The members of the GRTC hail from the University of California campuses (UC San Diego, Irvine, Berkeley, San Francisco, Los Angeles), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), the Scripps Institute of Oceanography (SIO), the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences (Salk Institute), The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBPMDI), La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology (LJIAI), Children's Hospital of Orange County (OC), Stanford University, San Francisco State University, and the California Institute of Technology (CalTech). If you feel you are qualified to become a member, please email Ajit Varki and / or Jeff Esko.

Nicola Allen
Assistant Professor
Salk Institute
Synapse Biology

William Balch
Professor
TSRI
Golgi Trafficking

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Samuel Barondes
Professor
UC San Francisco
Galectins

Linda G. Baum
Professor
UC Los Angeles
Galectins & Virology

​Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Professor
Stanford University
Chemical Engineering

Mina Bissel
Distinguished Scientist
LBNL
Extracellular Matrix

Lars Bode
Professor
UC San Diego
Human Milk Glycans

David H. Broide
Professor
UC San Diego
Asthma & Allergy

Michael D. Burkart
Professor
UC San Diego
Antibiotic Biosynthesis

Dennis Burton
Professor
TSRI
Virology & Immunity

Xi Chen
Professor
UC Davis
Glycan Synthesis

Shu Chien
Professor
UC San Diego
Vascular Biology

Andrew Chisholm
Professor
UC San Diego
C. elegans Development

Biswa P. Choudhury
Core Director
UC San Diego
Glycan Analytics

Antonio De Maio
Professor
UC San Diego
Inflammation

Michael Demetriou
Professor
UC Irvine
Autoimmunity

Patricia Dickson
Associate Professor
Harbor-UC Los Angeles
Mucopolysaccharidoses

Wolfgang Dillmann
Professor and Chair
UC San Diego
Hexosamine Pathway

Daniel J. Donoghue
Professor
UC San Diego
Growth Factor Signaling

Dannielle Engle
Assistant Professor
Salk Institute
Pancreatitis/Cancer

Adam Engler
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Extracellular Matrix

Jeffrey D. Esko
Professor
UC San Diego
Proteoglycans

Marilynn E. Etzler
Professor Emeritus
UC Davis
Plant Lectins

Joshua Fierer
Professor
UC San Diego
Salmonella & Coccidioides

Susan J. Fisher
Professor
UC San Francisco
Extracellular Matrix

Hudson Freeze
Professor
SBPMDI
Glycosylation Disorders

Michiko Fukuda
Professor
SBPMDI
Drug Discovery

Minoru Fukuda
Professor
SBPMDI
Cancer Glycosylation

Mark M. Fuster
Associate Professor
UC San Diego / VAMC
Angiogenesis & Cancer

Fred H. Gage
Professor
Salk Institute
Neurogenetics

Pascal Gagneux
Professor
UC San Diego
Reproduction

Philippe Gallay
Professor
TSRI
Virology

Richard L. Gallo
Professor and Chair
UC San Diego
Skin Biology

Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague
Professor
UC Davis
Glycan Interactions

Kamil Godula
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Glycoengineering

Philip Gordts
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Lipid Metabolism

Amro Hamdoun
Associate Profesor
UC San Diego / SIO
ABC Transporters

Tracy M. Handel
Professor
UC San Diego
Chemokines

Matthew Hangauer
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Cancer Persister Cells

Jerry L. Hedrick
Professor Emeritus
UC Davis
Fertilization

Thomas Hermann
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Glycoside-RNA Interactions

Samuel Ho
Professor
UC San Diego / VAMC
Epithelial Mucins

Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson
Professor / HHMI Invest.
CalTech
Chemical Neurobiology

Randal J. Kaufman
Professor
SBPMDI
Protein Folding

Mitchell E. Kronenberg
President / CSO
LJIAI
T-Cell Recognition

Arthur D. Lander
Professor
UC Irvine
Signaling / Morphogenesis

Dzung Le
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Hemostasis & Thrombosis

Julie A. Leary
Professor Emeritus
UC Davis
Mass Spectrometry

Carlito Lebrilla
Professor
UC Davis
Mass Spectrometry

Nathan E. Lewis
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Systems Biology

Fu-Tong Liu
Professor / Chair Emeritus
UC Davis
Galectin Function

Ayako Makino
Associate Professor
UC San Diego

Michael A. Marletta
Professor
UC Berkeley
Glycan Monooxygenases

Jamey D. Marth
Professor
UC Santa Barbara
Glycosylation Genetics

Elaine Muchmore
Professor
UC San Diego / VAMC
Sialic Acid Biology

Victor Nizet
Professor
UC San Diego
Bacterial Pathogenesis

Brian P. Palenik
Professor
UC San Diego / SIO
Microalgae Glycoproteins

Bernhard Palsson
Professor
UC San Diego
Systems Biology

Alyssa Panitch
Professor and Chair
UC Davis
Glycoengineering

Gentry N. Patrick
Professor
UC San Diego
Neurobiology

James C. Paulson
Professor
TSRI
Sialic Acid & Virology

Gulcin Pekkurnaz
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Neurobiology

Joanna J. Phillips
Associate Professor
UC San Francisco
Glioblastoma

Matthew Robert Pratt
Professor
Univ of S. California
O-GlcNAc Chem Biology

Robert Sah
Professor
UC San Diego
Cartilage Biophysics

Geert Schmid-Schoenbein
Professor and Chair
UC San Diego
Vascular Biology

Richard B. Schwab
Assoc Clinical Professor
UC San Diego
Sialic Acids & Cancer

Christina Sigurdson
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Protein Aggregation

Justin L. Sonnenburg
Associate Professor
Stanford Medicine
Gut Microbiota

Emmanuel Theodorakis
Professor
UC San Diego
Carbohydrate Chemistry

Yitzhak Tor
Professor
UC San Diego
Aminoglycosides

Frederic A. Troy II
Professor Emeritus
UC Davis
Sialic Acid Biology

Robert H. Tukey
Professor
UC San Diego
Glucuronidation

Ajit Varki
Professor
UC San Diego
Sialic Acids

Nissi Varki
Professor
UC San Diego
Tumor Glycosylation

Raymond Wang
Director
Children's Hospital OC
Mucopolysaccharidoses

Rahul Warrior
Associate Professor
UC Irvine
Drosophila Development

Ian A. Wilson
Professor
TSRI
Crystallography

Chi-Huey Wong
Professor
TSRI
Chemical Synthesis

Peng Wu
Associate Professor
TSRI
Glycan Imaging

Yu Yamaguchi
Professor
SBPMDI
Proteoglycans/
Neurobiology

Alice Yu
Professor Emeritus
UC San Diego
Antiganglioside Therapy

Dirk M. Zajonc
Associate Professor
LJIAI
Glycolipid Recognition

Karsten Zengler
Professor
UC San Diego
Host-microbe Interactions

Past Members