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Welcome to the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC) at the University of Georgia.
The CCRC occupies an ~140,000 sq.ft. building specifically designed for the interdisciplinary and equipment-intensive nature of carbohydrate science. The Center is organized to optimize cooperation and collaboration among disciplines (biomedical glycoscience, plant and microbial glycoscience, synthetic and analytical chemistry), and to provide analytical services and training, both within the CCRC and to university, government, and industrial laboratories world-wide. Our faculty have research programs that span multiple research domains, which provide our students with a breadth of opportunities in their professional training and research.
News
— January 2025 —
The new year brings in TWO new pillars of leadership, research, and education to the CCRC / CMM communities!
Joining us are Drs. Nathan Lewis and Christopher West.
Nathan Lewis (left) is the newest Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar for both the Center for Molecular Medicine and the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center. Lewis, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, will be bringing his research and part of his team from the University of California, SanDiego.
Lewis studies cellular communication, cell-cell interactions, and how cells are regulated on a molecular level, all in efforts to study human disease and engineer cells for therapeutic purposes.
Chris West (right), UGA’s Distinguished Research Professor, has until recently guided the Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Department as Head for nine years. West now takes up the mantle of Associate Director for the Center for Molecular Medicine to share his experience and resources.
West uses techniques such as gene editing and glycome profiling to study glycosylation as used by eukaryotic parasites to proliferate. Click here for more information on Chris West: https://ccrc.uga.edu/team/christopher-west/
We enthusiastically welcome both great minds to lead and collaborate with us!
— August 2024 —
CONGRATULATIONS!!
The CCRC takes on the challenge of extending research, training, and science education with a BioFoundry Program.
The National Science Foundation awarded $18M to a team at the CCRC to initiate the BioFoundry: Glycoscience Resources, Education, and Training (BioF:GREAT) Program, which will provide more glycoscience tools at the research bench, source material in the classroom, training in mentorship and analytical techniques, and glycoscience education to more learning communities.
Investigators include Lance Wells, Kelley Moremen, Erin Dolan, Breanna Urbanowicz, Natarajan Kannan, Parastoo Azadi. All are posing with CCRC/CMM Joint-Director Michael Tiemeyer.
For the full article, click this link: @UGA Research
For a fuller understanding of NSF’s BioFoundry Project, click this link: NSF News
WELCOME TO THE CCRC!
Dr. Ana Ramírez has joined the CCRC Faculty as Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. She comes from ETH Zurich in Switzerland to continue her research on GPI assembly in mammalian cells and parasitic organisms.
Follow this link to the Ramírez Lab: www.ramirezlaboratory.net
CCRC Seminar: Scott Selleck, January 8
Upcoming Seminars
| Nov 6 | "Chemical biology approaches to study glycans processing enzymes in neurodegenerative diseases" | 12:30pm | David Vocodlo | CCRC Auditorium |
| Nov 20 | "Mucinomics as the next frontier of mass spectrometry" | 11:30pm | Stacy Malaker | CCRC Auditorium |
| Dec 4 | "Inside/Out: Protein glycosylation in the early secretory pathway and mucin biosynthesis" | 12:30pm | Michael Boyce | CCRC Auditorium |
| Dec 11 | CANCELED | Scott Selleck | CCRC Auditorium | |
| Jan 8 | "Heparan sulfate modified protein function in neurodegenerative disease: Influences on lysosomal trafficking, lipid metabolism, and mitochondrial function AND why heparan sulfate biosynthesis is a good target for disease intervention..." | 12:30pm | Scott Selleck | CCRC Auditorium |