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Glycobiology
Defined in the narrowest sense, glycobiology is the study of the structure, biosynthesis, and biology of saccharides (sugar chains or glycans) that are widely distributed in nature. Sugars or saccharides are essential components of all living things and aspects of the various roles they play in biology are researched in various medical, biochemical and biotechnological fields. History According to ''Oxford English Dictionary'' the specific term ''glycobiology'' was coined in 1988 by Raymond Dwek to recognize the coming together of the traditional disciplines of carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry. This coming together was as a result of a much greater understanding of the cellular and molecular biology of glycans. However, as early as the late nineteenth century pioneering efforts were being made by Emil Fisher to establish the structure of some basic sugar molecules. Each year the Society of Glycobiology awards the Rosalind Kornfeld award for lifetime achievement in the fie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Dwek
Raymond Allen Dwek Order of the British Empire, CBE Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC (born 10 November 1941) is a scientist at the University of Oxford and co-founder of the biotechnology company Oxford GlycoSciences Ltd. Biography Dwek was educated at Carmel College (Oxfordshire), Carmel College, and the University of Manchester, where he studied chemistry (1960–64). He then went to Lincoln College, Oxford, Oxford University and Lincoln College, Oxford, where he completed his DPhil in physical chemistry in 1966. He became Professor of Glycobiology in 1988 in the Department of Biochemistry. He is an ''emeritus'' fellow of Exeter College, Oxford and since 2014, ''emeritus'' director of the Oxford Glycobiology Institute, which he founded in 1991. From 2000 to 2006, he was also head of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry. He was a member of the Board of Scientific Governors at The Scripps R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |