From Spectra to Glycobiology: Advances in Glycoproteomics Software with MSFragger-Glyco and FragPipe A special seminar from Dr. Dan Polasky on advances in mass spectrometry-based glycoproteomics and data analysis. 📅 Thursday, August 20 ⏰ 12:30–1:30 PM 📍 CCRC Auditorium | UGA #biofgreat #glycotime

Another BioF:GREAT manuscript is in press at the Journal of Biological Chemistry! 🧬 The X-tal structure of B3GLCT complexed with a TSR reveals B3GLCT is a GT-A/GT-B hybrid GT while being built from two GT-A folds. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... biofgreat.org/pubs/ #glycotime #biofgreat

🧬 What happens when an immunology researcher discovers glycobiology? Meet Zainab Hakeem, a UGA grad student studying how glycans regulate immune cell receptors. Her journey shows why glycobiology is important and overlooked. biofgreat.org/wp-content/u... scientistspotlights.org/scientist/za...

Glycomics • Glycoproteomics • Glycoenzymes • Glycoinformatics (AI/ML) Join BioF:GREAT (Oct. 12–14, 2026) for hands-on training in AlphaFold 3, JAAG, AI-driven glycoenzyme modeling, glycoproteomics, and glycomics. Register below ⬇️ ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

🧬 Every glycobiologist has a story. Meet Dr. M. Osman Sheikh, Ph.D. A lifelong "tinkerer," Osman turned his curiosity about how things work into a career in glycobiology. Discover his journey below. biofgreat.org/wp-content/u... scientistspotlights.org/scientist/os... #glycotime #biofgreat #NSF

At #ASMS in San Diego? Don’t miss Bruker’s Dimitris Papanastasiou presentation — June 2, 4 PM 📍 Room 6CF. Featuring α2,3/α2,6 sialic acid analysis on N-linked glycans with timsOmni. Shoutout to BioF’s Sree Hari Seenivasan for generating the glycopeptides that made this collaboration possible!

Watch Megna Tiwari's Glycobiology 101, the first video in our "Sweet Spot Education" series! A user-friendly introduction to glycobiology, with more educational resources from BioF coming soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEc9... #NSF #BioFGREAT #STEMeducation #Glycoscience #glycotime

Congratulations to Dr. Jerry Hart for being elected to the National Academy of Science! A living legend and inspiration for many on the BioF:GREAT team. www.nasonline.org/news/2026-na... #glycotime #Glycobiology #Glycoscience #CCRC

National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 25 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...

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New bioRxiv preprint from the BioF:GREAT team! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Glydentify — a deep learning to predict sugar donor usage across GT-A/GT-B glycosyltransferases 🍭🤖 Congrats to co-first authors Ruili Fang & Lan Na! #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycobiology #GlycoTime #AIinScience

Great to attend the Biofoundry session at ACS Spring 2026🧪! Thanks to George Heintz & Zhao Huimin for organizing and inviting BioF:GREAT. Also, thanks to Sydney Bedillion, Ruili Fang & Digantkumar Chapla for great flash talks! 🚀 #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycobiology #GlycoTime #Biofoundry

🔬Trouble expressing glycoside hydrolases or glycosyltransferases? BioF:GREAT can help! JP Gourdine’s lab (Lewis & Clark College) now expresses🧪 GFP-tagged GH enzymes using our GH platform—empowering undergrads & accelerating research🍭. biofgreat.org #BioFGREAT #NSF #Glycoscience #Glycobiology

🚀 Join the GlySpace Alliance Webinar – Feb 17 | 10 AM (Zoom) Hear from BioF:GREAT’s Dr. Lance Wells on democratizing glycoscience + Dr. Rene Ranzinger on new GlyGen v2.10 tools! See you there! #BioFGREAT #Glycoscience #Glycobiology #GlyGen #NSF

🚀 BioF:GREAT at #ACSSpring2026! We’re excited to be speaking in two sessions in Atlanta: 🧬 Biofoundry Session — Tues, Mar 24 🧪 BioF:GREAT Symposium — Wed, Mar 25 Keynotes by Rui Kong & Richard Drake + 12+ talks from the BioF:GREAT team! #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycoscience #Glycobiology #GlycoTime

Huge congrats to Sydney Bedillion (UGA & BioF:GREAT) on winning the 2026 Beverly B. Ledakowski Cancer Research Fellowship! 🎉 She studies cancer cell surface glycans 🍭🧪 and will present at the UGA–Emory Cancer Summit (Mar 20, 2026). #NSF #BioFGREAT #Cancer #UGA #Emory #glycotime

Congrats to BioF:GREAT's very own, Lance Wells @docgatordawg1.bsky.social for being named as one of ASBMB's 2026 Fellows!!! 🧪🍭 www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/... #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycobiology #Glycoscience #GlycoTime

ASBMB names 2026 fellows

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology announced that it has named 16 members as 2026 fellows of the society.

