| | Amina AbbadiMentors: Vincent Hascall & George Muchler, Cleveland Clinic
The role of Intracellular hyaluronan and TSG-6 in monocyte/macrophage biology and differentiation under a hyperglycemic stress |
| | Daniel Kwame AfosahMentor: Umesh Desai, Virginia Commonwealth University
Isolation and structural characterization of Glycosaminoglycans |
| | Anabel G. Alvarenga Mentors: Ronald Schnaar & Jean Kim, Johns Hopkins University
Siglec-8 ligand expression in healthy and diseased patients
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| | Waseem Anani
Mentor: Karin Hoffmeister, Wisconsin Blood Research Institute
Glycomics in transfusion medicine - Defining glycans in outcomes |
| Phillip BartelsMentor: Yitzhak Tor, UC San DiegoDeveloping Guanidinylated Neomycin-Enzyme Conjugates to Treat Lyososomal Storage Disorders Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
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| Julia Callender
Mentor: Christina Sigurdson, UC San DiegoManipulating PrP glycan structure to understand toxic signaling pathways driving prion-incuced neurodegeneration
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| | Jiaxuan Chen
Mentor: Elliot Chaikof, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Podoplanin Glycopeptide Mimetics for Treatment of Venous Thrombosis |
| | Dillon ChenMentor: Ajit Varki, UC San Diego
Characterize the roles of polysialic acids and Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectins (SIGLECs) in the brain |
| | Jane Cheng
Mentor: Richard Cummings, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Identification of carbohydrate antigens and its application in human diseases and disorders
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| Sun-Mi ChoiMentor: Victor Nizet, UC San DiegoUpper airway mucosal responses to MRSA in CRS |
| | Michelle Ducasa
Mentor: Philip Gordts, UC San Diego
The role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in non-shivering thermogenesis |
| | Adam Kanack
Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin
Platelet and myeloid cell phenotypes in a rat model of Fabry disease
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| So-Young KimMentor: Mark Fuster, UC San DiegoGlycosaminoglycan-based lung cancer immunotherapy |
| | Melissa Lee-Sundlov
Mentor: Karin Hoffmeister, Wisconsin Blood Research InstituteThe Role of Sialylation and Lectin Receptors in Blood Production in the Bone Marrow |
| | Samuel Merrill
Mentors: Ronald Schnaar & Robert Brodsky, Johns Hopkins University
The role of complement in sickle cell disease and hyperhemolysis |
| Ryan Porell
Mentor: Kamil Godula, UC San Diego Design and Synthesis of Fluorogenic Proteoglycan Mimetic Polymers |
| Ryan Weiss
Mentor: Jeffrey D. Esko, UC San Diego CRISPR-Cas9 Dissection of Heparan Sulfate |