Laboratory of carbohydrates

The laboratory focussed at basic problems of glycobiology and application of glyco-molecules in medicine. The main directions comprise synthesis of oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates, self-assembling peptides, carbohydrate-protein interactions, innate immunity to carbohydrates, study of cell surface lectins, influenza virus. Our current glyco-medical project are: glycoarray as tool for cancer diagnostics; natural antibodies as therapeutics; anti-influenza drug; carbohydrate vector for DC vaccines; anti-bacterial coatings.