In 1993, Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience received 326 research grant applications from 31 countries. After a careful evaluation for scientific merit, potentiality, and feasibility, the foundation selected 22 of the applications and awarded them a total of 150,000,000 yen. The grantees for the fiscal years of 1993 & 1994 are (in alphabetical order):
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Bremer, Eric G. ; Chicago Inst. for Neurosurgery & Neuroresearch, USA; "Ganglioside GM3 inhibition of the EGF receptor" |
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Crocker, Paul R.; University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK; "Molecular characterization of sialoadhesins and their carbohydrate ligands"* |
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Eichinger, Daniel J.; New York University Medical Ctr., USA; "Structure/function study of trypanosome trans-sialidase" |
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Endo, Masahiko; Hirosaki University, Japan; "Glycotechnological studies on the elongation of glycosaminoglycan chains" |
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Falck, John Russell; Univ. Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr. at Dallas, USA; "Synthesis of inositol phosphates, glycosides, and phospholipids" |
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Freeze, Hudson H.; La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, USA; "Mapping glycosyl transferases in the functional Golgi" |
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Fukuda, Minoru; La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation, USA; "Molecular identification of L-selectin ligands" |
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Furukawa, Koichi; Nagasaki University, Japan; "Regulatory mechanism of the GM2/GD2 synthase gene expression" |
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Galili, Uri; The Medical College of Pennsylvania, USA; "Reactive sites and regulation of primate alpha 1,3 galactosyltransferase" |
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Gross, Kenneth C.; USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD, USA; "Biological activity of unconjugated N-glycans in ripening tomato fruit" |
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Inoue, Yasuo; University of Tokyo, Japan; Commonality and function of N-glycanase-catalyzed de-N-glycosylation of glycoproteins" |
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Ito, Makoto; Kyushu University, Japan; "Homeostatic regulation of cell-surface glycosphingolipids" |
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Joziasse, David H.; Vrije Univ., The Netherlands; "Fucosyltransferases: Three-dimensional structure and substrate specificity" |
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Kelm, Soerge; Christian Albrechts University at Kiel, Germany; "Molecular characterisation of sialoadhesins and their carbohydrate ligands"* |
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Kornfeld, Stuart A.; Washington University School of Medicine, USA; "Phosphotransferase recognition domain on the lysosomal hydrolase cathepsin H" |
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Kreibich, Gert; New York University Medical Ctr., USA; "Function and structural organization of the subunits of the oligosaccharyl transferase" |
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Lindahl, Ulf; Uppsala University, Sweden; "Enzymes with dual catalytic activities in the biosynthesis of heparin/heparan sulfate" |
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Linhardt, Robert J.; University of Iowa, USA; "Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of heparin and oligosaccharides from chiral synthons" |
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Marcus, Donald M.; Baylor College of Medicine, USA; "Antibodies against gangliosides in motor neuron diseases" |
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Nyholm, Per-Georg; University of Gšteborg, Sweden; "Conformation and recognition of carbohydrates at the cell surface" |
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Olwin, Bradley Bruce; Purdue University, USA; "Role of FGF receptor heparan sulfate binding domain in FGF signaling" |
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Suzuki, Yasuo; University of Shizuoka, Japan; "Sialyl-sugar chain recognition by influenza viruses during their evolution" |
