Location
The 2023 GlycoMIP Summer School @ UGA was held on the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center campus in Athens, Georgia.
Cost
GlycoMIP Summer Schools are funded by the National Science Foundation and do not charge a registration fee. Participants were responsible for travel, room and board, and incidental expenses.
Participants were selected on a competitive basis. To support GlycoMIP’s goal of growing a diverse community and training the next generation of glycomaterials scientists, a limited number of travel scholarships were offered to students from smaller (non‑R1) universities, including HBCUs and other minority‑serving institutions (MSIs).
Who Should Attend
- Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who were new to glycomaterials and sought an overview of the science and techniques or planned to use GlycoMIP facilities
- Advanced undergraduate students with research experience interested in pursuing graduate studies in glycoscience or glycomaterials
- Researchers interested in synthesis, characterization, or computational capabilities of GlycoMIP facilities
- Industry scientists new to glycomaterials science seeking an overview of the field and available technologies
Applicants were required to have completed, or be close to completing, a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, biochemistry, or a related field, as familiarity with basic chemical concepts was required. Applicants also had to be working or studying in the United States.
What You Will Learn
The GlycoMIP Summer School @ UGA provided lectures on fundamental and applied concepts specific to the research and service areas of the MIP, as well as hands‑on instrument and techniques modules for the characterization and modeling of glycomaterials.
- Glycomaterials: Overview of the current state of glycomaterials science and applications in research and development
- Analytical: Overview of mass spectrometry, biolayer interferometry, and NMR applied to glycomaterials
- Modeling: Computational methods and capabilities for glycomaterials
- Research: GlycoMIP scholar lunch‑hour presentations and discussion
Agenda
The course outline is available on the 2023 GlycoMIP Summer School @ UGA agenda page .
Application
The application period for the 2023 GlycoMIP Summer School @ UGA closed on June 30, 2023.
For More Information
Contact Mark Baine, UGA Platform Coordinator, by email at mbaine@uga.edu.
GlycoMIP is funded by the National Science Foundation through cooperative agreement DMR‑1933525.
Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.