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Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting

We are excited to celebrate our 2024 Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting!
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Carbohydrates are one of the four major classes of biomolecules and play a central role in almost all biological systems,

from their central role in energy metabolism to roles in cell-cell communication and protein regulation that we are only beginning to understand.

Sustained and impactful innovation in glycoscience requires a concentration of both specific core research capabilities as well as expertise in the chemistry, biochemistry, and cellular biology of carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates.  The University of Mississippi hosts accomplished faculty in glycoscience in a wide variety of disciplines, including glycoside natural products isolation and characterization, glycan analysis, protein-carbohydrate interactions, and physiological responses to protein glycation. Additionally, we have reached a critical concentration at the University of Mississippi of faculty members whose interests intersect with glycoscience from a variety of disciplines. This confluence has presented an opportunity to nurture these interests and develop a core of expertise necessary for the long-term development of institutional excellence in glycoscience, leveraging our unique history and resources in natural products.

Recognizing the opportunity to contribute to the future of glycoscience research, The University of Mississippi has established the Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence (GlyCORE), a new University-wide NIH COBRE Phase 1 center to study how carbohydrates and carbohydrate-containing molecules affect human health.  GlyCORE supports investigators in glycoscience through direct funding of selected research projects, establishes mentors for early career investigators, supports the recruitment of new faculty in glycoscience, and develops local and regional meetings for investigators to discuss their work. GlyCORE also hosts three central Research Cores to support these investigators with cutting-edge biomedical research tools. Our goal to lower the barriers to entry to glycoscience for researchers across the spectrum of biomedical research is what makes GlyCORE innovative; we do not solely serve the dedicated glycoscience community but rather develop the infrastructure and dedicated expertise necessary to support glycoscience research from a diverse community.

In addition to our primary goal of serving The University of Mississippi, GlyCORE seeks to develop, support, and foster glycoscience throughout the Mid-South region (including Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri). We encourage students, faculty, and scientists in the region to contact us regarding potential collaborations, participation in seminars and lecture series, and any other ways in which we can help support and promote glycoscience research at your institution.

2024 Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting

Our growing appreciation of glycoscience and the role of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates in a vast array of biological processes and biomedical applications is quickly changing our fields of research.  The complexity and fast-moving nature of the field make it necessary for glycoscientists to come together and share new developments in the field, as well as to help introduce researchers to the field who have come across questions of glycoscience in the course of their research.  The Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting is dedicated to bringing together researchers from diverse disciplines across the Mid-South region and beyond to discuss issues in glycoscience, foster collaborations, and learn new techniques and technologies.  Featuring research highlights of regional researchers, as well as distinguished external speakers and experts in the field, the event is designed to be an accessible venue for researchers and trainees to share their work, network, and foster collaborations. 

 

The meeting is sponsored by the Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence (GlyCORE), the only dedicated glycoscience research center in the Mid-South region.  Established in 2020, GlyCORE seeks to support and foster glycoscience within the Mid-South region, providing specialized instrumentation and expertise to support both dedicated glycoscientists and biomedical researchers whose research happens to intersect with glycoscience. 

Keynote Speakers

 

Stephen G. Withers,  Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of British Columbia, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Prof. Withers is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of British Columbia, where he was on faculty from 1982-2023 and is still running a research group. He obtained his BSc and PhD in chemistry with Michael Sinnott at the University of Bristol, UK, and was a postdoctoral fellow with Neil Madsen and Brian Sykes in the Biochemistry department at the University of Alberta doing heteronuclear protein NMR prior to his independent position.

His research interests straddle the fields of organic chemistry and biochemistry, with a particular interest in the mechanisms of carbohydrate-active enzymes. These mechanistic insights have led to the development of methodologies for engineering of glycoside hydrolases into synthetic enzymes (glycosynthases), which are now used industrially for large-scale ganglioside synthesis as well as the development of potent inhibitors for several enzymes of therapeutic interest, including the influenza neuraminidase and human alpha-amylase. More recently, he has focused on the high-throughput discovery of enzymes for the removal of cell surface antigens. These are being used to convert A and B-type red blood cells to universal donor O-type as well as to modify human organs to universal O-type prior to transplant.

