Advances in Glycosciences

Dear Colleagues,

Advancements in synthetic methods, molecular biology and analytical techniques have evidenced the key roles that carbohydrates and their conjugates (from simple saccharide units to complex glycans) play in biological processes, such as protein folding, infection, cancer and immune recognition. Despite of the significant achievements in recent years, a number of challenges still remain to be addressed in the field of Glycoscience. Carbohydrate chemists can contribute to the development of robust methodologies for the preparation of synthetic glycans, glycomimetics and glycoconjugates. Carbohydrate-based sensors can serve as tools to interrogate the intricate mechanisms of carbohydrate recognition in biological environments. Hierarchical control over glycan display in macromolecular scaffolds might furnish nanometric probes to interfere biological processes with tailored purposes. New analytical techniques can lead to glycan profiling for identification of disease biomarkers. Research in Glycoscience can lead to breakthroughs in the development of new therapeutics, vaccines, diagnostic and delivery tools, among other biomedical applications.

The Topical Collection “Advances in Glycosciences” aims to highlight the breadth of topics of interest for the scientific community in the Glycosciences and provide some recent examples of significant advances in the field.

We invite you to submit research articles and comprehensive reviews related to the above topics to this Topical Collection, part of the journal Molecules. Contributions addressing research in Glycosicence and carbohydrate chemistry in general, will also be suitable for the scope of publication in this collection.

Dr. Juan M. Benito
Dr. Trinidad Velasco-Torrijos
Collection Editors

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