St Louis Award symposium

Parking is on West Drive or in the West Garage, which is just down West Drive from Benton Hall. Enter Benton Hall on the west side and go to the fourth floor.

Frontiers in Modern Glycosciences

honoring Alexei Demchenko (UM–St Louis)

1:00 – 1:30 pmPoster viewing and refreshments

1:30 – 1:35 pmJim O’Brien (UM–St. Louis; Chair, Saint Louis Section, American Chemical Society)
Welcome and general introduction

1:35 – 1:40 pmChris Spilling (UM–St. Louis; Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Symposium Chair and Discussion Leader)
Introduction and salute to Alexei Demchenko

1:40 – 2:10 pmSteve Kolodziej (Pfizer Inc.)
Development of capsular polysaccharide conjugate vaccines

2:10 – 2:45 pmTodd Lowary (University of Alberta)
Recent studies on the synthesis of glycans from mycobacteria and campylobacters

2:45 – 3:20 pmGeorge O’Doherty (Northeastern University)
Use of the de novo asymmetric synthesis in carbohydrate and natural product medicinal chemistry

3:20 – 3:50 pmPoster viewing and refreshments

3:50 – 4:20 pmCristina De Meo (SIU–Edwardsville)
Labeling and elimination in sialic acid chemistry

4:20 – 4:50 pmKeith Stine (UM–St. Louis)
Nanoporous gold: applications in glycan recognition and synthesis

4:50 – 5:25 pmGeert-Jan Boons (University of Georgia)
Functional glycomics through chemical synthesis

5:25 – 5:30 pmChris Spilling
Concluding remarks

Banquet follows at 6:30 at Glen Echo Country Club (separate reservations required)