Highlights and news
Announcements, awards, publications and coverage from across the BioF:GREAT initiative and the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center.
Dr. Daniel Polasky to lead MSFragger and FragPipe workshop at UGA
BioF:GREAT is bringing Daniel A. Polasky of the Nesvizhskii laboratory at the University of Michigan to the CCRC for a hands-on workshop on MSFragger and FragPipe, alongside a seminar on 20 August 2026.
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Glycans in Health and Disease — CCRC to hold glycoscience symposium in June
The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center will host a one-day glycoscience symposium, Glycans in Health and Disease, on 24 June 2026.
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BioF:GREAT in full force at the American Chemical Society Spring 2026 conference
BioF:GREAT investigators, postdoctoral researchers and students hosted and attended sessions at ACS Spring 2026 in Atlanta, presenting across glycoanalytics, glycoenzyme engineering and glycoscience education.
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Dr. Lance Wells wins prestigious ASBMB Fellow award
Lance Wells, principal investigator of BioF:GREAT, has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
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Dr. Lance Wells featured on the ChemTalk podcast
Episode 61 of Let’s Talk Chemistry covers XLID, O-GlcNAc and how glycosylation can be used to make drugs more effective.
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Dr. Megna Tiwari and glycoscience education at Morehouse College
From infectious agents to glycobiology to science education — how one postdoctoral researcher is building national capacity for glycoscience teaching.
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JAAG software released for AlphaFold 3 glycan modelling
Chin Huang, a graduate student in Kelley Moremen’s laboratory, has built a web tool that converts drawn glycans into the BAP+CCD syntax AlphaFold 3 needs.
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UGA receives $18M NSF award to democratize glycoscience
An $18 million National Science Foundation award establishes the BioFoundry at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center.
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NSF invests in biofoundries to drive advances across science and engineering
The National Science Foundation funds a set of biofoundries integrating synthetic biology, machine learning and laboratory automation.
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O-GlcNAcylation: a major nutrient stress sensor that regulates cellular physiology
A dynamic post-translational modification that links cellular metabolic status to transcription, protein degradation and signalling.
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Solid-phase supported chemoenzymatic synthesis of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan glycopeptides
Combining solid-phase synthesis with enzymatic modification to build glycopeptides that mimic natural CSPGs.
Read moreHands-on training for high schoolers
BioF:GREAT hosted students from Denmark, Lambert and Morgan County high schools for hands-on laboratory training — part of the initiative’s work to bring glycoscience into classrooms well before graduate level.
