Grantees 2017
Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience received 192 research grant applications from 34 countries in 2016. After careful evaluation for scientific and social merit, potentiality and feasibility, the Foundation decided to award the grants of approximately 78 million yen in total to the following 17 projects.
- 1.
- Ando, Hiromune; Gifu University, Japan; Innovation of the glycosidation reaction of sialic acid
- 2.
- Asensio, Juan Luis; Institute of General Organic Chemistry (IQOG-CSIC), Spain; Aromatic stacking in glycochemistry: Can glycosyl cations be tamed?
- 3.
- Coulson- Thomas, Vivien; University of Houston, USA; Targeting the stem cell hyaluronan microenvironment for regenerative medicine
- 4.
- Gagneux, Pascal; University of California San Diego, USA; Exploring the role of siglecs in the female reproductive tract
- 5.
- Geller, Herbert; National Institutes of Health, USA; Novel glycosaminoglycan binding to type IIa protein phosphatases
- 6.
- Guerardel, Yann; CNRS, France; Implication of microbiota polysaccharides in intestinal inflammatory diseases
- 7.
- Ito, Yukishige; RIKEN, Japan; Creation of carbohydrate derived epigenetic controlling molecules
- 8.
- Jennings, Michael; Griffith University, Australia; Investigation of multiple novel lectin functions of human complement receptor 3
- 9.
- Kajimura, Shingo; University of California San Francisco, USA; Molecular basis of brown fat development and function by glycosylation
- 10.
- Kitatani, Kazuyuki; Tohoku University, Japan; Identification of acid β-glucosidase as a tumor suppressor gene
- 11.
- Knudson, Warren; East Carolina University, USA; Cartilage Hyaluronan and CD44 in the Age of DAMPs
- 12.
- Ruan, Hai-Bin; University of Minnesota, USA; Gut microbiota-sensitive O-GlcNAc signaling protects intestinal inflammation
- 13.
- Strasser, Richard; University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Austria; Identification of the arabidopsis N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I receptor
- 14.
- Suzuki, Kenichi; Kyoto University, Japan; Unraveling of regulation mechanisms of receptor activity by gangliosides
- 15.
- Tateno, Hiroaki; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan; Development of an ultra-sensitive and non-destructive system to analyze glycome
- 16.
- Vasta, Gerardo; University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA; Galectin inhibitors for sepsis prevention and therapy
- 17.
- Yanagisawa, Hiromi; University of Tsukuba, Japan; Intervention of renal calcification focusing on heparin-binding matrix fibulin-7