 

Tania Lupoli,  Assistant Professor of Chemistry, New York University Department of Chemistry, New York, NY. 

Dr. Lupoli was born and raised in New York and graduated from NYU in 2005 as a chemistry major.  After training in Chemistry/Chemical Biology and Microbiology departments, she returned to NYU Chemistry in the summer of 2018 to use interdisciplinary approaches to answer lingering questions in the field of infectious disease. She was selected as a 2023 Early Career Investigator by the International Chemical Biology Society. This highly selective honor tags recipients as “Rising Stars” in the field. 

In her lab at New York University, Dr. Lupoli studies pathways that are important for the survival of bacterial pathogens under the stressful conditions they encounter inside and outside of the host. The lab is currently focusing on two main areas: (1) the synthesis and degradation of carbohydrate-based polymers on bacterial surfaces and (2) stress response mechanisms that allow bacteria to evade cell death. Using tools from biochemistry/chemical biology, chemistry, and microbiology (including sequencing-based approaches), they seek to discover the molecular players that modulate these pathways and design molecules that can mimic or inhibit their functions. With expertise in clinically relevant bacteria, like Mycobacterium tuberculosis, they can answer fundamental questions that pertain to human infection disease.

 

Gregory Hudalla, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida,  Gainesville, Florida.

Dr. Hudalla is an Integra LifeSciences Term Professor and Graduate Coordinator. He was previously a National Institute of Health NRSA Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago. He earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and both his master’s degree and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Wisconsin. 

Dr. Hudalla’s research creates functional biomaterials for therapeutic or diagnostic applications via molecular self-assembly. The Hudalla laboratory develops synthetic peptides that can assemble into a desired nano-scale architecture, and then uses these peptides as “tags” to organize biologically active molecules into functional nanomaterials. For example, their work has led to glycosylated nanofibers that inhibit the immunomodulatory activity of galectins, a family of carbohydrate-binding proteins. In another project, they combine enzymes and carbohydrate-binding proteins into catalytic nanomedicines that are anchored to tissues at an injection site via binding to extracellular carbohydrates. Hudalla’s long-term goals are to create biomaterials that can modulate immune responses for the treatment of autoimmune diseases and aberrant inflammation.

 

Melanie Higgins, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Melanie Higgins received her PhD in 2012 from the University of Victoria under the supervision of Dr. Alisdair Boraston, where she investigated glycan-degrading enzymes from Streptococcus pneumoniae. In 2013, she moved to the University of Adelaide as an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. James Paton’s lab, where she continued her research on pneumococcal pathogenesis. She then joined Dr. Kaity Ryan’s group at the University of British Columbia as an MSFHR Postdoctoral Fellow in 2015 to study the structure-function relationships and mechanisms of bacterial natural product biosynthetic enzymes. In 2021, she started her independent career at the University of Alabama, where she combined her glycobiology, structural biology, and natural product biosynthesis background to discover microbial enzymes with new activities, focusing on carbohydrate-active enzymes and natural product biosynthetic enzymes.

 

Robert Woods, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

Dr. Woods received both his B.Sc.(Honors) in engineering chemistry in 1985 and his Ph.D. in 1990 in computational and synthetic organic chemistry from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He joined the CCRC in January 1995. Dr. Woods is a senior investigator on a technological research and development project of the National Institutes of Health Resource Center for Biomedical Complex Carbohydrates. He has been invited to write an entry on carbohydrate force fields for the Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry. He is a member of UGA’s Campus Information Technology Forum and the UGA Modeling Laboratory Operations Committee and has made recent presentations at the International Carbohydrate Symposium, the Gordon Research Conferences, and the National Research Council of Canada. 

