply before May 18! More info: https://canadianglycomics.ca/training/application/

HAPPENING TODAY: On Wednesday, April 7, join GlycoNet and American Chemical Society Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry in the next webinar, featuring glycoscientists Ben Swarts (Central Michigan University) and Emily Rodrigues (University of Alberta). There is still time to register: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZItduCsqTgpG9CtJQnElX7VLIxcvmRQp

Have you voted for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's #ScienceExposed research images? GlycoNet Investigator Alexey Pshezhetsky's research on paediatric neurodegenerative disease made it to the 20 finalists! Cast your vote today to show your support! https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca//past_winners-images_des_gag Université de Montréal McGill University CHU Sainte-Justine

GlycoNet Investigator Mike Riddell (York University), a leading expert on diabetes and exercise, is recently featured in "100 Lives of Insulin" project by Insulin to Innovation Consortium. Riddell spent his career looking at ways to make diabetes easier and safer for those who are living with it, and he talks about the how and the why behind it. Full story: https://bit.ly/3mpL91P

Join us tomorrow, May 5, as glycoscientists Tianning Diao and Nikki Salmond speak at our #glycotime webinar about photoredox C-glycosylation and the diagnostic potential of glycans in extracellular vesicles! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZcldu2rrzItHtLWOWtj2N023VMKqaGeI

Our next episode of GlycoNet/ #ACSCARB webinar on March 31 features research scientist Wade Abbott from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Daniel Ramirez from Harvard University! In this episode, they will discuss glycans in agriculture and in biological signalling pathways. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZYvc-uupj8iEtErJi1QfW1Pp218QJXIg

How is purging garbage analogous to what's happening during neurodegeneration? Find out how GlycoNet Investigator Simonetta Sipione (Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - University of Alberta) plans to prevent "garbage accumulation" in the brain to tackle the root cause of neurodegenerative disorders like Huntington's, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's through a new $1.04 million project funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Full story: https://bit.ly/39kAgc2

GlycoNet's April newsletter is out! In this issue, we feature GlycoNet researchers who are applying glycomics in nuclear medicine, neurodegeneration, and infections, in addition to upcoming events and funding opportunities. Read more: https://bit.ly/3aRHepE

Tuberculosis remains one of the most deadliest infections worldwide. On #worldtuberculosisday, we bring awareness to this disease, its impact on current society, and highlight how GlycoNet researchers from McMaster University are finding more effective ways to prevent its spread through #glycomics. Read more: https://bit.ly/2UtmLi8

#MeetTheSpeakers is happening today in 3 hours! Today we have Dr. Mark Nitz from University of Toronto and Dr. Sandra Irmisch from University of British Columbia. Do you have questions about carbohydrates in bacterial biofilms or plant-derived carbohydrates as anti-diabetic compounds? Register for the discussion: https://glycomeets1e5.eventbrite.ca

Having questions about how carbohydrates can play a role in bacterial biofilms? Interested in learning more about a plant-derived carbohydrate as an anti-diabetic compound? Join GlycoNet this Thursday, 11 am - 12 pm MT as part of our #MeetTheSpeakers event with Dr. Mark Nitz (University of Toronto) and Dr. Sandra Irmisch (University of British Columbia)! Chat with them about their research and how it helps improve Canadian healthcare. Register here: https://glycomeets1e5.eventbrite.ca If you missed their research presentations last week, the recordings are in the comments below.

Announced by CRSNG / NSERC today, GlycoNet Investigator Dr. Molly Shoichet from the University of Toronto receives Canada’s highest honour for science and engineering research - the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering. Congratulations! Read more: https://bit.ly/3phiSva

GlycoNet Investigator and heart transplant expert Dr. Lori West is one out of six researchers from the University of Alberta to share $2.8 million federal funding to explore the connection between sugars in our blood groups and #COVID19. Read more: https://bit.ly/3ezvkl3

Interested in learning more about sugars in microbial biofilms and how sugars help researchers develop anti-diabetic compounds? Join our GlycoNet/ACS Carb. Chemistry Div. webinar today to find out: https://glycos1e5.eventbrite.ca