🎗️ For #WorldCancerResearchDay, explore how GlycoNet researchers are advancing cancer care through glycomics— 🔬 sugar-based drug carriers 🧬 immune-boosting therapies 🧪 better early detection Learn more about the work being done across Canada: canadianglycomics.ca/revealing-th...

🌍 It’s officially #GlobalBiotechWeek! We’re proud to be part of Canada’s biotech ecosystem. This week, we’re joining #LifeSciencesWeek and sharing how glycomics research is driving innovation and discovery. Stay tuned 👀 #GBW2025 #LifeSciencesWeek #Biotech #HealthInnovation

🧠 Alzheimer’s impacts millions of families. On #WorldAlzheimersDay, we’re sharing GlycoNet research that reveals a surprising dual role for CD33—a carbohydrate-binding protein receptor that may increase or reduce risk. Read more: canadianglycomics.ca/new-study-yi... #Neuroimmunology

🚀 GlycoNet is at Life Sciences Week! Catch CEO Dr. Elizabeth Nanak at Next at U of A → luma.com/5e4fmzul?utm... 🤝 Meet our team at the Life Sciences Career Expo → luma.com/wa3x2g7a?utm... Discover the future of biotech & your place in it. #LifeSciences #Biotech #HealthInnovation #Glycotime

📢 Join us & the European Glycoscience Community for a joint webinar! 🗓 Sept 25 | 5:30 PM CEST / 9:30 AM MT Speakers: 🔹 Anna Blakney (UBC) – Next gen RNA vaccines & therapies 🔹 Stephen G. Withers (UBC) – Engineering bacterial glycoside hydrolases 🔗 Register: unibas.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Reminder that applications are open for the GTA-EC, 2025-26! Apply today: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #Glycotime #Trainee #TraineeOpportunities #STEMeducation #STEM

📬The September 2025 edition of the GlycoNet newsletter is out now! This issue features: ✔️ Top research stories 🏅 Awards & recognition 📅 Events and funding opportunities 📰 Members featured in the news Catch up on what’s happening across the Network: mailchi.mp/bcdeeddd71ea...

Congrats to GlycoNet investigator Dr. @siglecdude.bsky.social (UAlberta) named a Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists! His research on carbohydrates and immunity is uncovering links to Alzheimer’s and cancer. canadianglycomics.ca/glyconet-inv...

🧬 For #DuchenneAwarenessDay, hear from GlycoNet Investigator, Dr. Sachiko Sato from Ulaval, exploring how N-acetylglucosamine—a natural sugar—might help reduce muscle damage in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. 🎥 Watch now:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOrKfOSVs4 #RareDisease #Glycomics #Duchenne

Pleased to have @ualberta.bsky.social President Bill Flanagan visit us and hear from GlycoNet investigators Drs. John Klassen, Lisa Willis, and @siglecdude.bsky.social about their carbohydrate research and how this field is advancing health, agriculture, and biotechnology. #Glycotime #Glycomics

🚨 Applications are now open for the GlycoNet Trainee Executive Committee (GTA‑EC) 2025–2026! Make your voice heard. Build your network. Shape trainee programming across the Network. 🔗https://canadianglycomics.ca/training/application/ #Glycotime #Glycomics #Trainees #STEM

⏰ Reminder: Don’t miss your chance to build your science communication skills at UBC this fall! Apply by Aug 24 — only 12 spots. Apply Now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #glycotime #sciencecommunication #traineeworkshop #researchtraining

Want to share your science with impact? The GTA-EC is organizing a workshop for GlycoNet trainees at UBC (Oct 31–Nov 2) on Effective Science Communication. Learn to write for audiences, design clear figures & connect with peers. Only 12 spots—apply by Aug 24 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Advance your research with GIS’ Native Mass Spectrometry & Tissue Glycan Imaging node! Services include: Intact glycoprotein analysis Native MS for stoichiometry & affinity Tissue glycan imaging & Site-specific glycosylation Glycan library screening 🔗 canadianglycomics.ca/services/ #glycomics

🎥 Missed our GTA webinar? Watch Dr. Kelly McNagny (UBC) explain how low-dose antibiotics alter gut microbial metabolites, driving allergic asthma and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. ▶️ Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdqN... #glycomics #microbiome #immunology #lunghealth

🚨 Reminder to register for our next GTA webinar tomorrow, hosted by Dr. Kelly McNagny! Register Now: canadianglycomics.ca/training/web... #Glycotime #Webinar #Glycomics #Immunology

⏳ Just one week left! Don’t miss the next GTA #webinar with Dr. Kelly McNagny (UBC) on how low-dose antibiotics alter SCFA and bile acid production, impacting allergic asthma and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 📅 August 13, 2025 | 🕚 11 AM MST Register here: canadianglycomics.ca/training/web...

