This month's interesting facts about glycans - we take a look at "bacterial cellulose"! Yes you heard that correct! Cellulose is found all around us in the form of clothing, wood, paper products and is usually sourced from plants. But bacteria also produce a form of it.
Read more about it at: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog/facts-about-bacterial-cellulose
For more interesting facts check out: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/interestingfacts/interesting-facts-about-glycans
It's great to see this #Caenorhabditis mannosidase III #glycotime manuscript out in @jbiolchem
Product of the @FWF_at project awarded to former postdoc Shi Yan showing how a specific mannosidase is necessary for the biosynthesis of a subset of complicated N-glycans.
Some exciting #glycotime to start the week!
GlycoShape is fresh off the press today on Nature Methods https://www.nature.com/articles/s41592-024-02464-7
Check out the short thread below 1/6
This month's interesting fact about #glyco covers rare and unusual sugars and monosaccharides like D-tagatose, D-allulose and L-sorbose.
Read more: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog/facts-about-rare-and-unusual-sugars-nature
For more interesting facts: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/interestingfacts/interesting-facts-about-glycans
🚨 #glycojobs 🚨
2 Postdoctoral Research Positions at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC) UGA, Athens (GA), USA
The Urbanowicz Lab at the University of Georgia’s Complex Carbohydrate Research Center invites applicants for two fully funded postdoctoral research positions available immediately.
The laboratory is leveraging the development of new tools for analysis of carbohydrate active enzymes and innovating high throughput assays for validation of gene function.
We’re especially seeking in applicants that are interested in the intersection of plant biology, biochemistry, glycobiology, and phenotypic variation.
For more information about this position please contact Dr. Breeanna Urbanowicz (https://ccrc.uga.edu/team/breeanna-urbanowicz/)
In this month's interesting facts about #glycans we look at the #glycoprotein collagen and its unique #glycosylation
Read the post: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog/facts-about-collagen-and-its-glycosylation-one-most-common-glycoproteins-all-animals
For more interesting facts check: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/interestingfacts/interesting-facts-about-glycans
🚨 Deadline for Abstract submission extended to August 5th, 2024 🚨
This is your last chance to submit an abstract for the 2024 SfG Annual Meeting. The Program Committee agreed to extend the deadline to Monday, August 5th, 11:59pm Eastern Time (EST).
There will be no Late Breaking Abstracts this year, so don't miss out! Take advantage of the extended deadline to submit your abstract and showcase your research.
New paper accepted!
12-Jul-2024
Journal: Biochemistry
Manuscript ID: bi-2024-00187z.R3
Title: "Bioinformatic, enzymatic and structural characterization of Trichuris suis hexosaminidase HEX-2"
Author(s): Dutkiewicz, Zuzanna; Varrot, Annabelle; Breese, Karen; Stubbs, Keith; Nuschy, Lena; Adduci, Isabella; Paschinger, Katharina; Wilson, Iain
“We are pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been accepted for publication in Biochemistry.”
It's Award Time at the SfG 🚨 🎉
On behalf of the 2024 SFG Awards Committee, Board of Directors, and President Lance Wells, the 2024 SFG Awardees are....
Karl Meyer Lectureship:
Dr. Kevin Campbell, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa USA
Rosalind Kornfeld Award for Lifetime Achievement in Glycobiology:
Dr. Rita Gerardy-Schahn, Hannover Medical School, Germany
Glycobiology Significant Achievement Award:
Dr. Ramon Sun, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
ASBMB Molecular and Cellular Proteomics Lectureship:
Dr. Iain Wilson @iainwilson BOKU University, Vienna, Austria
President’s Innovator Award:
Dr. Jeff Esko, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Society for Glycobiology Distinguished Service Award:
Essentials of Glycobiology Editors
(Varki, Aebi, Bertozzi, Cummings, Darvill, Esko, Etzler, Freeze, Hart, Kinoshita, Marth, Mohnen, Packer, Prestegard, Seeberger, Schnaar, and Stanley)
Heartiest CONGRATULATIONS to all 2024 SFG Awardees!!! 👏 👏 👏 🎉
This month's interesting fact about glycoscience is about #glycopeptides made by bacteria and the importance of #carbohydrates in antibiotics.
Read the full post at: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog/facts-about-glycopeptides-made-bacteria
For more interesting facts check: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog
Recently Dr. Cummings from the @ncfg published the first ever Periodic Table of Monosaccharides. We thought it would be great to have an interactive version of this as a website, and so we built one.
You can access this at: https://glycotoolkit.com/Tools/periodic-table-of-monosaccharides/
This month's interesting fact about glycans discusses the heavily O-glycosylated (specifically O-GlcNAcylated) protein in the nucleus - RNA Polymerase II.
Read the full post at: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog/facts-about-heavily-glycosylated-protein-nucleus-rna-polymerase-ii
For more interesting facts check: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog
A spoonful of sugar #11 🍬
As the rest of the community, we have excited about #AF3 and have been testing its performance in the reconstruction of glycans and glycosylation. We have found the following limitations users should be aware of:
- The structure of the Asn-linkages is incorrect
- All N-glycans have an a2 arm, while the Man should be in a3
What we suggest 😜 is to build the protein with AF3 and to reglycosylate it with ReGlyco at https://glycoshape.org
This month on our blog - we highlight facts about cholesterol glycosylation.
Read at: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog/facts-about-glycosylation-cholesterol
For more interesting facts about glycans check out our page: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/interestingfacts/interesting-facts-about-glycans
This month on our blog - we highlight interesting facts about Pectin - One of the Most Complex Polysaccharides in Nature and its Healing Properties.
For more interesting facts about glycans check out our page: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/interestingfacts/interesting-facts-about-glycans
Elegant study shows how the location and composition of N-glycans (glyco-code) influences protein folding and quality control. Competition between early lectin chaperone and BiP, and the role of UGGT particularly ineteresting.
Excited about the #GlycoNMR summit (online meeting) that is just about to start. #NMR analysis of polysaccharides and glycoproteins. The event runs multiple days on zoom, hosted by the University of Georgia. More info and register: https://mailchi.mp/deff7bbeac2e/join-us-for-the-2023-glyconmr-summit #nmrchat #glycotime
Interesting! L-fucose administration ameliorates the LPS-induced neuroinflammation in the Fut8+/− mice, suggesting that core fucosylation plays a vital role in anti-inflammation. L-Fuc as a potential drug against neuroinflammation?
You have heard of the periodic table of elements-
we present the Periodic Table of Monosaccharides where we attempt to arrange the monosaccharides in a systematic table.
Published in Glycobiology: https://academic.oup.com/glycob/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/glycob/cwad088/7342216?redirectedFrom=fulltext
📢#Glycoscience Community on Mastadon.
Are you attending the Society for Glycobiology meeting in Hawaii? Find us and learn about the work at the NCFG and the Cummings Lab.
1. We are hosting a Satellite meeting on Nov. 5th, entitled: NCFG Tools in Glycoscience, we hope you will be joining us!
2. Come check out our posters at the SFG meeting:
#155, #401, #67, #79, #89, #224, #170, and #225
We have some interesting developments in #glycan #microarrays, #glycomics and other fun stuff!
Official account of the Society for Glycobiology (SFG) to promote knowledge and stimulate interdisciplinary communication. Run by the SfG Social Media Committee #glycoscience #glycobiology #education #glycans #glycotime