Grantees 2011

Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience received 139 research grant applications from 23 countries in 2010. After careful evaluation for scientific merit, potentiality and feasibility, the Foundation decided to award the grants of 70 million yen in total to the following Projects.

 1.

Arenzana, Fernando; Institut Pastuer, France; Characterization of Bone-marrow GAG/CXCL12 chemokine interactions in vivo

 2.

Bennet, Andrew; Simon Fraser University, Canada; Transition state analysis of glycosyltransferase enzymes

 3.

Bilder, David; University of California - Barkeley, USA; The role of N-linked glycosylation in Drosophila tumor suppression

 4.

Boulianne, Gabrielle; The Hospital for Sick Childres, Canada; Deciphering the role of N-glycans in organismal lifespan

 5.

Brumer, Harry; Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; Molecular mechanisms of hemicellulose degradation by a human gut symbiont

 6.

Byers, Sharon; Children, Youth and Women's Health Service, Australia; Development of an animal model of MPS IVA

 7.

Fry, Stephen; The University of Edinburgh, UK; Trans-α-xylosidase, a novel modifier of biologically active oligosaccharides

 8.

Fukase, Koichi; Osaka University, Japan; Functional analysis of N-glycans based on chemical synthesis and bio-imaging

*9.

Greimel, Peter; Riken, Japan; The first glycosyltransferase able to furnish α and βglucosides selectively

10.

Jafar-Nejad, Hamed; The University of Texas HSC at Houston, USA; Role of glycosylation in the maintenance of the Drosophila eye

11.

Kinoshita, Tarou; Osaka University, Japan; Biological significance of fine structures of GPI anchor

12.

Kohler, Jennifer; University of Texas, USA; Mechanisms for discriminating between NeuAc and NeuGc incorporation.

13.

Larive, Cynthia; University of California, USA; Advancing heparan sulfate characterization by NMR Spectroscopy

*14.

Natsuka, Shunji; Niigata University, Japan; Construction of the glycan atlas as a sketch of cell society

15.

Okajima, Tetsuya; Nagoya University, Japan; Roles of O-GlcNAc on extracellular protein domains

16.

Rabinovich, Gabriel; University of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cross-talk among galectins, siglecs and C-type lectins in immune cell tolerance

[ * ] awardees in the category, "Exploratory Glycoscience"