Dr. Woods’s research examines the relationships between the conformations of carbohydrate molecules and biological recognition and activity, particularly the mechanisms involved in carbohydrate recognition in immunological events. Significant alterations in the biological activities of peptides and proteins often accompany the covalent attachment of an oligosaccharide (glycosylation) to one or more of their amino acid residues. Approximately 60% of all mammalian proteins are glycosylated, and the glycoproteins that are generated by glycosylation are also frequently found attached to the cell surfaces of bacteria, fungi, and parasites.

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2024 Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting Venue:

University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, Thad Cochran Research Center

Oral presentations will be given in the Thad Cochran Research Center Auditorium, and posters will be displayed in the Atrium just outside of the Auditorium.

Oxford/University Lodging:

Check back soon for the 2024 Program Schedule!

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Prof. Josh Sharp, Prof. Samir Ross, the Investigators, and the Core Directors of the Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence, I look forward to welcoming you to the annual Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting at the University of Mississippi scheduled for Wednesday, July 10, 2024, in Oxford, Mississippi. This conference will be held with both in-person and virtual attendance options.

The Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting is intended to bring together glycoscientists from across the region to share their work, learn more about our broad and rapidly growing field, and start new ties and collaborations across disciplines. The Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting features research from investigators across our region, as well as bringing in exciting scientists from across the country to share their work and their insights. This meeting is hosted and sponsored by the Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence (GlyCORE), the region’s dedicated glycoscience research center. Established in 2020, GlyCORE houses staffed research cores with specialized instrumentation to support both our group of glycoscience investigators at the University of Mississippi as well as glycoscientists across the Mid-South region. 

The Organizing Committee intends for the Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting to be a collegial and welcoming event, both to support existing glycoscientists across the region as well as to serve as a useful introduction to the field for researchers and trainees. This year’s program will include researchers across many facets of glycoscience, from synthetic chemistry and glycomaterials to glycobiology. 

We hope you find this year’s program to be exciting, and we look forward to welcoming you in person or virtually to the Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence on the beautiful University of Mississippi campus.

Thomas WerfelChairman, Organizing CommitteeGlycoscience Center of Research Excellence (GlyCORE)

Our Research Cores

Modern glycoscience relies heavily upon integrated and resource-intensive core capabilities to handle the unique complexity and challenges of glycoscience. GlyCORE supports investigators with cutting-edge biomedical research tools through the establishment of three central research cores. These Research Cores, featuring state of the art instrumentation and led by accomplished researchers in their field, will provide priority support for the research of Junior Investigators, Pilot Project Program Investigators, as well as other glycoscience-related research.
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Analytical and Biophysical Chemistry Research Core

Supporting analyses include high-performance chromatography and high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry.

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Imaging Research Core

Supporting scanning electron microscopy and confocal microscopy, including lectin-based and anti-carbohydrate immunohistochemistry imaging.

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Computational Chemistry and Bioinformatics Research Core

Supporting various simulations and bioinformatics data analysis to support glycoscience and structural glycobiology.

GlyCORE Trainee Travel Awards

GlyCORE will make available limited funding for trainees who are attending and presenting their research at a glycoscience conference. The award will provide up to $1,000 for allowable travel expenses, and the trainee is limited to one award per budget year.  

For more information and to apply for an award, please use the following link:

Trainee Travel Award Application

 

Call for Proposals

GlyCORE supports four concurrent Junior Investigator Projects of $175,000/year of direct costs for three years and two Pilot Project Program Awards of $50,000/year of direct costs for two years.  The awards include four mechanisms of support: financial support of the research program, highest priority access to subsidized Research Cores, a required mentorship program, and research dissemination opportunities.

Research Project Leaders must hold a tenure-track faculty appointment (or equivalent at research institutes); however, established investigators who are making significant changes in their research to include glycoscience are also eligible to apply.

The next scheduled Call for Proposals will begin in the Spring of 2025. For further information, please contact the Project Coordinator, Karin King Ballering, at kkballer@olemiss.edu.

