Thomas J. Boltje
Radboud University, The Netherlands
Title: New tools to study and perturb the glycocalyx
Biography
Biography: Thomas J. Boltje
Abstract
Our research is focused on identifying the specific structure and function of sugar molecules present on the surface of cells. To achieve this we develop tools to block the biosynthesis of these molecules and metabolic precursors to follow and perturb the function of sugars. In addition we assemble oligosaccharides by chemical synthesis to construct a screening platform that can also be used to do SAR studies. The preparation of oligosaccharides is challenging and hence we develop new chemical methodologies to make the process of glycosylation faster and more stereoselective. The most important application of these technologies is to enable the design and synthesis of glycomedicine that target aberrant glycosylation patterns on cancer cells and pathogenic bacteria either by small molecule glycomimetics or oligosaccharide glycovaccines.
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