Glycomics and glycoproteomics: A (not so) new frontier in biology

Glycosylation is the most abundant and complex post-translational modification and is increasingly being recognized as playing a key role in health and disease.

Protein glycosylation is the most common and most complex post-translational modification, with sugar moieties being attached to proteins, thus exponentially increasing proteomic diversity. It is critical for a broad range of biological processes and functions, including protein folding, stability, cell attachment and cell-cell-signaling. Glycosylation also plays important roles in disease development, with aberrant glycosylation linked to neoplastic, metabolic, neurodegenerative and other disorders. Recent progress in analytical technologies, prominently based on mass spectrometry, is currently leading to renewed interest and important new insights in this long somewhat neglected, crucial domain of biology.

Watch this webinar to learn:

• Basics of carbohydrate biology
• Prevalence and complexity of protein glycosylation
• Challenges and opportunities of glycoproteomics research
• New technologies facilitating glycoproteomics research

Who should watch:

• Biomedical scientists in academia and industry
• Students