The Danish Society for Matrix Biology Annual Meeting 2025 and Heparan Sulfate Workshop
September 8-9, 2025
Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen at the top floor of the Mærsk Tower
We invite all our members and other interested parties to join us for two days full of exciting matrix talks and networking. This year, we're especially excited to host a focused workshop on heparan sulfate, which will be featured in three of our five sessions. At the same time, we’ve ensured space for broader matrix science to shine. The remaining sessions will highlight key developments across the field, reflecting the diversity and innovation that makes this research community so dynamic.
The DSMB annual meeting is free for all members of the Danish Society for Matrix Biology and the Danish Biochemical Society. To register, please first sign up as a member. Remember to indicate that you wish to be affiliated with 'Danish Society for Matrix Biology' during the sign up process.
Young Investigator Awards
The DSMB will award the best young investigators (oral and poster) with a travel award.
Early registration
Deadline: August 8
Price: Free for all DSMB members
Abstract: Eligible for selected oral presentation. Alternatively poster presentation.
Late registration
Deadline: August 31
Price: 400 DKK
Abstract: Poster presentation
Meet the speakers networking dinner (September 8th)
Deadline: August 31
Price: 300 DKK
Preliminary Program
MONDAY
11.00 - 13.00: Registration
Key note
Chair: Jeremy Turnbull
13.00 - 13.05: Jeremy Turnbull (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
13.05 - 13.40: Martin Götte (University of Münster, Germany)
“Role of the syndecan-1 heparan sulfate proteoglycans in cancer”
Session I: Advanced Tools for Glycoscience Research
Chair: Jeremy Turnbull
13.40 - 14.00: Jacob Jordan (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
“Capturing heterogeneous high-mass glycoproteins using mass spectrometry”
14.00 - 14.20: Geert-Jan Boons (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
“Chemical synthesis of heparan sulfates”
14.20 - 14.35: Selected abstract
14.35 - 14.55: Selected abstract
14.55 - 15.30: Coffee break
Session II: Heparan Sulfate Analytics and Tissue Dynamics
Chair: Rebecca Miller
15.30 - 15.50: Marissa Maciej-Hulme (OsloMet, Norway)
“Integration of proteoglycan and GAG analysis into multi-glycomics”
15.50 - 16.10: Lorna Milne (University of Nottingham, UK)
"Harnessing ToF-SIMS for in-situ and label free glycosaminoglycan analysis"
16.10 - 16.25: Selected abstract
16.25 - 16.40: Selected abstract
Poster session I
16:40 - 17:45: Even numbers
Meet the speakers networking dinner - 18:30
TUESDAY
Session III: Heparan Sulfate Interactions and Translational Insights
Chair: Christine Chuang
09.00 - 09.20: Jin-ping Li (Uppsala University, Sweden)
TBD
09.20 - 09.50: Chiara Tremolanti (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
TBD
09.50 - 10.05: Selected abstract
10.05 - 10.25: Selected abstract
10:25-11:00: Coffee break
Session IV: Matrix Matters - Unraveling the Role of ECM
Chair: Kevin Baker
11.00 - 11.20: Sandeep Gopal (Lund University, Sweden)
TBD
11.20 - 11.40: Kenton Arkill (University of Nottingham, UK)
TBD
11.40 - 11.55: Selected abstract
11.55 - 12.10: Selected abstract
12.10 - 12.25: Selected abstract
12:25 - 13:00: Lunch
13:00 - 13:20: DSMB AGM
Poster session II
13:20 - 14:15: Odd numbers
Session 5: Beyond the Scaffold - Innovations in ECM Pathology
Chair: Seyda Ünsal
14.15 - 14.35: Luke Gamon (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Applications of spatial proteomics in matrix biology"
14.35 - 14.55: Henrik Jürgensen (Rigshospitalet, Denmark)
14.55 - 15.10: Selected abstract
15:10 - 15.25: Selected abstract
15:25 - 15.40: Selected abstract
15.40 - 16.00: Award presentation and closing
This meeting has received funding from
EU Horizon 2020/FET-Open “HS-SEQ”
This meeting is generously sponsored by
