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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 provides our students with a breadth of opportunities in their professional training and research.
New Faculty
Welcome our new faculty member Ryan J. Weiss, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, who joined the CCRC in January 2021.
— 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!
