8:30 REGISTRATION

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9:00 OPENING

Prof. Rainer Haag | Spokesperson of the CRC 1449 Freie Universität Berlin

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SESSION -  INTERACTIONS WITH BARRIERS IN THE LUNG

Chair: Marcus Mall

09:15 Clinical features of mucus plug-high asthma and COPD and strategies to treat them

Prof. John Fahy | University of California, San Francisco, USA

10:00 Using glycosaminoglycans to guide precision medicine in the intensive care unit

Prof. Eric Schmidt | Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

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10:45 COFFEE BREAK

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SESSION – MUCUS HYDROGELS

Chair: Beate Koksch

11:15 Modulating the permeability of mucin gels with nanoparticles – nanoplastics vs nanomotors

Prof. Oliver Lieleg | Technische Universität München, D

11:40 Organized surface layers on the apical surface of the alveolar epithelium: Ultrastructure, composition, and component-driven barrier function (preliminary title)

Dr. Shailey Twamley (B01) | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

12:05 Mucus Properties (preliminary title)

Dr. Christine Wong (C04) | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

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12:30 LUNCH BUFFET

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SESSION – MUCINS AND GLYCOSYLATION

Chair: Christian Hackenberger

13:30 Mucus Hydrogels – Polymerization and Glycosylation in Models of Lung Disease

Prof. Christopher Evans | University of Colorado Anschutz, USA

14:15 Chemical Precision Tools to Track the Cellular Activity of Glycosyltransferases

Prof. Benjamin Schumann | Technische Universität Dresden, D

14:40 Mucus Penetration (preliminary title)

Dr. Luise Franz (C05) | Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie Berlin, D

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15:15 SPEED LECTURES from selected posters

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16:15 COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION

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18:30 CONFERENCE DINNER