Spring 2016: Speaker Schedule

Speaker Schedule – Spring 2016 Lecture Series

> January 20, 2016 (6-8 PM)

Speaker: Sabina Berretta, MD (McLean Hospital and Harvard University)

Title: Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Abnormalities in the Pathophysiology of Major

Location: Boston University Medical Campus, 72 East Concord Street, Room L109A/B

> February 23, 2016 (6-8 PM)

Speaker: Dr. Matthew Nugent (UMass Lowell)

Title: The Wondrous World of VEGF Regulation by Heparan Sulfate

Location: Boston University Medical Campus, 72 East Concord Street, Room L210

> March 22, 2016 (6-8 PM)

Speaker: Dr. Maria Kukuruzinska (Boston University)

Title: Oncogenic Roles of Protein N-Glycosylation

Location: Boston University Medical Campus, 72 East Concord Street, Room L214

> April 13, 2016 (6-7:30 PM)

Speaker: Dr. Alessandra D’Azzo (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital)

Title: Altered Sialylation of Glycoproteins and Its Impact on Disease Pathogenesis

Location: Boston University Medical Campus, 72 East Concord Street, Room L109A/B

> May 25, 2016 (6-7:30 PM)

Speaker: Matt Kudelka (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)

Title: TBD

Location: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Shapiro 1A Conference Room

> June 22, 2016 (6–8 PM)

Speaker: Dr. Cheng Lin (Boston University School of Medicine)

Title: In vacuo Decomposition and in silico Reassembly of Glycans

Location: Shire, 300 Shire Way, Lexington, MA 02421