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In 2001, Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience received 97 research grant
applications from 24 countries. After careful evaluation for scientific
merit, potentiality and feasibility, the foundation approved 14 projects
and awarded a total of 70,000,000 yen to them. The grantees for the 2002
fiscal year are (in alphabetical order):
| 1. |
Baker, Nicholas E.; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA; “Regulatory glycosylation of Notch, a receptor for neural development” |
| 2. |
Brockhausen, Inka; Queen's University, Canada; “ Role of glycosylation in Fas-mediated apoptosis” |
| 3. |
Fraser-Reid, Bertram O.; North Carolina State University, USA; “ The glycoscience of GPIs-especially those of P. falciparum (Malaria) pathogen” |
| 4. |
Haltiwanger, Robert S.; State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA; “Analysis of O-fucose glycosylation sites on proteins” |
| 5. |
Hennet, Thierry; University of Zürich, Switzerland; “Mechanisms of cellular adaptation in congenital disorders of glycosylation” |
| 6. |
Kato, Koichi; Nagoya City University, Japan; “NMR approaches to the elucidation of biological functions of glycoproteins” |
| 7. |
Menon, Anant K.; University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA; “Localization of GPI biosynthetic enzymes to an endoplasmic reticulum domain” |
| 8. |
Moody, D. Branch; Harvard Medical School, USA; “Structure and function of glycolipid antigens presented by CD1” |
| 9. |
Ploegh, Hidde L.; Harvard Medical School, USA; “The role of peptide N-glycanase in glycoprotein quality control and turn over” |
| 10. |
Sonnino, Sandro; University of Milan, Italy; “Glycosignaling domains in the physiology and pathophysiology of neuronal cells” |
| 11. |
Spear, Patricia G.; Northwestern University, USA; “Binding of herpes simplex virus gD to heparan sulfate for viral entry into cells” |
| 12. |
Suzuki, Tadashi; University of Tokyo, Japan; “Structure and function of cytoplasmic endo-b-N- acetylglucosaminidase (ENGase)” |
| 13. |
Theoharides, Theoharis C.; Tufts University School of Medicine, USA; “ Regulation of mast cell activation by chondroitin sulfate” |
| 14. |
Trybala, Edward; Göteborg University, Sweden; “Cell surface heparan sulfate and specific tropism of herpes simplex viruses” |
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