Education

Current Literature in Glycobiology (Journal Club)

MED 246 / BIOM 246 / CMM 246 | Fall, Winter, Spring Quarters | Fridays 12:00 - 1:00pm
Course Director: Lars Bode
Co-Directors: Jeffrey D. Esko, Pascal Gagneux, Ajit Varki, Philip Gordts

Contact

Tracy Gilstrap
Education Coordinator
(858) 822-1378
tgilstrap@ucsd.edu

2018 Orientation: Friday September 28, 2018, 12:00 - 1:00pm
Biomedical Research Building II (BRF2) Room 4103

Current Literature in Glycobiology is a one-credit (per quarter) elective that provides a forum for informally discussing current papers in glycobiology research. Topics include glycan chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, cell biology, and molecular biology in animals, plants and microbes, as well as medical aspects of glycobiology.

DATE	TOPIC	SPEAKER
September 28	INTRODUCTION Paper Guidelines.pdf Glycobiology Journal Club Intro Slides	All Instructors
October 5	Rapid detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum with a solvatochromic trehalose probe	Ryan Weiss Esko Lab
October 12	Heparan Sulfate Organizes Neuronal Synapses through Neurexin Partnerships.pdf	Mike Vaill Varki Lab
October 19	Ribitol restores functionally glycosylated α-dystroglycan and improves muscle function in dystrophic FKRP-mutant mice	Chelsea Painter Esko Lab
October 26		Greg Golden Esko Lab
November 2	Loss of GCNT2 I-branched glycans enhances melanoma growth and survival.pdf Supplemental.pdf	Phillip Bartels Tor Lab
November 9		Chirag Dhar Varki Lab
November 16		Charlotte Spliid Esko Lab
November 23	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
November 30		Bastian Ramms Gordts lab
December 7		Scott Selleck Esko Lab
December 14		Ariane Pessentheiner Gordts Lab
December 21	CHRISTMAS BREAK
December 28	CHRISTMAS BREAK
January 4		Ryan Porell Godula Lab
January 11		Sun-Mi Choi Nizet Lab
January 18
January 25		Sudeshna Saha Varki Lab
February 1	SDGS
February 8		Vineet Tummala Gordts Lab
February 15
February 22
March 1
March 8		Patricia Gnieslaw de Oliveira Guma Lab
March 15		Naazneen Khan Varki Lab
March 22
March 29	CESAR CHAVEZ HOLIDAY observed
April 5
April 12
April 19
April 26
May 3
May 10
May 17
May 24
May 31		Saurabh Srivastava Varki Lab
June 7		Yang Ji Varki Lab