Consortium for Excellence in Glycosciences | Scholars

	Daniel Kwame Afosah, PhD Mentor: Umesh Desai, Virginia Commonwealth University Isolation and structural characterization of Glycosaminoglycans
	Anabel G. Alvarenga, PhD Mentors: Jean Kim & Ronald Schnaar, Johns Hopkins University Siglec-8 ligand expression in healthy and diseased patients
	Amy Attaway, MD Mentor: Srinivasan Dasarthy, Cleveland Clinic Study of intermittent hypoxia-mediated O-GlcNAcylation dysregulates skeletal muscle proteostasis and mitochondrial function in cellular and murine models
	Sophia Balderman, MD Mentor: Joe Lau, Roswell Park Investigating the Role of Extrinsic ST6GAL1 in MDS associated dyspoiesis
	Phillip Bartels, PhD Mentor: Yitzhak Tor, UC San Diego Developing Guanidinylated Neomycin-Enzyme Conjugates to Treat Lyososomal Storage Disorders Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
	Julia Callender, PhD Mentor: Christina Sigurdson, UC San Diego Manipulating PrP glycan structure to understand toxic signaling pathways driving prion-incused neurodegeneration
	Dillon Chen, MD Mentor: Ajit Varki, UC San Diego Characterize the roles of polysialic acids and Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectins (SIGLECs) in the brain
	Jiaxuan Chen, PhD Mentor: Elliot Chaikof, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Podoplanin Glycopeptide Mimetics for Treatment of Venous Thrombosis
	Jane Cheng, MD Mentor: Richard Cummings, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Identification of carbohydrate antigens and its application in human diseases and disorders
	Sun-Mi Choi, MD, PhD Mentor: Victor Nizet, UC San Diego Upper airway mucosal responses to MRSA in CRS
	Dorothy Contiguglia-Akcan, MD Mentor: Robert Sackstein, Brigham and Women's Hospital Glycobiology of exosome
	Graham Heberlig, PhD Mentor: Michael Burkart, UC San Diego Structural Examination of Lipid A Biosynthesis Complexes
	Adam Kanack, PhD Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin Platelet and myeloid cell phenotypes in a rat model of Fabry disease
	Melissa Lee-Sundlov, PhD Mentor: Karin Hoffmeister, Wisconsin Blood Research Institute The Role of Sialylation and Lectin Receptors in Blood Production in the Bone Marrow
	Kyriakos Papanicolaou, PhD Mentors: Brian O'Rourke & Natasha Zachara, Johns Hopkins University Dynamics and Impact of O-GlcNAcylation in Experimental Heart Failure
	Kai-Ting Shade, PhD Mentor: Robert Anthony, Massachusetts General Hospital Novel Role of Sialic Acids in IgE Biology
	Ruth Siew, MD Mentor: Victor Nizet, UC San Diego Sialic acid interactions in cystic fibrosis
	Priya Umapathi, MD Mentors: Mark Anderson & Gerald Hart, Johns Hopkins University O-GlcNAcylation in Heart Failure
	Yan Wang, MD, PhD Mentors: Vincent Hascall & Edward Maytin, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Delineation of the role of Hyaluronan in regulating fibroblast function in normal and diabetic skin wound healing and obesity
	Nicole Welch, MD Mentors: Srinivasan Dasarathy & Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Hyaluronan 35 prevents endotoxin mediated dysregulated skeletal muscle proteostasis during ethanol exposure

