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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 |
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Daniel Kwame Afosah, PhD
Mentor: Umesh Desai, Virginia Commonwealth University
Isolation and structural characterization of Glycosaminoglycans |
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Anabel G. Alvarenga, PhD
Mentors: Jean Kim & Ronald Schnaar, Johns Hopkins University
Siglec-8 ligand expression in healthy and diseased patients
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Waseem Anani, MD
Mentor: Karin Hoffmeister, Wisconsin Blood Research Institute
Glycomics in transfusion medicine - Defining glycans in outcomes |
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Phillip Bartels, PhDMentor: 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, PhDMentor: Christina Sigurdson, UC San DiegoManipulating PrP glycan structure to understand toxic signaling pathways driving prion-incuced neurodegeneration
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| Chen Chen, MD, PhD
Mentor: Nancy Dahms, Medical College of Wisconsin
Therapeutic peptides based on carbohydrate-binding against neutrophil migration
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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 |
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Jiaxuan Chen, PhD
Mentor: Elliot Chaikof, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Podoplanin Glycopeptide Mimetics for Treatment of Venous Thrombosis |
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Jane Cheng, MD
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 Choi, MD, PhDMentor: Victor Nizet, UC San DiegoUpper airway mucosal responses to MRSA in CRS |
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Michelle Ducasa, PhD
Mentor: Philip Gordts, UC San Diego
The role of heparan sulfate proteoglycans in non-shivering thermogenesis |
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Adam Kanack, PhD
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 Kim, PhDMentor: Mark Fuster, UC San DiegoGlycosaminoglycan-based lung cancer immunotherapy |
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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 |
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Kyriakos Papanicolaou, PhD
Mentors: Brian O'Rourke & Natasha Zachara, Johns Hopkins University
Dynamics and Impact of O-GlcNAcylation in Experimental Heart Failure |
| Ryan Porell, PhD
Mentor: Kamil Godula, UC San Diego
Design and Synthesis of Fluorogenic Proteoglycan Mimetic Polymers
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Richard Sanchez, PhD
Mentor: Gulcin Pekkurnaz, UC San Diego
O-GlcNAc dependent cytoskeletal influences on mitochondrial localization under varying cellular metabolic states |
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Kai-Ting Shade, PhD
Mentor: Robert Anthony, Massachusetts General Hospital
Novel Role of Sialic Acids in IgE Biology |
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Ruth Siew, MD
Mentor: Victor Nizet, UC San Diego
Sialic acid interactions in cystic fibrosis |
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Angelica Maciel Gomes Ueltschy, PhD
Mentors: Mark Aronica & Vincent Hascall, Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Hyaluronan function in adipogenesis and metabolism |
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Priya Umapathi, MD
Mentors: Mark Anderson & Gerald Hart, Johns Hopkins University
O-GlcNAcylation in Heart Failure |
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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 |
| Ryan Weiss, PhD
Mentor: Jeffrey D. Esko, UC San Diego
CRISPR-Cas9 Dissection of Heparan Sulfate
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Sheena (Tianxin) Yu, PhD
Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Glycobiology in Hematopoietic Stem Cells |
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Chris (Jinchao) Zhang, PhD
Mentor: Joseph Lau, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterThe role of the sialyltransferases and sugar donors from platelets in regulating the sialylation
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