Our Junior Investigators

An important component of the Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence (GlyCORE) is the Junior Investigator program.  The purpose of the program is to develop investigators with no history of major independent funding who have research interests in glycoscience (as well as more senior investigators making a major switch in research focus) into faculty serving as PIs on major independent research grants (i.e., R01 grants and their equivalents).GlyCORE will support four concurrent JI Projects involving four mechanisms of support:  financial support of the research program, highest priority access to subsidized Research Cores, a required formal mentorship program, and research dissemination opportunities.
Paul Boudreau

Paul Boudreau

  • Assistant Professor of Pharmacognosy and Research Assistant Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jing Li

Jing Li

  • Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Research Assistant Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Joshua Bloomekatz

Joshua Bloomekatz

  • Assistant Professor of Biology
James Stewart

James Stewart

  • Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Research Associate Professor in the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Pilot Project Program

A key facet of the COBRE mechanism in Phase 1 of the Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence (GlyCORE) is the support of Early Career Investigators (ECIs) as they seek to develop research programs that can compete nationally for NIH independent funding.  In response, GlyCORE will fund four total two-year projects (two in Years 2 and 3, two more in Years 4 and 5) with $ 50,000 of direct cost support per year.  Proposed research must fall within the field of glycoscience.

Eligibility

All University of Mississippi investigators with research within the field of glycoscience, but not currently funded by GlyCORE, are eligible for the PPP award.  However, preference will be given to those eligible for Junior Investigator status under COBRE guidelines. 

Evaluation

PPP awardees will be selected by a competitive process.  Following a Call for Proposals, a Letter of Intent containing a draft of the Specific Aims page must be submitted. 

  • Initial screening will ensure research falls within the field of glycoscience
  • All remaining candidates will submit an NIH R21-style proposal
  • NIH R21-style proposals will be scored by the Internal Advisory Committee based on the NIH rubric
  • Three PPP finalists and the scoring reports will be evaluated by the External Advisory Committee for final selection based on scientific merit and the PPP's ability to forward the strategic goals of GlyCORE
  • Awards will be granted pending NIGMS approval

Meet Our Pilot Project Program Investigators

Sudeshna Roy

Sudeshna Roy

  • Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and Research Assistant Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Eden Tanner

Eden Tanner

  • Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Upcoming Events

Check out what's going on in the Glycoscience Center for Research Excellence! Join GlyCORE’s mailing list to receive up-to-date news and links to our public events.

Our growing appreciation of glycoscience and the role of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates in a vast array of biological processes and biomedical applications is quickly changing our fields of research.  The complexity and fast-moving nature of the field make it necessary for glycoscientists to come together and share new developments in the field, as well as to help introduce researchers to the field who have come across questions of glycoscience in the course of their research.  The Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting is dedicated to bringing together researchers from diverse disciplines across the Mid-South region and beyond to discuss issues in glycoscience, foster collaborations, and learn new techniques and technologies.  Featuring research highlights of regional researchers, as well as distinguished external speakers and experts in the field, the event is designed to be an accessible venue for researchers and trainees to share their work, network, and foster collaborations. 

The meeting is sponsored by the Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence (GlyCORE), the only dedicated glycoscience research center in the Mid-South region.  Established in 2020, GlyCORE seeks to support and foster glycoscience within the Mid-South region, providing specialized instrumentation and expertise to support both dedicated glycoscientists and biomedical researchers whose research happens to intersect with glycoscience. 

To aid in the establishment and development of a community of GlyCORE-affiliated researchers, as well as researchers with potential future interests or intersections with glycoscience, GlyCORE will hold scientific meetings every fourth week. The meetings will bring together researchers with sustained interests in questions of glycoscience to share research experiences, foster community, and promote collaboration.

These scientific meetings, lasting approximately one hour, will allow GlyCORE the opportunity to highlight local glycoscience research and display the capabilities of the Research Cores. Each session will focus on presentations by GlyCORE trainees. The first presentation will highlight current research within GlyCORE. The second will be a presentation of an impactful literature article published recently in the field by an author outside of GlyCORE. Both presentations will be followed by a short discussion.

