External projects

External projects pair BioF:GREAT laboratories with collaborators at other universities, national laboratories, government agencies and companies. They are the primary route through which the initiative’s glycoanalytic, enzymatic and computational capabilities reach the wider research community.

Current external projects

Ribose and CDG patients

Labs: Azadi and Sterosta

Glycan engineering of viral fusion peptide immunogen

Labs: Wells and Kong

Analysis of viral glyoproteins

Labs: Wells and CDC Laboratories

Analysis of O-glycans on receptor proteins

Labs: Wells and Panin

N-linked glycan analysis of HCoVNL63 spike protein

Labs: Wells and Chiu

Polypeptide GalNAc transferase specificities

Labs: Moremen and Gerken

Glycogen storage defect analysis

Labs: Wells and Gentry

Generating glycopeptide standards

Labs: Bruker Company and Wells Lab

Antibody N-glycans and binding to receptors

Labs: Moremen and Boons

Polypeptide GalNAc transferase specificities

Labs: Moremen and Gerken

O-GlcNAc glycoproteomics

Labs: Moremen and Ma

Chemoenzymatic approaches to lectin-glycan and ligand interactions

Labs: Moremen and Wu

Lectin identification of fungal pathogens

Moremen and Meagher Lab

Enzyme engineering of plant glycosyltransferases

Labs: Moremen, Urbanowicz and Scheller

O-acetyltransferases and plant glycoproteins

Labs: Urbanowicz, Moremen and Wasczcak

Cysteine-rich domains and host immunity

Labs: Urbanowicz, Moremen and Muchero

Communication between O-GlcNAc and O-Fuc in plants

Labs: Wallace, Wells and Roberts

Glycoscientist Spotlights

Labs: Dolan, Multi-University Collaboration

Introduction to glycoscience education modules

Labs: Dolan, Multi-University Student Collaboration

Humans in Glycobiology: Tree of Life

Labs: Dolan, Multi-University Collaboration

Glycoeducation materials inventory

Labs: Dolan, Multi-University Student Collaboration

Glycomic Analysis of Squid Species

Labs: Azadi and Nyholm

Quantification of GAGs from Serum and Plasma

Labs: Azadi and Bisiau

Glycosylation analysis of benign and malignant cancer cells

Labs: Azadi and Chen

Unusual glycan modifications on GPIs and GIPLs

Labs: West, Azadi and Heise

O-glycome of a rare Protozoa

Labs: West, Wells and Samuelson

O-glycome of a disease causing Protozoa

Labs: West, Wells and Samuelson

O-glycome of a disease causing Apicomplexa

Labs: West, Wells and Samuelson

Glycoform conservation of bNABs and targeted viruses

Labs: West, Wells and Avci

Propose a project. External collaborations begin with a short user proposal reviewed by the BioF:GREAT internal and external reviewers — see user proposals for the process and criteria.