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The only pan-Canadian research network focusing on leveraging #glycomics and #glycoscience to drive tangible health innovations. #glycotime
Website: glyconet.ca
What makes brain cells communicate—and what happens when that system breaks down? GlycoNet Investigator Dr. Simonetta Sipione (UAlberta) shows gangliosides help neurons communicate and purge waste—opening new paths to treat neurodegenerative disease canadianglycomics.ca/researchers-...
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🌟 Save the Date! 🌟
The 9th Canadian Glycomics Symposium comes to Canmore, AB — May 12–14, 2026!
3 days of learning & networking with researchers, trainees & industry — all set in the Rockies. 🌄 Sponsor opportunities available!
📅 Details coming soon: symposium.canadianglycomics.ca

#CGS2026
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by GlycoNet
"Beyond tanks and missiles: Bioinnovation offers opportunities for defence"

New editorial for CSPC's Editorial Series on Defence spending as a catalyst for R&D in Canada: https://sciencepolicy.ca/posts/beyond-tanks-and-missiles-bioinnovation-offers-opportunities-for-defence/
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🗞️Our October #Newsletter is out now! In this feature, read about:

🚨Top stories
🧑‍🔬Funding & training opportunities
📅Save the date for Canadian Glycomics Symposium 2026
📃Publications

Read now: https://mailchi.mp/e499153bf473/october2025
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
GlycoNet et le centre espagnol @cicbiogune.bsky.social ont signé un protocole d’entente pour renforcer la collaboration internationale en glycomique et stimuler l’innovation en santé et en biotechnologie.

canadianglycomics.ca/fr/glyconet-...
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
GlycoNet and Spain’s @cicbiogune.bsky.social have signed an MOU to strengthen international collaboration in glycomics—advancing research, training, and innovation in health and biotechnology.

🔗 canadianglycomics.ca/glyconet-and...

#GlycoNet #Glycomics #Research #Innovation
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Missed our GlycoNet Integrated Services webinar with Dr. Yves St-Pierre? We’ve got you covered! The recording can be accessed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTPK...

#omics #Healthresearch #Glycoscience
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Tomorrow, come learn about ways to accelerate your research!
#Omics #Nanobody #Bioinnovation #ResearchTools
📢Join us Oct 28 for the next GlycoNet Integrated Services (GIS) Webinar with Dr. Yves St-Pierre (@inrsciences.bsky.social ). Learn how the Molecular & Cellular Biology Facility (MCBF) advances discovery in cell culture, omics, & nanobody development.

Register: canadianglycomics.ca/training/web...
October 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
💡 Beyond tanks and missiles: Bioinnovation offers opportunities for defence
From biodefence to food and health security, glycomics is enabling new solutions that strengthen #NationalSecurity while driving economic growth:
canadianglycomics.ca/beyond-tanks...

🔗 canadianglycomics.ca/beyond-tanks...
October 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
👨🔬 Meet GlycoNet trainee Blake Soares, an MSc student at Queen's University! Whether he’s in the lab investigating how bacteria stick to hosts or unwinding with sports and music, Blake brings curiosity and energy to everything he does.

Read more: canadianglycomics.ca/trainee-at-g...

#STEM
October 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🚨Reminder: There is one week left to register for our upcoming GlycoNet Integrated Services #webinar, hosted by Dr. Yves St-Pierre ( @inrsciences.bsky.social )!

Register today: canadianglycomics.ca/training/web...

@ozglyco.bsky.social @glycotime.bsky.social @glyco-alps.bsky.social #Glycoscience
October 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🎗️ #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth: Glycans—complex sugars—play key roles in how tumours grow and resist therapy.
GlycoNet researcher Dr. Simonetta Sipione at UAlberta is studying how to block these signals as a potential path for better treatments.
Learn more: canadianglycomics.ca/revealing-th...
October 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Don’t miss our next GIS Webinar on Oct 28 with Dr. Yves St-Pierre (INRS-Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnologie). Learn how the Molecular and Cellular Biology Facility (MCBF) supports discovery from cell culture to nanobody development.

Register: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📢Join us Oct 28 for the next GlycoNet Integrated Services (GIS) Webinar with Dr. Yves St-Pierre (@inrsciences.bsky.social ). Learn how the Molecular & Cellular Biology Facility (MCBF) advances discovery in cell culture, omics, & nanobody development.

Register: canadianglycomics.ca/training/web...
October 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
📢Join us Oct 28 for the next GlycoNet Integrated Services (GIS) Webinar with Dr. Yves St-Pierre (@inrsciences.bsky.social ). Learn how the Molecular & Cellular Biology Facility (MCBF) advances discovery in cell culture, omics, & nanobody development.

Register: canadianglycomics.ca/training/web...
October 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It’s #EdmontonStartupWeek! We’re spotlighting GlycoBead, from GlycoNet investigators Drs. West & Anne Halpin (UAlberta). Their diagnostic test will reduce blood-group barriers in organ transplantation & open the door to more life-saving matches.

canadianglycomics.ca/breaking-bou...
October 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Des avancées majeures dans le traitement du cancer, le contrôle des infections, les maladies neurodégénératives et l’agroalimentaire durable sont rendues possibles grâce à la glycomique — l’étude des glucides complexes.

Découvrez-en plus : canadianglycomics.ca/fr/rapport-a...
October 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Innovative advances in cancer care, infection control, neurodegeneration, and sustainable agri-food are being unlocked by #glycomics—the study of complex sugars.

Learn more in our annual report: canadianglycomics.ca/2025-annual-...

#OneHealth #Bioinnovation #glycotime
October 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🎗️ 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...
September 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
🌍 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
September 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🧠 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
September 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🚀 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
September 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📢 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...
September 16, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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
September 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
📬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...
GlycoNet News - September 2025
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September 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM