We’re the Glycomics Institute of Alberta (GIA), a provincial platform focused on translational glycoscience at the University of Alberta. https://glyco-alberta.ca/https://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m4xyvlop6c2mKicking off GIA2025 with an infectious talk from Dr. Jim Paulson! 😷 We can't wait for the rest of the talks to come. Share your conference experience using #GIA202506 Nov 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4xyvlop6c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m4vq4vzfdc2m⏰ #GIA2025 kicks off tomorrow at 9 AM! We’re so excited to see everyone in UCommons 2-350 (Alfred Sorenson Community Hall, @UAlberta) or virtually. Less than 24 hours to go! 🎉 #glycotime05 Nov 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vq4vzfdc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m4u7l4wews2m⏰ Final few hours to register for #GIA2025! If you haven’t signed up yet, be sure to complete the registration form today — we can’t wait to see you there either in person, or online for this free glyco event! https://forms.gle/gP5xj53XC3AtPrAHA #GIA2025 #glycotime05 Nov 2025 04:28 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4u7l4wews2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m4ryk6s7w22sWe’re thrilled to announce our final #GIA2025 Invited Speaker — Dr. Lisa Willis, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences & Adjunct in Medical Microbiology & Immunology at @UAlberta! She’ll share insights into α2,8-linked sialic acids in the blood. 🧬 Register here: https://forms.gle/2JjuXwxo82KbZVek604 Nov 2025 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ryk6s7w22shttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m4jtlsb55k2s🎃 Happy Halloween! Enjoy some sweet, glucose-filled treats tonight—and speaking of glucose, meet Canada Excellence Research Chair Dr. Rebecca Hull-Meichle, who studies glycosaminoglycans in the pancreas 🧬. Catch her talk soon at GIA2025! @rlhull-meichle.bsky.social #GIA2025 #glycotime01 Nov 2025 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4jtlsb55k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m4gy7lq3uc2sThe deadline to submit a title for poster presentations is tonight! 9 spots still open to undergrad, graduate, or postdocs with research related to glycolipids/glycoproteins. 3 posters chosen by a panel of experts will be awarded a prize at the symposium closing remarks! https://forms.gle/CDouzKsZWje9X96d730 Oct 2025 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gy7lq3uc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m4f4bp33bk2oDr. Jason Northey, Assistant Professor at the UofA Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Biochemistry is our next Invited Speaker at GIA2025. Dr. Northey is presenting a mechanobiology perspective on the cancer glycocalyx and breast cancer metastasis. @northeylab.bsky.social30 Oct 2025 04:19 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4f4bp33bk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m4f3w3sre22oOur first Invited Speaker to present at GIA2025 is Dr. Jason Plemel (@jrplemel.bsky.social), a Canada Research Chair in Glial Neuroimmunology and Associate Professor in the UofA Department of Medicine Neurology Division. Dr. Plemel will talk on Microglia and glycome alterations during demyelination.30 Oct 2025 04:13 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4f3w3sre22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m4c2oqrimk2oWe’re thrilled to introduce GIA2025 Trainee Invited Speaker Dr. Jim Paulson, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Immunology and Microbiology at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA who’ll talk on the roles of inhibitory Siglecs in regulation of immune responses! #GIA2025 #glycotime28 Oct 2025 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4c2oqrimk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m47itf7ec22oReminder that the deadline to submit an abstract to be considered for a 15 minute talk at GIA2025 is tonight! Don't miss out on presenting your glyco research and the opportunity to have lunch with Dr. Jim Paulson, our trainee-invited speaker! Link to submit: https://forms.gle/BdDTRsdXmTP9sers8. #GIA202527 Oct 2025 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47itf7ec22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m47igi2d2c2oOur final Keynote Speaker this year will be Dr. Alisdair Boraston from the University of Victoria, BC. Dr. Boraston will be speaking on advances in understanding O-glycopeptidases from host-adapted bacteria. Catch his talk and all our Keynote Speakers at GIA2025, November 6 and 7! #GIA202527 Oct 2025 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m47igi2d2c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m3xer27ass2oOur next Keynote Speaker for Day 2 of GIA2025 is Dr. @salomepinho.bsky.social . She is coming from the University of Porto, Portugal to talk about glycans as master regulators of immune response in inflammation, autoimmunity and cancer: from disease prediction to therapeutic opportunities.24 Oct 2025 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3xer27ass2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m3vgend6kk2oOur next Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Simon Wisnovsky from UBC who will be talking on mapping the genomic landscape of cancer glycome remodeling with genome-wide CRISPR. His work is consistently recognized with many awards and we are very excited to have him at GIA2025. @wisnovskylab.bsky.social23 Oct 2025 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3vgend6kk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3m3nspafcpk2tThe countdown is on! With GIA2025 less than 3 weeks away, we’d like to introduce our Keynote Speakers that we will have the privilege of hosting this year. First is Dr. Sriram Neelameghan from the University at Buffalo whose lab studies the area of Systems Glycobiology. @neel-lab.bsky.social20 Oct 2025 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3nspafcpk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3lqfjthq2ls2rBe sure to stick around for a moment following the #Glyco27 closing ceremonies to grab a GIA photo! @glycocode.bsky.social30 May 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfjthq2ls2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3lqfjm3xlqk2rIt is the last day of #Glyco27 and GIA's sponsored session on Systems Glycobiology is today! Be sure to go to Hall A to hear @glyco.me and @flyglyco.bsky.social beginning at 9:30am, followed by some wonderful trainee oral abstracts. #glycotime30 May 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfjm3xlqk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3lqatdmdnqs2rTomorrow we will have some of GIA’s trainees presenting at the #Glyco27 poster session from 1:30-3:30pm. Be sure to check out Ana Correia-Branco and Ako Azimi who will be presenting in Exhibit Hall A!28 May 2025 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqatdmdnqs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3lqasxqtz322rWe have had a wonderful time at #Glyco27 and are looking forward to GIA’s (@glycocode.bsky.social) Lara Mahal and Ratmir Derda's Lunch and Learn Workshop today on Glycan and Lectin Arrays. Head to Salon 3 if you are attending this valuable workshop!28 May 2025 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqasxqtz322rhttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3lq6dmapsek2rWe’re enjoying Day 2 at the #Glyco27 conference and want to remind GIA members to come and pick up a sticker from our booth to put on their name tags if they haven’t already! #glycotime27 May 2025 18:40 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq6dmapsek2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3lq3jqzr5ek24Be sure to visit GIA’s booth in the Exhibit Hall (Hall A) to grab a sticker to identify yourself as a GIA member, and other exciting swag! We of course have our keychains here - come check it out! Also available is the chance to enter a draw for a prize. #Glyco27 #glycotime @glycocode.bsky.social26 May 2025 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq3jqzr5ek24https://bsky.app/profile/giaglyco.bsky.social/post/3lq3jo4zdnc24We’re kicking off the first full day at Glyco27! Be sure to catch GIA’s Trainee co-chair Mathieu Decloquement’s (mathd34.bsky.social) talk on Tuesday from 5-5:15pm in Hall A during the Cancer session. His talk will be on Deciphering Siglec ligands in cancer to improve immunotherapy. #Glyco2726 May 2025 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:2rndjoszmethfrwsbhydpgs7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq3jo4zdnc24