The scientific program of the 14th BSS "Glycochemistry for biology and medicine" covers principal aspects of recent advances in the areas as Chemistry & Synthesis of Saccharides, Glycobiology & Glycomics, Glycans & Health, Glycoconjugates & Glycomaterials and Structure & Analyses. Plenary and invited lectures will be given by Friedrich Altmann (BOKU, Vienna, Austria), Sabine L. Flitsch (The University of Manchester, UK), Stephen C. Fry (The University of Edinburgh, UK), Lokesh Joshi (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland), Nikolay Nifantiev (N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia), Francesco Peri (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Tomáš Bertók (Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovakia), Vito Ferro (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia), Mária Matulová (Institute of Chemistry, Bratislava, Slovakia), Emil Paleček (Institute of Biophysics, CAS, Brno, Czech Republic), Vojtěch Spiwok (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic), Hiroaki Tateno (AIST, Tsukuba, Japan), Michaela Wimmerová (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic), Chunlin Xu (Åbo Akademi University, Turku/Åbo, Finland) and others. The scientific program will include also oral presentations, flash communications and posters. Posters can be introduced also during short one minute lightning talks session and best posters will get award.

 

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The Symposium will be traditionally held at the Congress Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in the Smolenice Castle (situated 50 km north-east of Bratislava) at the foot of Small Carpathian Mountains, the prominent wine region of Slovakia. The participants can be accommodated at the conference venue. The social events will include also welcome dinner on Sunday evening, trip and gala dinner on Tuesday afternoon and farewell party on Thursday evening. Attractive interiors of the Castle and beautiful natural surroundings provide a special atmosphere for scientific discussions, relaxation and meeting friends. The friendly informal atmosphere together with high scientific standard of the Symposium make BSS popular among scientists from various fields interested in glycosciences. The meetings also provide an unique opportunity for young researchers to make their presentations and to establish the first international contacts.

 

Extended deadline for early-bird registration with reduced fee was prolonged until March 31, 2017.