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BioF:GREAT & CCRC are excited to host Dr. Vlad Panin (Texas A&M) for an upcoming seminar! 🗓 Feb 11 | ⏰ 12:30 PM 📍 CCRC Auditorium “Unraveling Protein O-mannosylation in the nervous system & regulation of RPTPs” 🍭 🧪 #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycobiology #Glycoscience #GlycoTime

New BioF:GREAT publication in Nature Vaccines. Dr. Lance Wells and Dr. Peng (Linda) Zhao, with Dr. Rui Kong (Emory), show how glycan 🧪 engineering can advance HIV vaccine design. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycobiology #Glycoscience #VaccineResearch #GlycoTime

Novel HIV-1 fusion peptide immunogens using glycan-engineered alphavirus-like particles - npj Vaccines

npj Vaccines - Novel HIV-1 fusion peptide immunogens using glycan-engineered alphavirus-like particles

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Throwback Thursday: Congrats to BioF:GREAT’s 🧪own Erin Dolan on receiving SABER’s Mary Pat Wenderoth Lectureship Award in July! 🎉 Her passion for STEM education🎓 inspires us all. #NSF #BioFGREAT #STEMeducation #Glycoscience

Come see Dr. Alison Roberts give her talk on Wednesday, December 5th 12:30pm in the CCRC 🧪auditorium. She will give a talk titled "Spinning Yarns: Structure and Evolution of Cellulose Synthesis Complexes" web.uri.edu/bio/meet/ali... #biofgreat #NSF #glycotime #glycobiology

🚀 New #LetsTalkChemistry episode! Dr. Lance Wells discusses how mutations in OGT cause XLID and how glycosylation 🧪 can make drugs more effective. Discover how glycans 🍭 shape biology & medicine: 🔗 lnkd.in/gF-MfVaY #NSF #Glycobiology #Glycoscience #glycotime

The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia (UGA) invites applications for multiple open faculty positions, beginning August 1, 2026. See the attached png files for a description of the six faculty positions.

Dr. Megna Tiwari gave a seminar at Morehouse College on glycobiology🧪 & science education! “Curiosity led me from studying infectious agents to glycobiology. Now with Dr. Erin Dolan & BioF:GREAT, I’m helping democratize glycoscience!” 🧬🍭#biof:great #NSF

Our group has a PhD position available in 'The vaginal microbiota – understanding how this microbial community forms'. warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... There are also many other amazing projects to choose between from other groups, so check out the MIBTP website!

employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... Hi all! We’re hiring at our brand new Center for Glycocalyx Research, across all areas - but I am also looking for postdocs to join my group specifically!

Postdoc at the Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

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Origins and evolution of the essentials of glycobiology textbook #glycotime #Glycobiology

Origins and evolution of the essentials of glycobiology textbook

Ajit Varki; Origins and evolution of the essentials of glycobiology textbook, Glycobiology, , cwaf062, https://doi.org/10.1093/glycob/cwaf062

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Also, on top of the postdoc and PhD positions open, you should also get in touch if you would like to try your hand at an EMBO or Marie Curie fellowship with us to get a headstart on your independent career.

Hiren Joshi@glyco.me · 11mo ago

employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... Hi all! We’re hiring at our brand new Center for Glycocalyx Research, across all areas - but I am also looking for postdocs to join my group specifically!

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Nathan Lujan@potamophile.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social is delighted to seek a new Curator of Plants. With more than 1.1 million specimens, including the largest, most representative collection of Ontario flora available, ROM's plant collection is world-class and global in scope.

Opportunity for a #Master' s Student. #Glycotime #Chemsky

Martina Delbianco@delbiancom.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🚀 Exciting Opportunity for Master's Students! 🌟 Join us at @mpici.bsky.social to build an innovative application to design carbohydrate structures as part of the ERC-funded GlycoRoads project!

Check out the latest issue of Carbohydrate Research. It's a massive, international celebration honoring the incredible career of a true giant in the field: Prof. Richard R. Schmidt on his 90th birthday! 🧪 Happy Birthday Prof. Schmidt! 🎂 #glycotime www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dedicated Issue of ‘Carbohydrate Research’ as Part of celebration of 90th Birth Anniversary of Prof. (em.) Dr. Richard R. Schmidt

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