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Development of Carbohydrate Array Technologies to Systematically Explore the Functional role of Glycans in Healthy and Diseased States

Project management Wilson Iain B.H.
organizational unit Institute of Biochemistry (DCH/BC)
duration 01.09.2008 to- 31.08.2012
Research project (§ 26 & § 27)
Program FP7 - People - Marie Curie Initial Training Networks (ITN)
Funder European Commission (EC)
Competencies 
  • Biotechnologie
  • Forschungscluster "Bioindustrielle Technologien"

Abstract

The objective of the proposal is to bring together an interdisciplinary team of scientists and technologists in Europe for the development and application of ‘Glycoarrays’. Glycoarrays are micro-arrays displaying unnatural and natural complex carbohydrate structures, such as those found on cell surfaces and/or attached to proteins and lipids. Such glycoarrays will provide unique tools to identify the many interactions of carbohydrate binding proteins with specific carbohydrate sequences on a cell and organism-wide scale, and thus provide us with a fundamental understanding of these important biological recognition events.

keywords
  •  glycans  

Publications

Project staff

Iain B.H. Wilson

Ao.Univ.Prof. Dr.phil. Iain B.H. Wilson
iain.wilson@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-77216, 77217

BOKU Project Leader

01.09.2008 - 31.08.2012

Shi Yan

Mag.rer.nat. Dr.nat.techn. Shi Yan
shi.yan@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-77222

Project Staff

01.09.2008 - 31.08.2012

BOKU partners

Institute of Biochemistry (DCH/BC)

role partner

External partners

The University of Manchester

Prof. Sabine Flitsch

coordinator