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BioF:GREAT is an NSF BioFoundry located at UGA's Complex Carbohydrate Research Center focused on democratizing glycoscience by increasing accessibility to resources, education, and training.

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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🧪 Need specialized sugar donors for your research? BioF offers NDP sugars, sugar analogs & derivatives for glycoscience research—with custom synthesis and bulk quantities available. 🍬 Democratizing Glycoscience. biofgreat.org/donors/ #biofgreat #nsf #teledyne #glycotime
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NDP sugars and derivatives
NDP sugars and derivatives — Glycoscience Research, Education and Training — democratizing glycoscience by increasing accessibility to research, education and training
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🧬 New BioF:GREAT-supported research in Cell Reports reveals how Type IV-C CRISPR-Cas systems recognize dsDNA & trigger collateral DNA/RNA cleavage. 🔬 BioF:GREAT contributed mass spectrometry workflows & expertise. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42700392/ #BioFGREAT #CRISPR #MassSpectrometry
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📅 Mark your calendars for the 2027 Gordon Research Conference on Glycobiology! 🗓️ March 14–19, 2027 📍 Ventura, California 🧬 BioF:GREAT is a proud sponsor & Dr. Lance Wells@docgatordawg1.bsky.social is co-chairing the conference! www.grc.org/glycobiology... #NSF #biofgreat #glycotime
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🧬 Meet a Glycoscientist: Dr. Michael Boyce! From cell biology to glycobiology, Mike’s journey is driven by curiosity and the many unanswered questions in glycoscience. 🍬 biofgreat.org/wp-content/u... scientistspotlights.org/scientist/mi... #Glycotime #BioFGREAT #NSF
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
From Spectra to Glycobiology: Advances in Glycoproteomics Software with MSFragger-Glyco and FragPipe A special seminar from Dr. Dan Polasky on advances in mass spectrometry-based glycoproteomics and data analysis. 📅 Thursday, August 20 ⏰ 12:30–1:30 PM 📍 CCRC Auditorium | UGA #biofgreat #glycotime
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Another BioF:GREAT manuscript is in press at the Journal of Biological Chemistry! 🧬 The X-tal structure of B3GLCT complexed with a TSR reveals B3GLCT is a GT-A/GT-B hybrid GT while being built from two GT-A folds. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... biofgreat.org/pubs/ #glycotime #biofgreat
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🧬 What happens when an immunology researcher discovers glycobiology? Meet Zainab Hakeem, a UGA grad student studying how glycans regulate immune cell receptors. Her journey shows why glycobiology is important and overlooked. biofgreat.org/wp-content/u... scientistspotlights.org/scientist/za...
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Glycomics • Glycoproteomics • Glycoenzymes • Glycoinformatics (AI/ML) Join BioF:GREAT (Oct. 12–14, 2026) for hands-on training in AlphaFold 3, JAAG, AI-driven glycoenzyme modeling, glycoproteomics, and glycomics. Register below ⬇️ ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🧬 Every glycobiologist has a story. Meet Dr. M. Osman Sheikh, Ph.D. A lifelong "tinkerer," Osman turned his curiosity about how things work into a career in glycobiology. Discover his journey below. biofgreat.org/wp-content/u... scientistspotlights.org/scientist/os... #glycotime #biofgreat #NSF
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
At #ASMS in San Diego? Don’t miss Bruker’s Dimitris Papanastasiou presentation — June 2, 4 PM 📍 Room 6CF. Featuring α2,3/α2,6 sialic acid analysis on N-linked glycans with timsOmni. Shoutout to BioF’s Sree Hari Seenivasan for generating the glycopeptides that made this collaboration possible!
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Watch Megna Tiwari's Glycobiology 101, the first video in our "Sweet Spot Education" series! A user-friendly introduction to glycobiology, with more educational resources from BioF coming soon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEc9... #NSF #BioFGREAT #STEMeducation #Glycoscience #glycotime
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Congratulations to Dr. Jerry Hart for being elected to the National Academy of Science! A living legend and inspiration for many on the BioF:GREAT team. www.nasonline.org/news/2026-na... #glycotime #Glycobiology #Glycoscience #CCRC
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National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members - NAS
WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 25 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original res...
