Information searching and data extraction are benefitting from the formidable contribution of computational science and technology. To manage data, and to make information accessible to a wider scientific community, publicly available databases and modeling tools for glycoscience have been developed, both in the field of glycochemistry and glycobiology. These tools are reaching maturity and standards are being established to ensure the quality, comparability, and consistency of data. The application of data mining will undoubtedly open new paths to discovery in the carbohydrate field. Besides, the concomitant expansion of stable and integrated databases, crossed-referenced with other resources popular in biology will undoubtedly contribute to bridging glycomics with other –omics. This scenario already fostered progress in several –omics fields individually and in relation to one another.

Program

The proposed “Master Class in Glycoinformatics” aims at presenting and popularizing existing tools to a large community through practical courses given by leading scientists in the field.

Outline program

• Welcome introduction, Sabine Flitch, Univ. Manchester, UK
• A traveler-guide to Carbohydrates in the Cyber-space, Serge Perez, CNRS-Univ-Grenoble-Alpes, FR
• Chemo-and Structural GlycoInformatics, Jaroslav Koca, CEITEC, Brno, CZ
• 3D Building & Displaying Complex Carbohydrates, Robert Woods, University Georgia, Athens, USA
• Integrated use of databases in Structural Investigation of Complex Carbohydrates, Roberta Marchetti, Univ- Napoli, IT
• Guide to using glycomics databases, Kiyoko Aoki Kinoshita, Soka University, JP
• The MIRAGE project, Carsten Kettner, Beilstein Institute, Frankfort, DE
• Portal of GlycoInformatics, Frederique Lisacek, SIB-Univ. Geneve, CH.
• The course will include hands-on tutorials and documentation will be made available online.

A database presentation session will close the Masterclass. Please submit your proposal to S. Perez (spsergeperez@gmail.com)

This workshop is a satellite event that will take place prior to the International Carbohydrate Symposium (http://www.ics2018.eventos.chemistry.pt)