Glycomics-Driven Molecular Discovery: Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Vaccines for Global Health
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioorganic Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 147
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug discovery; glycobiology; chemoenzymatic transformations; chemical virology; infectious diseases; cancer; cancer biomarker discovery; anti-cancer drug discovery
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Interests: mass spectrometry Imaging; glycomics; glycoproteomics; cancer glycobiology; structural glycochemistry; biomarker discovery
Interests: respiratory viruses; glycovirology; host–virus interactions; antiviral drug design and development; structural biology; sialic acid
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Glycan-related molecules and glycoscience play essential roles in numerous biological processes, including molecular recognition, cell signaling, immune regulation, and host–pathogen interactions. Recent advances in glycomics, analytical chemistry, and molecular biology have greatly improved our ability to characterize glycan structures and investigate their functions at the molecular level, opening new opportunities for molecular discovery.
This Special Issue, “Glycomics-Driven Molecular Discovery: Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Vaccines for Global Health”, aims to highlight recent progress in glycan-related molecular research and innovative glycomics methodologies. Topics of interest include glycan structure and biosynthesis, glycan–protein interactions, glycoengineering, synthetic glycochemistry, and advanced analytical tools for glycomics. Particular attention will also be given to glycan-related biomolecular strategies for vaccine development, such as carbohydrate antigens, glycoconjugate vaccines, and glycan-based immunomodulatory molecules.
Inspired by the multidisciplinary research environment of the Griffith University Institute for Biomedicine and Glycomics, this Special Issue aims to advance the molecular understanding of glycan-mediated processes and support the development of innovative biomolecular approaches for diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines.
Prof. Dr. Mark von Itzstein
Dr. Arun Everest-Dass
Dr. Larissa Dirr
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbohydrate-based drug discovery
- glycoscience
- antiviral drugs
- anti-infective therapeutics
- influenza research
- glycotherapeutics
- drug-resistant bacteria
- biomolecular drug design
- cancer
- cancer biomarker discovery
- anti-cancer drug discovery
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