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Major Upcoming Glyco-related International Meetings
Major Upcoming Glyco-related International Meetings
2026 Society for Glycobiology (SFG) Annual Meeting (Atlanta, Georgia; Nov 8-11, 2026)
5th International GlycoBioTec Symposium, GlycoBioTec 2027 (Berlin; Jan 17-20, 2027)
Gordon Research Conferences related to glycosciences:
• Glycobiology - "Revealing Functional Glycan Diversity in Biology" (Ventura, CA, USA; March 14-19, 2027)
• Carbohydrate (New London, New Hampshire, USA; June 6-11, 2027)
ACS Spring 2027: Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry & Chemical Glycobiology (New Orleans, LA, USA; March 21-25, 2027)
17th Jenner Glycobiology and Medicine Symposium, incorporating Glycoscience NL 2027 (Amsterdam, June 9-11, 2027)
Beilstein Glyco-Bioinformatics Symposium 2027 – “Shaping the future of glycoscience in the big data era” (Limburg, Germany, July 13-15, 2027)
23rd European Carbohydrate Symposium, EuroCarb 2027 (Leeds, UK; July 18-22, 2027)
28th International Syposium on Glycoconjugates, Glyco28 (Chiba, Japan; August 1-6, 2027)
10th EPNOE International Polysaccharide Conference (Leuven, Belgium; Sept 5-9, 2027)
2027 Society for Glycobiology Annual Meeting (Nov, 2027)
Useful Glycoscience Resources
Useful Glycoscience Resources
Integrated Glycoscience Portal
GlyCosmos is a comprehensive web portal that brings together glycoscience information from many databases and repositories. It provides integrated searches of glycans, glycoproteins, glyco-related genes, lectins, glycolipids, pathways, diseases and organisms, together with glycan structure search and visualization tools. It is a useful starting point when looking broadly for glycoscience information across different resources.
Integrated Glycan and Glycoprotein Knowledge Resource
GlyGen integrates and harmonizes carbohydrate and glycoconjugate information from multiple international data sources. It allows researchers to explore relationships among glycans, proteins, glycosylation sites, genes, diseases and other biological annotations, and supports searches that would otherwise require querying several databases separately. Particularly useful are its protein/glycoprotein searches, glycan searches and batch annotation tools.
Glycoinformatics Resources & Tools
Glyco@Expasy is a portal developed by the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics that brings together a broad collection of web-based glycoinformatics databases and analytical tools. It provides a convenient entry point to resources for exploring glycan structures, glycoproteins, glycosylation sites, lectins and glycan–protein interactions, as well as tools for glycan drawing, structure searching, visualization and data analysis. Resources accessible through the portal include GlyConnect, UniLectin, SugarBind, SugarSketcher, GlycoQL, GlycoMod and others.
International Glycan Structure Repositor
GlyTouCan is the international registry for glycan structures. It assigns a globally unique accession number to each registered glycan, providing a stable identifier that can be cited in publications and used across databases. Structures ranging from partially defined compositions to fully characterized glycans can be registered. GlyTouCan should therefore be thought of primarily as a glycan structure registry and identifier system, rather than as a curated database of biological evidence.
Repository for Glycomics and Glycoproteomics MS Data
GlycoPOST is a public repository for mass-spectrometry-based glycomics and glycoproteomics data. Researchers can deposit raw and processed experimental data, obtain a persistent project identifier for publications, and keep datasets under embargo during manuscript review before public release. Current submission formats support glycomics, glycoproteomics and combined glycomics-assisted glycoproteomics projects and are designed around the updated MIRAGE reporting guidelines. It is therefore particularly relevant when preparing datasets for publication and long-term public access.
MIRAGE (Minimum Information Required for A Glycomics Experiment) develops community guidelines for reporting glycomics and glycoproteomics experiments. The guidelines define the minimum experimental and analytical information that should accompany published data, helping to improve reproducibility, interpretation and data reuse.
Guidelines are available for sample preparation, mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography, glycan and lectin microarrays, capillary electrophoresis, NMR and related approaches.
Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans
Symbol Nomenclature for Glycans
SNFG provides the internationally adopted graphical standard for representing monosaccharides and glycan structures using defined symbols, shapes and colours. It enables glycans to be drawn consistently across publications, presentations, databases and software, making complex structures easier to recognize and compare. The SNFG website provides the complete symbol set, drawing conventions, colour specifications, examples and links to compatible glycan-drawing tools. The standard is openly available under a CC0 public-domain licence.
Comprehensive Reference Textbook
Comprehensive Reference Textbook
Essentials of Glycobiology is the leading comprehensive textbook and reference resource for the field, covering the structures, biosynthesis, biological functions and evolution of glycans and glycoconjugates, as well as glycan-binding proteins, analytical methods, disease mechanisms and glycoinformatics. The current 4th edition (2022) is written by an international group of experts and is suitable both for newcomers seeking an introduction to glycobiology and for researchers looking for authoritative background on specific topics. Importantly, the complete book is freely accessible online through NCBI Bookshelf, making it an excellent educational and reference resource for students and researchers.
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