Keywords: glycomics, mass spectrometry, glycoproteomics, Enzymes, Proteomics

Venue: Flonk Hotel Groningen Zuid

City: Groningen

Region: Groningen

Country: Netherlands

Postcode: 9728 JT

Prerequisites:

The course is at graduate level and participants will have a background in the life sciences, and are working with carbohydrates. The course is a must for those working in academia, research institutes or industry that want to refresh their knowledge on carbohydrates and for graduate students working on a PhD project related to carbohydrate chemistry, biochemistry, biology, chemical technology or food science. All participants are encouraged to bring a poster in which they introduce themselves and their work.

It is expected that the participants have a sufficient command of the English language to actively participate in the discussions and to present their own work in English.

Learning objectives:

After this course you will be able to:

Understand different glycan architectures, methods to study glycans, and applications of glycans in health and disease,

Assign glycan structure based on MS spectra.

Workload
Lectures: 28 hours
Poster presentations (voluntary): 4 hours
Assignment: 3 hours

Upon successful completion of the programme, the Summer School offers a Certificate of Attendance that mentions the workload of 35 hours (28 hours corresponds to 1 ECTS). Students can apply for recognition of these credits to the relevant authorities in their home institutions, therefore the final decision on awarding credits is at the discretion of their home institutions. We will be happy to provide any necessary information that might be requested in addition to the certificate of attendance.

Host institutions: University of Groningen

Event types:

• Workshops and courses