Join us at the ACS Spring meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana! March 26-30. GlycoMIP is hosting 2 symposiums under the CELL Division. We also have numerous presentations.
Symposiums
- Transforming Glycoscience: Where Do We Stand?
- Location: Congress I/II, The Westin Indianapolis
- Hybrid, Monday 2:00pm – 5:45pm
- NSF-Funded National User Facilities: Materials Innovation Platforms
- Location: Grand 2, The Westin Indianapolis
- In-person, Wednesday, 8:00am – 12:00pm
- Registration: Click here
GlycoMIP Presentations
Sunday morning, March 26th, Oral presentations
Westin Indianapolis, Congress I/II, CARB: Transforming Glycoscience: Where do We Stand?
8:30 – 8:55 am Alan Esker, VT Faculty “Quartz crystal microbalance and surface plasmon resonance studies of glycomaterials”
9:20 – 9:45 am Parisa Farzeen, VT PhD Student “Comparison of different atomistic force fields for the study of polysaccharide chain conformations in water”
10:25 – 10:50 am Ryan Porell, VT Research Scientist, “Amidated pectic acid as a biodegradable glycomaterial-based plastic”
Sunday afternoon, March 26th, Oral presentations
Westin Indianapolis, Congress I/II, CARB: Transforming Glycoscience: Where do We Stand?
2:25 – 2:50 pm Xinyi Ni, Brandeis PhD Student, “Towards automatic inference of glycan linkages using MSn and machine learning”
2:50 – 3:15 pm Sarasi Banerjee, VT PhD Student, “Modelling glycans in polar environments with polarizable molecular dynamics”
4:20 – 4:45 pm Robert Woods, UGA Faculty, “Predicting the morphologies of known and hypothetical glycomaterials”
Westin Indianapolis, Grand 3, CELL: Lignocellulose-Based Thermoplastics: Their Manufacturing, Characterization, and Processability
2:55 – 3:20 pm Kevin Edgar, VT Faculty, “Polysaccharide-based ketones: Synthesis of hydrogels, pro-actives, and polymers for drug bioavailability enhancement”
Sunday evening, March 26th, General Poster Sessions, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, Location: TBD
CARB: Jonathan Mase, VT PhD Student, “Synthesizing a library of hyperbranched glycopolymers via RAFT polymerization for human norovirus inhibition”
CARB: Rachel Bianculli, VT PhD Student, “Optimizing linear sialic acid-containing polymer parameters for enhanced influenza inhibition”
CARB: Soumil Joshi, VT PhD Student, “Deep learning enabled investigation of dextran-conjugated thermosensitive bottlebrush polymer conformations through coarse grained molecular dynamics simulations”
CARB: Caylyn McNaul, VT Lab Technician, “Reversible electric field-induced adhesion of charged polysaccharide hydrogels”
CELL: Ethan Fink, VT PhD Student, “Effects of caffeyl alcohol on the synthesis and degradation of lignin copolymer films”, CELL General Poster Session
CELL: Gurkeerat Kukal, VT PhD Student, “Flow biocatalysis using glucose oxidase with in-line monitoring through Raman spectroscopy”
CELL: Hu Young Yoon, VT PhD Student, “Comparing the rheological properties of dextran and dextran esters”
Monday afternoon, March 27th, Oral presentations
Westin Indianapolis, Congress I/II, CARB: Transforming Glycoscience: Where do We Stand?
2:25 – 2:50 pm Lakshmi Kunche, VT Postdoc, “Investigation of tribological properties of polysaccharides based green lubricants using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations”
3:15 – 3:40 pm Fangxi Wang, VT Postdoc, “GlycoData: A GlycoMIP initiative glycomaterials database”
4:20 – 4:45 pm Maren Roman, VT Faculty, “Increasing glycoscience awareness and literacy: An overview of current glycoscience education efforts in the U.S.”
Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, Regency Ballroom A, POLY: Advances in Biomass-Based Biodegradable Polymers
4:35 – 4:55 pm Abigail Chinn, VT PhD Student, “Polysaccharide-block-polypeptide biodegradable block copolymers via polymerization-induced self-assembly in water”
Hyatt Regency Indianapolis, Cosmopolitan Ballroom A, PMSE: Polymeric Membranes for Molecular and Ion Separations
5:00 – 5:20 pm Lakshmi Kunche, VT Postdoc, “Molecular dynamics simulations studies of nitrate ion adsorption and diffusion in water poly(arylene ether sulfone) mixtures” (Collaboration with FAMU, PREM)
Monday evening, March 27th
SciMix, 8:00 – 10:00 pm, Location: TBD
CARB SciMix Jon Mase, VT PhD Student, Poster: “Synthesizing a library of hyperbranched glycopolymers via RAFT polymerization for human norovirus inhibition”
CARB SciMix Caylyn McNaul, VT Lab Technician, “Reversible electric field-induced adhesion of charged polysaccharide hydrogels”
POLY SciMix Zhen Shi, VT PhD Student, “Synthesizing a library of sialic acid-functionalized polypeptides to investigate polyvalent interactions for influenza inhibition”
Tuesday evening, March 28th, General Poster Sessions, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, Location: TBD
COMP Parisa Farzeen, VT PhD Student, “Developing coarse-grained models of linear glucans”, Division of Computers in Chemistry, COMP Poster Session
POLY Zhen Shi, VT PhD Student, “Synthesizing a library of sialic acid-functionalized polypeptides to investigate polyvalent interactions for influenza inhibition”, Division of Polymer Chemistry, Session: General Topics: New Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers
Wednesday morning, March 29th
Westin Indianapolis – Grand 2, CELL: NSF-Funded National User Facilities: Materials Innovation Platforms
10:20 – 10:40 am Maren Roman, VT Faculty, “GlycoMIP: Accelerating advances in glycomaterials research and development”
10:40 – 10:55 am Cassandra Callmann, UT Austin Faculty, “Carbohydrate-polymer conjugate synthesis and lectin binding analysis”
10:55 – 11:10 am Tarun Dam, Michigan Tech Faculty, “Interactions of human Galectin-3 with glycosaminoglycans”
11:10 – 11:25 am Abigail Chinn, VT PhD Student, “Polysaccharide H2S donors: Amylopectin N-(thiocarboxyanhydride) polymers via thiol-ene “click” photochemistry”
Thursday morning, March 30th
Room 106 – Indiana Convention Center, COMP: Machine Learning in Chemistry
10:40 – 11:00 am Fangxi Wang, VT Postdoc, “Data-driven discovery of high entropy oxides” (Collaboration with Tyrel McQueen from PARADIM)
