Location
The 2023 GlycoMIP Summer School @ VT was held on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.
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 the 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 provided lectures on fundamental and applied concepts specific to the research and service areas of the MIP, along with hands‑on instrument and techniques modules for the design and testing of glycomaterials.
- Glycomaterials: Overview of the current state of glycomaterials science and applications in research and development
- Synthesis: Overview of glycan synthesis and an introduction to the Glyconeer®, an automated glycan synthesizer from GlycoUniverse
- Analytical: Overview of mass spectrometry, NMR, surface characterization, binding assays, rheology, and optical spectroscopy applied to glycomaterials
- Modeling: Computational methods and capabilities for glycomaterials
- Research: GlycoMIP scholar presentations and poster session
Agenda
The course outline is available on the 2023 GlycoMIP Summer School @ VT agenda page.
Application
The application period for the 2023 GlycoMIP Summer School @ VT has closed.
For More Information
Contact Linda Caudill, Managing Director of GlycoMIP, by phone at 540‑231‑7092 or by email at lcaudill@vt.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.