Awards:

• Ratmir Derda. University of Alberta. Faculty of Science Research Award. Highlighted in: 2019 Celebration of Excellence in Teaching and Research.

Selected publications:
Remember to cite the GlycoNet doi: 10.13039/501100009056 

• Liu TW, Vocadlo D. A Chemical Genetic Method for Monitoring Genome-Wide Dynamics of O-GlcNAc Turnover on Chromatin-Associated Proteins. 2019, ACS Central Science.
• Zhu JS, Jakeman D. Structural and dynamical description of the enzymatic reaction of a phosphohexomutase. 2019, Structural Dynamics.
• Whitfield C. Structural and functional variation in outer membrane polysaccharide export (OPX) proteins from the two major capsule assembly pathways present in Escherichia coli. 2019, Journal of Bacteriology.
• Doyle L, Ovchinnikova O, Lowary T, Kimber M, Whitfield C. Biosynthesis of a conserved glycolipid anchor for Gram-negative bacterial capsules. 2019, Nature Chemical Biology.
• Robinson K, Withers S. Development and Application of a High-Throughput Functional Metagenomic Screen for Glycoside Phosphorylases. 2019, Cell Chemical Biology.
• Sheta R, Bachvarov D. The polypeptide GALNT6 Displays Redundant Functions upon Suppression of its Closest Homolog GALNT3 in Mediating Aberrant O-Glycosylation, Associated with Ovarian Cancer Progression. 2019, International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
• Withers S. Probing the role of an invariant active site His in family GH1 β-glycosidases. 2019, Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry.
• Segura M, Gottschalk M. Antigen I/II Participates in the Interactions of Streptococcus suis Serotype 9 With Phagocytes and the Development of Systemic Disease. 2019, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology.
• Brumer H. Surface glycan-binding proteins are essential for cereal beta-glucan utilization by the human gut symbiont Bacteroides ovatus. 2019, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences.
• Saragovi U. Vaccination with Tumor-Ganglioside Glycomimetics Activates a Selective Immunity that Affords Cancer Therapy. 2019, Cell Chemical Biology.
• Giguère D. Exploring the chemistry of non-sticky sugars: Synthesis of polyfluorinated carbohydrate analogs of D-allopyranose. 2019, Chemistry.
• Brumer H. A family AA5_2 carbohydrate oxidase from Penicillium rubens displays functional overlap across the AA5 family. 2019, PLoS One.
• Simard R, Gillard G, Maharsy W, Prévost M, Nemer M, Guindon Y. Synthesis of Sialyl LewisX Glycomimetics Bearing a Bicyclic 3-O, 4-C-Fused Galactopyranoside Scaffold. 2019, Journal of Organic Chemistry.
• Kwan D. A fucosyltransferase inhibition assay using image-analysis and digital microfluidics. 2019, Biomicrofluidics.
• Ling CC. Liquid crystalline lithium-ion electrolytes derived from biodegradable cyclodextrin. 2019, Journal of Materials Chemistry A.
• Sheppard D. The role of Aspergillus fumigatus polysaccharides in host-pathogen interactions. 2019, Current Opinion in Microbiology.
• Ling CC. Amphiphilic Cyclodextrin-based Liquid Crystals for Proton Conduction. 2019, Journal of the American Chemical Society.
• Lowary T. Disruption of the SucT acyltransferase in Mycobacterium smegmatis abrogates succinylation of cell envelope polysaccharides. 2019, Journal of Biological Chemistry.
• Lam J. Unique Regions of the Polysaccharide Co-Polymerase Wzz2 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa are Essential for O-Specific Antigen Chain Length Control. 2019, Journal of Bacteriology.