To advance knowledge on the structure, function & therapeutic application of HA and its role in the structure & function of the extracellular matrix and cells.
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Registration is open for the 2026 Microbial Glycobiology Meeting in Amsterdam. Please see details below for this meeting
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ISHAS Seminar Series is back! 7th Oct - 11 AM ET - 10 AM CT - 4 PM GMT. Teams eur03.safelinks.protection.o…
Speakers:
Dr Rebecca Mellema - Layilin as a Modulator of Platelets & Thromboinflammation
Prof Jochen Zimmer - Molecular insights into HA synthesis & length control
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Check out the new pub from the Simpson lab,
Recent insights into the implications of UGDH mutations for human developmental disease.
From Harwood H, Zimmer BM, Utz AR, Barycki JJ, Simpson MA.
Biochem Soc Trans. 2025 53(4):1119-1128. doi: 10.1042/BST20253083. PMID: 40879729.
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Biomed Pharmacother
. 2025 Aug 6:190:118427. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2025.118427.
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Hyaluronan accumulation is associated with reduced hyaluronidase expression in renal cell carcinoma, with CD44, HAS… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4052…
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Dysfunctional pericellular hyaluronan deposition contributes to attenuated CD44/EGFR co-localization and impaired m… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4052…
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Anna Strnadova a recipient of the ISHAS travel awards presents findings on HA in cardiomyopathy
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Michelle Pritchard talks about liver regeneration requiring HA synthesis
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Keynote Lecture by Jason Burdick fascinating talk on HA hydrogel and applications
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More exciting talks from Sanna Pasonen-Seppanen and Sarah Heilshorn in the HA in Cancer Biology session.
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Nadine Nagy winner of the EBJD mini rooster award
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Important announcement that HA2027 will be based in Porto, Portugal 🇵🇹 May 23rd-27th 2027! Not yet finished HA2025 and already looking forward to the next meeting about our favourite polymer
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Captive audience for Jennifer Curtis talking about ligand matrix interactions and the role of Hyal2 in remodeling HA matrices
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A very active poster session where scientists talk about their favourite subject - the science of HA
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Nadine Nagy winner of the EBJD mini rooster award talks about her hyaluronan journey from bench to bedside. Many congratulations to Nadine
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International Society for Hyaluronan Sciences retweeted
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One of our own - Aeliya Zaidi talking about novel therapies in CKD at HA2025, St Charles. Well done on a great talk
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Rashmin Savani giving an excellent talk on CD44 activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome
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Session 1 HA2025 is well underway with talk from Susi Borzacchiello on HA biomaterials
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ISHAS 2025 opening keynote lecture by Vera Gorbunova telling the fascinating story of the naked mole rat that are resistant to age related degeneration and cancer
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