Tracie Hennen-Bierwagen (Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA): Conserved glucan binding sites on the ISA1/ISA2 heterotetramer

Ian J. Tetlow (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada): Covalently linked phosphate monoesters on alpha-polyglucans reduce substrate affinity of branching enzymes

Sara Centeno-Leija (Laboratorio de Biologia Sintetica, Estructural y Molecular, Universidad de Colima, Coquimatlan, Colima, Mexico): Unraveling the hidden diversity of cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferases from GH13_2

Marc J.E.C. van der Maarel (Bioproduct Engineering, Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands): Functional diversity of GH57 glycogen branching enzymes: insights into catalytic behavior and substrate specificity

Dessy Natalia (Biochemistry and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia): GH13_45 alpha-amylase with a twist: atypical catalytic triad and C-terminal roles in BmaN1

Takashi Tonozuka (Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan): Structural and enzymatic characterization of Rhodothermus marinus GH13_47 enzyme that produces alpha-1,6-branched oligosaccharides

Gloria Saab-Rincón (Departamento de Ingenieria Celular y Biocatalisis, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mexico): Decoding the transglucosylation potential of GH13 enzymes via deep learning

Tjaard Pijning (Biomolecular X-ray Crystallography, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands): How unique is 4,3-alpha-glucanotransferase specificity in glycoside hydrolase family GH70?

 Isabelle Pickles (York Structural Biology Laboratory, University of York, York, United Kingdom): Precision activity-based alpha-amylase probes for dissection and annotation of starch degrading enzymes

Darrell W. Cockburn (Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA): The Clostridium butyricum alpha-amylases display preferences for different resistant starch sources, driven by their complements of carbohydrate binding modules

 Cynthia Klostermann (Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands): Application of dextran from Leuconostoc sp. to inhibit the adhesion of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) to mucin

Christophe Colleoni (Unite de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Universite des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France): Characterization of chlamydial debranching enzyme activity: an ancestral contribution to plant starch metabolism

Michaela Hodorova (Laboratory of Protein Evolution, Institute of Molecular Biology. Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia): In silico insights into substrate binding and active-site architecture of GH126 amylolytic enzyme CPF_2247 from Clostridium perfrigens

 Yu Wang (Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark): Applying interfacial kinetics to decipher utilization of enhanced resistant starch (eRS) by Ruminococcus bromii

 Anna Ridsdill-Smith (Food, Health and Microbiome, Quadram Institute, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom):  Starch utilisation systems by Bifidobacteria in the weaning infant gut

Oriana Sacco (Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy):  A novel thermophilic 4-alpha-glucanotransferase from Pyrobaculum arsenaticum: biochemical characterization and its potential for producing type II resistant starch