Prof. Dr. Harry Brumer

AlbaNova University Centre, Division of Glycoscience, Sweden

"A tale of two activities: enzyme structure-function relationships in A tale of two activities: enzyme structure-function relationships in xyloglucan degradation and re-arrengement"

Dr. Ignacio Moreno

Universidad Austral de Chile UACh, Chile

"A nanotecnological approach to diabetic foot wound healing"

Dr. Dorothe Spillmann

Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden

"Heparan sulfate proteoglycans as intrinsic and extrinsic receptors"

Prof. Dr. Marguerite Rinaudo

Emeritus Professor of Joseph Fourier University.CNRS, France

"Cooperative interactions in polysaccharidic systems including polysaccharide-polysaccharide and polysaccharide-surface interactions"

Dr. Catherine L.R. Merry

Stem Cell Glycobiology Group, School of Materials, University of Manchester, UK

"Glycosaminoglycans as regulators of stem cell differentiation"

Prof. Thomas Borén

Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden

"Helicobacter pylori; multitalented adaptation of binding properties"

Dr. Ioannis Chronakis

Technical University of Dennmark

"Biopolymer functional nano-microstructures assembled by electrospinning: processing properties and applications"

Dr. Francisco Goycoolea

Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

"Polysaccharide-based nanoparticle systems: New materials for biomedicine and nano-biotechnology"
Abstract

Alina von Thaden and Kirité Rugani

BSc students WWU Münster;
Talk about their four-month stay in Hyderabad

Polysaccharide Structure 1

Purvi Shah-Paulini

"Knowing Germany/India: Country and Culture"

Scientific Reading 1

Scientific Reading 2

Scientific Reading 3

Polysaccharide Structure 2

Technical Workshop 1

HPLC (Dionex)

Report: Summer Course on Glycosciences
in Wageningen, The Netherlands

(Ph.D. students Thejaswi, Janina and Praveen)

Ph.D. student Lukas Witt

"Direct detection of HPTLC-separated sulfated disaccharides by IR-MALDI-o-TOF mass spectrometry"

Technical Workshop 2

Size Exclusion Chromatography

Report: Summer Course on Mass Spectrometry
in Dubrovnik, Croatia

(Ph.D. students Lukas, Stefanie, Ines and Ute)

Ph.D. student Dominika Zacharski

"Glucans as inductors for differentiation of human keratinocytes"

PD Dr. Martin Götte

"Role of the heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan-1 in inflammation and malignant diseases"

Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Esko

University of California, San Diego, USA
Internal meeting/discussion with the Ph.D. students

Prof Dr. Alina D. Zamfir

Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, "Aurel Vlaicu" University of Arad Romania and
Mass Spectrometry Laboratory of the National Institute for Research and Development in Electrochemistry,
Timisoara, Romania

"Advances in mass spectrometry of
chondroitin/dermatan sulfate glycosaminoglycans"
Abstract

Ph.D. student Stefanie Ohlig

"A new role of sonic hedgehog shedding in functional activation of the solubilized morphogen"

Ph.D. student Ines Lippmann

"Decorin and chondroitin/dermatan sulfate in mouse
brain"

Ph.D. student Maria Sehlbach

"Isolation and structure determination of proteoglycans"

Prof. Dr. Alberto Passi

Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Unsubria, Varese, Italy

Ph.D. student Ute Pickhinke

"The role of metalloproteases and heparan sulfate in Sonic hedgehog release"

Prof. Dr. Mauro S. Pavão

Laboratório de Tecido Conjuntivo, Instituto de Bioquímica Médica, Programa de Glicobiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Ph.D. student Wei Nie

"Effects of arabinoxylans and xyloglucans on human skin cells"

Prof. Dr. Henk A. Schols

Lab of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University,
The Netherlands

Ph.D. student Thejaswi Kalagara

"Biomedical Activities of Partially Acetylated Chitosan Oligomers"

Ph.D. student Jutta Messing

"Glycoconjugates against Heliobacter pylori"