NSFC major research program “Deciphering the glycocode of life” 2025 Annual Academic Conference successfully held in Wuhan

The 2025 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Major Research Program “Decoding the Glycan Code of Life” has been sucessfully held at the East Lake International Conference Center in Wuhan, China, from December 17 to 19, 2025. The successful convening of this annual exchange meeting not only showcased significant progress in glycan synthesis and detection technologies, functional and regulatory mechanisms, and translational applications, but also strengthened interdisciplinary collaboration networks, sharpened core scientific objectives, and laid a solid foundation for China to maintain a leading international position in this strategic frontier field. Fig. 1. The 2025 Annual Academic Conference for the "Decoding the Glycocode of Life" Major Research Program