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New bioRxiv preprint from the BioF:GREAT team! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... Glydentify — a deep learning to predict sugar donor usage across GT-A/GT-B glycosyltransferases 🍭🤖 Congrats to co-first authors Ruili Fang & Lan Na! #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycobiology #GlycoTime #AIinScience
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Great to attend the Biofoundry session at ACS Spring 2026🧪! Thanks to George Heintz & Zhao Huimin for organizing and inviting BioF:GREAT. Also, thanks to Sydney Bedillion, Ruili Fang & Digantkumar Chapla for great flash talks! 🚀 #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycobiology #GlycoTime #Biofoundry
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
🔬Trouble expressing glycoside hydrolases or glycosyltransferases? BioF:GREAT can help! JP Gourdine’s lab (Lewis & Clark College) now expresses🧪 GFP-tagged GH enzymes using our GH platform—empowering undergrads & accelerating research🍭. biofgreat.org #BioFGREAT #NSF #Glycoscience #Glycobiology
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
🚀 Join the GlySpace Alliance Webinar – Feb 17 | 10 AM (Zoom) Hear from BioF:GREAT’s Dr. Lance Wells on democratizing glycoscience + Dr. Rene Ranzinger on new GlyGen v2.10 tools! See you there! #BioFGREAT #Glycoscience #Glycobiology #GlyGen #NSF
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
🚀 BioF:GREAT at #ACSSpring2026! We’re excited to be speaking in two sessions in Atlanta: 🧬 Biofoundry Session — Tues, Mar 24 🧪 BioF:GREAT Symposium — Wed, Mar 25 Keynotes by Rui Kong & Richard Drake + 12+ talks from the BioF:GREAT team! #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycoscience #Glycobiology #GlycoTime
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Huge congrats to Sydney Bedillion (UGA & BioF:GREAT) on winning the 2026 Beverly B. Ledakowski Cancer Research Fellowship! 🎉 She studies cancer cell surface glycans 🍭🧪 and will present at the UGA–Emory Cancer Summit (Mar 20, 2026). #NSF #BioFGREAT #Cancer #UGA #Emory #glycotime
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Congrats to BioF:GREAT's very own, Lance Wells @docgatordawg1.bsky.social for being named as one of ASBMB's 2026 Fellows!!! 🧪🍭 www.asbmb.org/asbmb-today/... #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycobiology #Glycoscience #GlycoTime
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ASBMB names 2026 fellows
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology announced that it has named 16 members as 2026 fellows of the society.
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
BioF:GREAT & CCRC are excited to host Dr. Vlad Panin (Texas A&M) for an upcoming seminar! 🗓 Feb 11 | ⏰ 12:30 PM 📍 CCRC Auditorium “Unraveling Protein O-mannosylation in the nervous system & regulation of RPTPs” 🍭 🧪 #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycobiology #Glycoscience #GlycoTime
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
New BioF:GREAT publication in Nature Vaccines. Dr. Lance Wells and Dr. Peng (Linda) Zhao, with Dr. Rui Kong (Emory), show how glycan 🧪 engineering can advance HIV vaccine design. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #NSF #BioFGREAT #Glycobiology #Glycoscience #VaccineResearch #GlycoTime
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Novel HIV-1 fusion peptide immunogens using glycan-engineered alphavirus-like particles - npj Vaccines
npj Vaccines - Novel HIV-1 fusion peptide immunogens using glycan-engineered alphavirus-like particles
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Throwback Thursday: Congrats to BioF:GREAT’s 🧪own Erin Dolan on receiving SABER’s Mary Pat Wenderoth Lectureship Award in July! 🎉 Her passion for STEM education🎓 inspires us all. #NSF #BioFGREAT #STEMeducation #Glycoscience
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Come see Dr. Alison Roberts give her talk on Wednesday, December 5th 12:30pm in the CCRC 🧪auditorium. She will give a talk titled "Spinning Yarns: Structure and Evolution of Cellulose Synthesis Complexes" web.uri.edu/bio/meet/ali... #biofgreat #NSF #glycotime #glycobiology
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
🚀 New #LetsTalkChemistry episode! Dr. Lance Wells discusses how mutations in OGT cause XLID and how glycosylation 🧪 can make drugs more effective. Discover how glycans 🍭 shape biology & medicine: 🔗 lnkd.in/gF-MfVaY #NSF #Glycobiology #Glycoscience #glycotime
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia (UGA) invites applications for multiple open faculty positions, beginning August 1, 2026. See the attached png files for a description of the six faculty positions.