Presentations will be held in the Thad Cochran Research Center, Room 1044, at 3:00 p.m., Central Time, and will be available via Zoom. For further information or to request the Zoom link, email Karin King Ballering. If you require special assistance due to a disability, please contact Karin King Ballering, 915-5153, kkballer@olemiss.edu, at least four days before the event. 

 

2024 Spring Semester Presentations: 


Marjan Farsi
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Department of Biology
Dr. Joshua Bloomekatz Lab

“Investigating the role of glycosylation in cell-state transitions that underlie cardiomyocyte development.”

Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. TCRC 3056

Eslam Elhanafy

Graduate Student Research AssistantDepartment of Biomolecular SciencesDr. Jing Li's Lab

“Elucidating the Molecular Mechanisms of Gating Regulation of N-Glycosylation on Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations”

Wednesday, March 27, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. TCRC 2066

Mostafa Ali EldeenGraduate Student Research AssistantDepartment of BioMolecular SciencesDr. Joshua Zhu's Lab

“Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Glycosylated and Sulfated CCR5 N-terminal Peptides”

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 2066 TCRC

Coming Soon

Scientists on Screen August 2023

Tuesday, August 1, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (EST)

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Article information

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00750

Title: Dual-Responsive Glycopolymers for Intracellular Codelivery of Antigen and Lipophilic Adjuvants

Authors:
Judith De Mel, Mehjabeen Hossain, Oluwaseyi Shofolawe-Bakare, Sk Arif Mohammad, Emily Rasmussen, Khadeeja Milloy, Micaela Shields, Eric W. Roth, Karan Arora, Rafael Cueto, Shou-Ching Tang, John T. Wilson, Adam E. Smith, and Thomas A. Werfel

Guest Author:
Dr. Thomas Werfel, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, The University of Mississippi

Scientists on Screen: A GlycoMIP Journal Article Discussion information

GlycoMIP invites students and researchers to participate in Scientists on Screen, an engaging and interactive event featuring a discussion of relevant journal articles with guest authors. Each quarter, a new, peer-reviewed article will be featured. Similar to a panel discussion, one (or more) of the paper’s authors will provide a brief overview of the article, followed by Q&A and discussion. Participants will review the article in advance and be prepared to ask questions.

There is no charge to participate in Scientists on Screen, but you must register using the “Register Here” link above and be offered an invitation. Participation will be limited to promote lively, engaging discussion.

2023 Translational Glycomics Symposium

Join us for our 5th annual Glycomics Symposium hosted by the Translational Glycomics Center at Versiti’s Blood Research Institute.  This year’s theme is “Rising Stars in Glycoscience,” and the two-day event will showcase new talent and established researchers who are innovating and revitalizing the field of Glycoscience. Also featuring the NEW MCW Cancer Center Mass Spec offerings

WHEN:
September 28th at 2:00 pm
Welcome Event: Speakers on Mass Spec and information on the NEW MCW Cancer Center Mass Spectrometry offerings.
Poster Session and Cocktail reception.

September 29th at 8:30 am
5th annual Translational Glycomics Symposium: “Rising Stars in Glycoscience.”

WHERE:
Versiti’s Blood Research Institute
8727 W Watertown Plank Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226

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Glycobiology 2023: Transformative Advances in the Biological Functions of Glycans November 5–8, 2023 Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort, on the big island of Hawaii.

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Glycoscience Student Advocates

Glycoscience Student Advocates (GSA) is comprised of graduate and undergraduate students interested in or conducting glycoscience-related research at The University of Mississippi. GSA strives to promote the field of glycoscience by encouraging the research, education, and training of interdisciplinary glycoscience trainees, as well as hosting seminars and knowledgeable speakers during monthly meetings. To request an invitation to join the GSA, don't hesitate to get in touch with Mario Djugovski at mdjugovs@go.olemiss.edu.

