Check out fascinating insights on nature’s most abundant polymers in our latest blog post.
🌱 Cellulose
🦀 Chitin (found in insects & fungi)
💪 Hyaluronan
🍚 Starch
🦠 Peptidoglycan

Read https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog/27-unusual-observations-about-microbial-plant-and-animal-polysaccharides

#Glycobiology #Science #Biochemistry #Nature #CellBiology #Glycotime

Interesting ChemRxiv preprint by the group of Tom Wennekes with first author Jun Yang Ong. They show that chlorotriazine (ClTriZ) reactive groups are compatible with dual click direct-to-biology (D2B) approaches and can yield potent and selective protein labeling tools.

https://chemrxiv.org/doi/full/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-4kzhd
#Chemistry #ChemBio #Glycotime #D2B

(Glyco-)sphingolipids play important roles in bacterial infections. Studying them requires powerful chemical tools.

Jürgen Seibel talked at #Biochemistry2026 about the synthesis of probes based on (glyco-)sphingolipids and their use to study biology e.g. using expansion microscopy.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51874-w
#Biochemistry #Chemistry #LipidTime #GlycoTime #probes #infections

Interesting talk by Jürgen Seibel at #Biochemistry2026. He talked about "Enzyme and Substrate Engineering for novel CAZymes activities".

#Biochemistry #Chemistry #ChemBio #Glycotime #Lipidtime

Predicting the stereochemical outcome of glycosylation reactions is a complex problem.

In his talk at #Lunteren2026, Daan Hoogers from the group of Jeroen Codee of our @LED3hub presented his research into the systematic exploration of this question with various methods.

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/sc/d5sc07201h
#Chemistry #ChemBio #Glycotime

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In our latest Interesting Fact Post learn about Mitochondrial Glycoproteins!
Think #mitochondria don't have #glycoproteins? Think again! New research shows O-GlcNAc modifications are key to: Energy Brain Health, Development

Read: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog/25-facts-about-mitochondrial-glycoproteins

#Glycobiology #glycotime

💡 Have you ever wondered how many N-Glycans or #glycoproteins there are on cells?

The numbers are massive: calculations suggest about 20 to 200 million N-glycans per human cell!

Read the full blog post: https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog/24-facts-about-number-glycoproteins-and-n-glycans-cell

#glycobiology #glycotime #cells #biology

Have you heard of sugar alcohols, such as erythritol, sorbitol, mannitol and xylitol? These are commonly used as artificial sweeteners. Learn more about these interesting small sugars and where they are found in our latest blog post, https://research.bidmc.org/ncfg/blog/23-facts-about-sugar-alcohols

#glycans #glycotime #glycosylation #science #artificialsweeteners

Interesting talk by Foteini Skoulikopoulou of the group of Zach Armstrong of the @LED3hub at #NWOCHAINS. She talked about her research into the synthesis of stable 9-O-acetylated sialic acid mimics with potential applications as #antivirals.

#glycotime #Chemistry #ChemBio