Program Alumni

	Amina Abbadi, PhD Mentors: Vincent Hascall & George Muschler, Cleveland Clinic The role of Intracellular hyaluronan and TSG-6 in monocyte/macrophage biology and differentiation under a hyperglycemic stress
	Waseem Anani, MD Mentors: Karin Hoffmeister, Wisconsin Blood Research Institute Glycomics in transfusion medicine - Defining glycans in outcomes
	Chen Chen, MD, PhD Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin Therapeutic peptides based on carbohydrate-binding against neutrophil migration
	Michelle Ducasa, PhD Mentor: Philip Gordts, UC San Diego The role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in non-shivering thermogenesis
	So-Young Kim, PhD Mentor: Mark Fuster, UC San Diego Glycosaminoglycan-based lung cancer immunotherapy
	Samuel Merrill, MD, PhD Mentors: Ronald Schnaar & Robert Brodsky, Johns Hopkins University The role of complement in sickle cell disease and hyperhemolysis
	John O'Malley, MD, PhD Mentor: Robert Sackstein, Brigham and Women's Hospital Defining the glycosignature of E-selectin ligands in skin-tropic hematologic malignancies
	Ryan Porell, PhD Mentor: Kamil Godula, UC San Diego Design and Synthesis of Fluorogenic Proteoglycan Mimetic Polymers
	Richard Sanchez, PhD Mentor: Gulcin Pekkurnaz, UC San Diego O-GlcNAc dependent cytoskeletal influences on mitochondrial localization under varying cellular metabolic states
	Kathryn Stackhouse, MD Mentor: Richard D. Cummings, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Glycans as Early Detection Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
	Angelica Maciel Gomes Ueltschy, PhD Mentors: Mark Aronica & Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Hyaluronan function in adipogenesis and metabolism
	Ryan Weiss, PhD Mentor: Jeffrey D. Esko, UC San Diego CRISPR-Cas9 Dissection of Heparan Sulfate
	Sheena (Tianxin) Yu, PhD Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Glycobiology in Hematopoietic Stem Cells
	Chris (Jinchao) Zhang, PhD Initial position after leaving program: Career Development Program Site: BloodCenter of Wisconsin, 2018-2020 Program Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Project: The role of the sialyltransferases and sugar donors from platelets in regulating the sialylation

Consortium for Excellence in Glycosciences | Scholars

Daniel Kwame Afosah, PhD

Mentor: Umesh Desai, Virginia Commonwealth University

Anabel G. Alvarenga, PhD

Mentors: Jean Kim & Ronald Schnaar, Johns Hopkins University

Amy Attaway, MD

Mentor: Srinivasan Dasarthy, Cleveland Clinic

Mentor: Joe Lau, Roswell Park

Phillip Bartels, PhD

Mentor: Yitzhak Tor, UC San Diego

Julia Callender, PhD

Mentor: Christina Sigurdson, UC San Diego

Dillon Chen, MD

Mentor: Ajit Varki, UC San Diego

Jiaxuan Chen, PhD

Mentor: Elliot Chaikof, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jane Cheng, MD

Mentor: Richard Cummings, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

​Sun-Mi Choi, MD, PhD

Mentor: Victor Nizet, UC San Diego

Dorothy Contiguglia-Akcan, MD

Mentor: Robert Sackstein, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Graham Heberlig, PhD

Mentor: Michael Burkart, UC San Diego

Adam Kanack, PhD

Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin

Melissa Lee-Sundlov, PhD

Mentor: Karin Hoffmeister, Wisconsin Blood Research Institute

Kyriakos Papanicolaou, PhD

Mentors: Brian O'Rourke & Natasha Zachara, Johns Hopkins University

Kai-Ting Shade, PhD

Mentor: Robert Anthony, Massachusetts General Hospital

Ruth Siew, MD

Mentor: Victor Nizet, UC San Diego

Priya Umapathi, MD

Mentors: Mark Anderson & Gerald Hart, Johns Hopkins University

Yan Wang, MD, PhD

Mentors: Vincent Hascall & Edward Maytin, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

Nicole Welch, MD

Mentors: Srinivasan Dasarathy & Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

Program Alumni

Amina Abbadi, PhD

Mentors: Vincent Hascall & George Muschler, Cleveland Clinic

Mentors: Karin Hoffmeister, Wisconsin Blood Research Institute

Chen Chen, MD, PhD

Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin

Mentor: Philip Gordts, UC San Diego

Mentor: Mark Fuster, UC San Diego

Samuel Merrill, MD, PhD

Mentors: Ronald Schnaar & Robert Brodsky, Johns Hopkins University

John O'Malley, MD, PhD

Mentor: Robert Sackstein, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ryan Porell, PhD

Mentor: Kamil Godula, UC San Diego

Kathryn Stackhouse, MD

Mentor: Richard D. Cummings, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Angelica Maciel Gomes Ueltschy, PhD

Mentors: Mark Aronica & Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute

Ryan Weiss, PhD

CRISPR-Cas9 Dissection of Heparan Sulfate

Sheena (Tianxin) Yu, PhD

Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Chris (Jinchao) Zhang, PhD

Sun-Mi Choi, MD, PhD