Mario Djugovski, President

Hoda Ahmed, Vice President

Shiva Akhlaghi, Secretary

Destinee Manning, Treasurer

Marwa Farrag, Event Manager

Check back soon to see our upcoming events!

Constitution

Article I – Name

  • Section 1 – The name of this student organization shall be: Glycoscience Student Advocates
  • Section 2 – The abbreviated name or acronym for this student organization shall be GSA. The remainder of the constitution will use GSA and Glycoscience Student Advocates interchangeably

Article II – Purpose/Mission Statement

  • Section 1 – The purpose of this student organization is to provide opportunities to promote glycoscience knowledge by encouraging the research, education, and training of interdisciplinary glycoscience trainees.
  • Section 2 – Glycoscience Student Advocates shall abide by all university policies and procedures.

Article IV – Membership

  • Section 1 – The University of Mississippi students must comprise 100% of the student organization’s membership.
  • Section 2 – Members of GSA must be undergraduate or graduate students who are interested or conducting glycoscience related research within The University of Mississippi.
  • Section 3 – Glycoscience Student Advocates at The University of Mississippi complies with all applicable laws regarding equal opportunity and affirmative action and does not unlawfully discriminate against any applicant for membership based upon race, color, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, citizenship, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information.

Article V – Officers/Executive Board

  • Section 1 – The officers of GSA shall be President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Event Manager.
  • Section 2 – A President is limited to serving a maximum of one term. Officers can re-run for any position. All officer positions are open to all University of Mississippi students.
  • Section 3 –The term length of each position starts May 1st and ends April 30th.
  • Section 4 – In the event that >50% of the Officers and the GSA Faculty/Staff Advisor deem a current Officer unfit for service, that officer will be formally notified by email or written notice and relieved from service.
  • Section 5 – No reports from officers to the membership will be required.

Article VI – Elections

  • Section 1 – Election of officers shall be held in the month of April. The current president of GSA will oversee elections, announce the candidates and the results.
  • Section 2 – Elections will be held via an online poll, using anonymous ballots. In the event that two candidates have equal support after the initial election, then a runoff election will be held between the tied candidates. In the event of a tie during the runoff, currently elected officers and the departmental advisor will decide.
  • Section 3 – In the event that no candidates run for a position, or a vacancy within GSA arises, the current GSA President will appoint a candidate, which must be approved by the GSA Faculty/Staff Advisor.

Article VII – Meetings

  • Section 1 – Regular meetings of this student organization shall be held every month. All officers have the authority to call a meeting, if necessary. 
  • Section 2 – Quorum shall consist of half of the voting members. [A quorum is defined as the number or percentage of the total membership that must be present at a meeting.]
  • Section 3 – Robert’s Rules of Order shall not apply to GSA meetings.

Article VIII– Advisors

  • Section 1 – At least one full-time faculty or staff member from The University of Mississippi must serve as an advisor to the student organization.
  • Section 2 – The GSA Faculty/Staff Advisor will be any faculty or staff member within the glycoscience interdisciplinary.
  • Section 3 – Responsibilities of the Advisor Role include:
  • Facilitating effective communication between GSA Leadership, glycoscience community, and University Administrators to fulfill the GSA Mission Statement.
  • Meeting with the President of GSA to authorize GSA finances and Officer Elections

Article X – Finances (if applicable)

  • Section 1 – Membership in GSA shall not require any dues.
  • Section 2 – The primary source of funding for GSA is the Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence (GlyCORE) at The University of Mississippi. The GSA Faculty/Staff Advisor will authorize ALL spending on behalf of GSA.
  • Section 3 – Only the GSA Treasurer and President are authorized to spend money on behalf of GSA, following approval from the GSA Faculty/Staff Advisor. In the event that another officer needs access to funds, written permission must be granted by either the Treasurer or the President, or Faculty/Staff Advisor.
  • Section 4 – The outgoing Treasurer will arrange a meeting with the incoming Treasurer to explain financial processes and systems.

