| 1. |
Aoki, Kazuhiro; University of Georgia, USA; Defining the interface between innate immunity and glycan expression |
| 2. |
Berti, Paul; McMaster University, Canada; Transition state analyses of maltase-glucoamylase and sucrase/isomaltase |
| 3. |
Chien, Chi-Bin; University of Utah, USA; Specific roles of glypicans and syndecans in retinal axon guidance in vivo |
| 4. |
Dahms, Nancy; Medical College of Wisconsin, USA; Structural analyses of MRH domain-containing lectins |
| 5. |
Hascall, Vincent; The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA; Heparin modulates hyaluronan synthesis in diabetic nephropathy. |
| 6. |
Kozutsumi, Yasunori; Kyoto University, Japan; Biological function of dynamic change in sugar chains of germinal center B cells |
| 7. |
Mort, John; McGill University, Canada; Hyaluronan synthases - journey from the RER to the plasma membrane |
| *8. |
Schulz, Benjamin; The University of Queensland, Australia; Mechanisms of glycosylation site selection by yeast oligosaccharyltransferase |
| 9. |
Schwarting, Gerald; University of Masachusetts Medical School. USA; Structure/function studies of N-linked glycans of olfactory AC3 and CNGA2 |
| 10. |
Schwartz, Nancy; The University of Chicago, USA; Role of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans in hedgehog signaling |
| 11. |
Suzuki, Takashi; University of Shizuoka, Japan; Role of sulfatide in replication of influenza A virus |
| 12. |
Tanaka, Hiroshi; Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan; Synthesis of di/oligosialic acid derivatives and their biological evaluation |
| 13. |
Tashiro, Takuya; RIKEN, Japan; Immune regulation with the artificial super-sphingolipid |
| 14. |
Wu, Peng; Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, USA; Chemoenzymatic synthesis of fucosylated glycans and their derivatives |
| *15. |
Yamada, Shuhei; Hokkaido University, Japan; Studies on novel mammalian endo-type chondroitin sulfate hydrolases |
| [*] awardees in the category, “Exploratory Glycoscience” |
