Current Literature in Glycobiology (Glyco Journal Club)
When: Every Fall, Winter, Spring Quarter | Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Day: every other Friday starting Friday, September 25, 2026.
Day 1 is reserved for student presenters only, to select papers for presentation.
All are welcome to attend starting Friday, October 9.
Location: Israni Biomedical Research Facility, Room 4103. (October 9, October 23 will be in Viterbi, room tbd)
Course Director: Amanda Lewis
Course TA: Daniela Berman
Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans (SNFG):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/glycans/snfg.html
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine:
https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/book.aspx?bookid=3095
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 | PAPER | PRESENTER |
FALL QUARTER 2026 |
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| 9/25/26 | Paper Selection Presenters attend only today |
Course TA: |
| 10/2/26 | NO MEETING | |
| 10/9/26 | Glycan atlassing enables functional tracing of cell state |
Paulo Olivieri, PhD (Esko Lab) |
| 10/16/26 | NO MEETING | |
| 10/23/26 | Versatile Glycan Probes for Multiplatform Investigation of Glycan Interactions with Proteins, Viruses, and Cells | Jaesoo Jung, PhD (Esko Lab) |
| 10/30/26 | NO MEETING | |
| 11/6/26 | Novel antibodies for the simple and efficient enrichment of Native O-GlcNAc Modified Peptides | Prof. Sam Myers (LJI) |
| 11/13/26 | NO MEETING | |
| 11/20/26 | Glycosylation orchestrates megakaryocytic fate of hematopoietic stem cells via Wnt-MUC13 signaling | Lydia Griggs (Godula Lab) |
| 11/27/26 | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY - NO MEETING | |
| 12/4/26 | Glycocalyx-edited mesenchymal stem/stromal cell therapy in advanced osteoporosis | Ian Leifer, PhD student (Godula Lab) |
| 12/7-12/11 | FINAL EXAM WEEK - NO MEETING | |
WINTER QUARTER 2027 |
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| 1/8/27 | ||
| 1/15/27 | ||
| 1/22/27 | ||
| 1/29/27 | ||
| 2/5/27 | ||
| 2/12/27 | ||
| 2/19/27 | ||
| 2/26/27 | ||
| 3/5/27 | ||
| 3/12/27 | ||
| 3/15-3/19 | FINAL EXAM WEEK | |
| 3/22-3/26 | SPRING BREAK | |
SPRING QUARTER 2027 |
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| 4/2/27 | ||
| 4/9/27 | ||
| 4/16/27 | ||
| 4/23/27 | ||
| 4/30/27 | ||
| 5/7/27 | ||
| 5/14/27 | ||
| 5/21/27 | ||
| 5/28/27 | ||
| 6/4/27 | ||
| 6/7-6/11 | FINAL EXAM WEEK | |
Contact
Please contact Tracy with any questions:
Tracy Gilstrap
Education Program Specialist
(858) 882-1378
tgilstrap@health.ucsd.edu