Article XI – Constitutional Amendments

  • Section 1 – The GSA constitution may be amended by a vote of 80% of GSA members. Amendments must be proposed one meeting in advance (4 weeks). Changes are effective immediately upon their passage and it may take place at any meeting. Every time a student organization’s constitution is amended, a revised copy must be e-mailed to the Assistant Dean of Students for Leadership and Involvement.

Article XII – Bylaws

  • Section 1 – All GSA members will always conduct themselves as professionals and representatives of GSA, both on and off campus and on social media. Actions of GSA members, including officers, deemed incongruent with the GSA Constitution or Mission Statement are subject to disciplinary actions.

Article XIII – Hazing Statement

  • Section 1 – GSA agrees to abide by the University and Office of General Counsel Hazing Policy, which states: “The University of Mississippi prohibits hazing in any form. According to the National Fraternity Executive’s Association and Fraternity Insurance Purchasing Group, hazing is: any action taken or situation created, intentionally, whether on or off fraternity premises, to produce mental or physical discomfort, embarrassment, harassment, or ridicule. Such activities may include but are not limited to the following: use of alcohol; paddling in any form; creation of excessive fatigue; physical and psychological shock; quests, treasure hunts, scavenger hunts, road trips, or any other such activities carried on outside the confines of the house; publicly wearing apparel that is conspicuous and not normally in good taste; engaging in public stunts and buffoonery; morally degrading or humiliating games and activities; and any other activities that are not consistent with fraternal law, ritual, or policy or the regulations and policies of the educational institution.”

Article XIIV – Dissolution Clause

  • Section 1 – GSA will be effectively dissolved when there are fewer than two Officers elected to fulfill the positions of President and Treasurer.
  • Section 2 – Money obtained from the Associated Student Body will be returned to ASB and shall be added to allocations designated for Registered Student Organizations.
  • Section 3 – GSA will hold no outstanding debts with organizations other than ASB.

Internal and External Advisory Committees

The Internal Advisory Committee, comprised of University of Mississippi experts knowledgeable in both science and administration issues, plays an important role in the guidance of GlyCORE.  The committee is responsible for the oversight of initial application screening and first-level support in grantsmanship, as well as facilitating advocacy for GlyCORE within the UM administration.  Essential areas of support include a first-level screening of the Junior Investigator and Pilot Project Program awards, on-site support for faculty assessment, and promoting faculty recruitment in glycoscience.

Dr. Donna Strum

Dean of the School of Pharmacy, Executive Director of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Professor of Pharmacy Administration

Dr. Ikhlas A. Khan

Director of the National Center for Natural Products Research and Distinguished Professor of Pharmacognosy

Dr. John M. Rimoldi

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Environmental Toxicology in BioMolecular Sciences,  Research Professor at the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Director of Research and Graduate Affairs in BioMolecular Sciences

Dr. Kristine L. Willett

Chair of BioMolecular Sciences, Professor of Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology, and Research Professor in the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The GlyCORE External Advisory Committee is comprised of five distinguished scientists representing the broad diversity of the field of glycoscience. The committee provides scientific guidance for program development and evaluation for all programs and investigators. The Committee is integral in administering awards for GlyCORE’s Junior Investigator Program and Pilot Project Program, leading a process designed to prepare investigators for NIH peer review.

External Committee

Dr. Kelley Moremen

Chair of External Advisory Committee

University of Georgia

Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Member of Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

moremen@uga.edu

Dr. Umesh R. Desai

Virginia Commonwealth University

Alfred and Frances Burger, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry

Director, Institute for Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Development (ISB3D)

urdesai@vcu.edu

 

Dr. Steven D. Townsend

Vanderbilt University

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

steven.d.townsend@vanderbilt.edu

Dr. Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova

University of Kentucky

Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences

sylviegtsodikova@uky.edu

Dr. Linda Hsieh-Wilson

California Institute of Technology

Arthur and Marian Hanisch Memorial Professor of Chemistry

lhw@caltech.edu

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