Carbohydrates, which are ubiquitously distributed throughout the three domains of life, play
significant roles in a variety of vital biological processes. Access to unique and …

From being a niche area only a few decades ago, fluorous chemistry has gained momentum
and is, nowadays, a fervent area of research. It has brought forth, in fact, numerous …

Synthetic oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates are increasingly used as probes for
biological research and as lead compounds for drug and vaccine discovery. These …

In the last decade, glycan microarrays have revolutionized the analysis of the specificity of
glycan-binding proteins (GBPs), providing information that simultaneously illuminates the …

The modular synthesis of 7 libraries containing 51 self-assembling amphiphilic Janus
dendrimers with the monosaccharides d-mannose and d-galactose and the disaccharide d …

Protein biochips are at the heart of many medical and bioanalytical applications. Increasing
interest has been focused on surface activation and subsequent functionalization strategies …

In the last decade, carbohydrate microarrays have been core technologies for analyzing
carbohydrate-mediated recognition events in a high-throughput fashion. A number of …

Carbohydrates have been shown to play important roles in biological processes. The pace
of development in carbohydrate research is, however, relatively slow due to the problems …

Abstract Information contained in the mammalian glycome is decoded by glycan-binding
proteins (GBPs) that mediate diverse functions including host-pathogen interactions, cell …

Through their specific interactions with proteins, cellular glycans play key roles in a wide
range of physiological and pathological processes. One of the main goals of research in the …