Join Dr. Kelly McNagny (UBC) for the next GTA webinar as he shares how low-dose antibiotics alter microbial metabolites like SCFAs and bile acids, influencing allergic asthma and hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 📅 August 13, 2025 | 11 AM MST Register canadianglycomics.ca/training/web...

🧪 Explore disease mechanisms with GIS' Analytical R&D node (@ChuSteJustine)! Using LC-MS, CE-MS/MS & MALDI imaging, this node analyzes glycosylated metabolites like GAGs (e.g., heparan sulfate). 🔬 Metabolomics 🧠 Spatial mapping 📊 GAG profiling 🔗 canadianglycomics.ca/services/ #Glycomics

🎥 Missed our GTA-organized webinar? Catch the recording to hear Dr. Matthew Macauley and Dr. Edward Schmidt (University of Alberta) discuss new tools for studying Siglecs and their glycan ligands. watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsyc... Stay tuned for our upcoming webinars! #glycomics

📢 Don’t forget to register! Join Dr. @siglecdude.bsky.social and Dr. Edward Schmidt (University of Alberta) for a deep dive into new tools for studying Siglecs and their glycan ligands. 🗓 July 28 | 🕛 12 PM MST 🔗 canadianglycomics.ca/training/web... #glycomics #Siglecs #glycans #glycoscience

Join us for the next GTA webinar on Siglecs and their glycan ligands, featuring Dr. @siglecdude.bsky.social (U of A) and Dr. Edward Schmidt. Learn how their team is developing novel tools to uncover the biological roles of Siglecs across systems. Register: canadianglycomics.ca/training/web...

Did you know the science of sugar molecules, called #glycomics, is at the heart of how life works? From cell communication to blood types, sugar chains known as glycans play a critical role in biology. 🎥Watch how they shape life itself: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJF_... #Glycobiology #LifeSciences

🧬Power your research with GlycoNet Integrated Services’ Molecular Glycobiology node at the ‪@ualberta.bsky.social‬ Offering: Custom cell & mouse models (CRISPR, transgenics) Siglec-Fc protein production Cell engineering & expert support Explore more services: canadianglycomics.ca/services/

GlycoNet researchers Drs. Fred West & Frank Wuest at the University of Alberta developed a new PET scan molecule that could improve imaging for breast cancer detection. The radiotracer mimics a sugar taken up by breast cancer cells. canadianglycomics.ca/new-radiotra... #glycotime

🟣 On #WorldSclerodermaDay, we highlight a discovery by GlycoNet researchers Drs. Willis & Osman: a cancer-linked sugar, polysialic acid, may be a biomarker for severe scleroderma—paving the way for earlier diagnosis and better care. 🔗 canadianglycomics.ca/glyconet-inv... #AutoImmuneDisease

🔬Meet Dr. @faezehjame.bsky.social‬ , a postdoc at SFU, studying how sugar molecules influence disease. Working in the Vocadlo lab, she is exploring how sugar molecules and the driving enzymes, glycosyltransferases, are involved in health and disease. Read: canadianglycomics.ca/trainee-at-g...

🤝GlycoNet has signed an MOU with Japan’s iGCORE, reflecting our ongoing commitment to advancing research in health, biotech, and sustainable agriculture through glycomics (study of sugar molecules). Read: canadianglycomics.ca/glyconet-sig... @en.nagoya-u.ac.jp‬ #Glycotime #glycoscience

✅ An exciting work from Dr. Macauley’s lab (@siglecdude.bsky.social)! 📣📣 Highly recommend to read and share this awesome story! @zeinab-jc.bsky.social #glycotime, #glycoimmunology, #Siglec, #Siglec-Liposome-tools, @glyconet.bsky.social

