Glycobiology

PhD Project Area

Cell-Cell Interactions

One of the biggest challenges in contemporary biology is to understand how cells integrate chemical and physical signals to drive self-assembly, which underpins the formation of complex architectures such as tissues and organs.

PhD Project Area

Dissecting the sugar-code in situ

Glycosylation – the covalent attachment of a sugar molecule to a protein – is the most abundant and indeed most complex post translational modification (PTM) in nature.

News

Professor Ben Davis awarded 2025 Claude S Hudson Award

Congratulations to Professor Ben Davis who has received the 2025 Claude S Hudson Award, presented by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The Hudson Award is presented biennially by the ACS Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry & Chemical Glycobiology (CARB), committed to advancing the field…