SUGAR Lab at IMSC 2026 in Lyon
The SUGAR Lab has arrived in Lyon for the International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC 2026)! With talks, posters, glycomics, CE-MS, software and plenty of opportunities to meet colleagues from across the world, we are looking forward to a very full week of science.
Several members of the SUGAR Lab will be presenting their latest work, with a particularly exciting Tuesday for us.
Tuesday: a SUGAR-filled day!
Hector Franco Barbosa Rhault Loponte will start the day at 10:30 in the session Software Innovations and Data Science in Mass Spectrometry. He will present “Accelerating Glycomics with GlycoGenius: Automated Annotation at Scale”, showcasing our work on making the annotation of increasingly complex glycomics datasets faster, more accessible and scalable.
Later that day, Guinevere Lageveen-Kammeijer has the pleasure of opening the Glycomics and Glycoproteomics session at 15:30. Her presentation, “Glycan Fingerprints of GSD I: In-depth Plasma N-Glycome Signatures in Ia and Ib”, will highlight our recent work exploring plasma N-glycosylation in glycogen storage disease type I and what detailed glycan profiles can reveal about disease biology.
From CE-MS method development to biological applications
On Thursday, two SUGAR Lab researchers will present their work during the poster session.
Mirjam Balbisi will present POD_0572 – “Comparative CE-MS and LC-MS Analysis of Heparan Sulfate Disaccharides.” Her work explores complementary analytical strategies for the analysis of glycosaminoglycans and expands the range of glycan classes we can investigate using CE-MS.
Karthika Korumadathil Shaji will present POD_0580 – “From Method Development to Tissue Application: Ultra-low-input CE-MS based N- and O-glycan profiling of Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma.” This work takes our CE-MS glycomics approaches towards increasingly small and precious biological samples, connecting analytical method development directly to tissue-based disease research.
Both posters can be found during Posters D on Thursday, 27 August, from 12:30–15:30 in the exhibition hall.
More analytical science from Groningen
We are also very happy to see several colleagues from the University of Groningen presenting their work at IMSC.
Peter L. Horvatovich will present poster POA_0305, “PASTAQ: generic threshold avoiding LC-MS/MS data pre-processing for untargeted proteomics and metabolomics profiling,” during Posters A on Monday.
Drosos Katsavelis will present POD_0808, “Assessing the Combined Effect of Next-Generation Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation and Sample Preparation Methods on Quantitative Serum Proteomics,” on Thursday.
And on Wednesday, Adam Anaia Redouan will give an oral presentation in the Metabolomics – B session on “Re-mining public LC-MS/MS data reveals expanded monoterpenol glycoside diversity in grapevine upon oregano essential oil treatment.”
They are part of the wider analytical science community at the University of Groningen rather than the SUGAR Lab, but it is great to have such a strong Groningen presence in Lyon.
Beyond the science: talking about scientific careers
There is also something slightly different on the programme this year. On Wednesday, 26 August, from 17:45–19:30, Guinevere will join Ezgi Gurler in moderating the FeMS Careers Workshop: “The funding that almost ended my lab.”
The workshop will open up a conversation that is extremely familiar to researchers but not always discussed openly: what happens when funding decisions put a lab, a project or even a career at risk? Through an interactive panel, discussion and audience Q&A, we will explore experiences with funding uncertainty across different career stages and sectors, followed by some informal networking.
Looking forward to a great week
Before all of that, there was of course time for a first stroll through Lyon! Now we are ready for a week of new science, new ideas, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones.
If you are attending IMSC 2026, come and find us at one of our talks or posters. We are always happy to talk about glycomics, glycoproteomics, CE-MS, GlycoGenius, ultra-low-input analysis and, inevitably, sugars.
See you in Lyon!