🚨 GlycoNet is heading to #BIO2025! Message or join Dr. Elizabeth Nanak (CEO) & Dr. Steven Xanthoudakis (Director of Strategic Partnerships) in Boston, June 16–19, at the Canada Pavilion. Let’s talk glycomics and biotech innovation 🌱💊🌎 #CanadaAtBIO ‪ @biotecanada.bsky.social‬

🚨GlycoNet’s funding is open! Advancing a translational project or launching a start-up? We’ve got support: 🔹 Translational Grants – Up to $150K 🔹 Strategic Initiatives – Up to $150K 🔹 Kickstart – Up to $100K for NewCos Apply now 👉 canadianglycomics.ca/research/cal... #glycotime

🚨 Les appels à projets de GlycoNet sont ouverts! Vous lancez une start-up ou développez un projet de recherche translationnelle? Nous avons des fonds pour vous soutenir 🚀 🔗 Détails et dépôt des demandes : canadianglycomics.ca/fr/research/... #Glycomics #Glycotime

#Glyco27 brought together the global #glycomics community in Edmonton for a week of world-class science, networking, and celebration that’s still on our minds. Catch some of the highlights & photos: canadianglycomics.ca/glycomics-in... #Glyco27 #Glycotime #Glycoscience #Glycobiology

#Glyco27 a réuni la communauté mondiale de la #glycomique à Edmonton pour une semaine de science de classe mondiale, de réseautage et de célébration qui reste gravée dans nos mémoires. 📸 Découvrez quelques temps forts et photos : canadianglycomics.ca/fr/glycomics... #Glycotime #glycoscience

🚨Reminder: Our next GTA-EC organized webinar, hosted by Dr. David Vocadlo ( @sfuscience.bsky.social ), is tomorrow at 11AM MT! Don't forget to register: canadianglycomics.ca/training/web... #Webinar #Glycotime #Glycomics #Glycoscience #Glycobiology

Congrats to @iainwilsonwien.bsky.social on winning the social media prize at #Glyco27!

At Edmonton International having a beer after #Glyco27, having won the social media prize - 3 pairs of @glyconet.bsky.social socks! I noticed that @siglecdude.bsky.social Matt Macaulay was wearing such a pair today. Great conference!

On Day 4 of #Glyco27, we were honoured to have plenary speakers Dr. Nicki Packer from Macquarie University and Dr. Shinobu Kitazume from Fukushima Medical University. Thank you to @genomecanada.ca and Genome Alberta for sponsoring these sessions! #glycotime #glycomics #glycoscience

Glyco27 has been great so far! Gaby Rabinovich received the Hakomori Award and I had the chance to present our lab latest results regarding galectin binding. I am deeply thanked to the organization for honouring me with a travel award to be here 💫💪 #Glyco27 @glyconet.bsky.social

Free afternoon during #Glyco27 Elk Island National Park, just one hour away from Edmonton!

Tomorrow 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!

Closing out the day at #Glyco27 with Dr. Kenji Kadomatsu from @en.nagoya-u.ac.jp talking about glyconeuroscience and the Human Glycome Atlas Project! #glycotime #glycomics #glycobiology

Learning a bit more about @neurochemistry.org at #Glyco27

An incredibly amazing talk by Dr. David Vocadlo on “Live cell imaging on activity-based genome-wide screening for modifiers of lysosomal glucocerebrosidase in Parkinson disease” in #glyco27. @glyconet.bsky.social

Great talk by Daniel Kolarich on “Glycosylation as key regulator of stem cell factor activity in human erythropoiesis” in #Glyco27 @glyconet.bsky.social

Morning in Edmonton! My body clock is not yet adjusted, but looking forward to the science at #Glyco27

Todd Lowary kicks off the #Glyco27 chemistry session this morning with work on a LAM (mycobacterial Lipoarabinomannan) glycan array - antibodies and mycobacteriophage receptors. #glycotime

Gabriel Rabinovich @gabyrabi Recipient of this year’s IGO Hakomori award gives his lecture at #Glyco27 #glycotime Adventures of immunologists in the sugar land.

#Glyco27 IGO Hakomori Award to Gabriel Rabinovich. A great way to honor the memory of my late boss.

Also check out the awesome posters of the Mahal Lab on Tuesday (on multiple sclerosis) and Thursday ( on lectin specificities and miRNA regulation of Galectin 1 and OGT) #Glyco27 #proudoflab @giaglyco.bsky.social