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Dr. Megna Tiwari gave a seminar at Morehouse College on glycobiology🧪 & science education! “Curiosity led me from studying infectious agents to glycobiology. Now with Dr. Erin Dolan & BioF:GREAT, I’m helping democratize glycoscience!” 🧬🍭#biof:great #NSF
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Lucy Crouch @lucyicm.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Our group has a PhD position available in 'The vaginal microbiota – understanding how this microbial community forms'. warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fa... There are also many other amazing projects to choose between from other groups, so check out the MIBTP website!
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
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Hiren Joshi @glyco.me · 09/10/2025
employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho... Hi all! We’re hiring at our brand new Center for Glycocalyx Research, across all areas - but I am also looking for postdocs to join my group specifically!
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Postdoc at the Copenhagen Center for Glycocalyx Research at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
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Sweet Papers 🤖 @sweetpapers.proteaglyco.com · 12/10/2025
Origins and evolution of the essentials of glycobiology textbook #glycotime #Glycobiology
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Origins and evolution of the essentials of glycobiology textbook
Ajit Varki; Origins and evolution of the essentials of glycobiology textbook, Glycobiology, , cwaf062, https://doi.org/10.1093/glycob/cwaf062
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Hiren Joshi @glyco.me · 10/10/2025
Also, on top of the postdoc and PhD positions open, you should also get in touch if you would like to try your hand at an EMBO or Marie Curie fellowship with us to get a headstart on your independent career.
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Lara K. Mahal @glycocode.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
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Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces (MPICI) @mpici.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Opportunity for a #Master' s Student. #Glycotime #Chemsky
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Check out the latest issue of Carbohydrate Research. It's a massive, international celebration honoring the incredible career of a true giant in the field: Prof. Richard R. Schmidt on his 90th birthday! 🧪 Happy Birthday Prof. Schmidt! 🎂 #glycotime www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Dedicated Issue of ‘Carbohydrate Research’ as Part of celebration of 90th Birth Anniversary of Prof. (em.) Dr. Richard R. Schmidt
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Lara K. Mahal @glycocode.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Imagine if the blood type of a donor organ no longer mattered. Researchers from Canada and China used glycoenzymes FpGalNAc deacetylase and FpGalactosaminidase to "convert" a Type-A donor kidney into a Universal organ by removing unwanted A-antigens. Great glyco-work!! #glycotime rdcu.be/eJ4Bc
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Enzyme-converted O kidneys allow ABO-incompatible transplantation without hyperacute rejection in a human decedent model
Nature Biomedical Engineering - An ex vivo model and pre-clinical study in a brain-dead recipient provide enzyme-converted O organs to avoid hyperacute rejection in ABO-incompatible kidney...
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
☀️ Your Brain Needs a Tan, Too! 🧠 Are you coming to San Diego for the SFG Annual Meeting (Nov 9–12), so why not make the most of it? Jump straight into the focused, high-impact Workshops! Sign up today to take advantage of all the #glycotime goodness www.glycobiology.org/annual-meeting
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Think DNA and proteins are the whole story? Think again! 🤯 The Flynn lab just found a powerful new way to map out glycoRNAs using their super-sensitive rPAL-seq method. This innovative technique revealed glycoRNA patterns on snRNAs/snoRNAs and extracellular vesicles. #CellBiology #glycotime 🧪
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Lara K. Mahal @glycocode.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
We’re excited to invite you to the @giaglyco.bsky.social GIA2025 Symposium on Thursday and Friday, November 6–7. Registration is free and the event will take place in person and virtually for those joining online. glyco-alberta.ca/gia2025/ Come get the latest #Glycogang swag!
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Join us for our fourth annual symposium, a celebration of knowledge and innovation in the field of glycoscience! Whether you’re an aspiring scientist or a seasoned researcher…
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
The key to cancer's sugar shield (O-GalNAc glycosylation) is the enzyme GalE! 🎯 Ben Schuman's lab just unveiled powerful new GlaE inhibitors of using a new fragment screening + structure-based design approach, opening new paths for oncology therapeutics! #ChemicalBiology #DrugDesign #glycotime 🧪
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Using deuterium and neutron crystallography, the Imberty lab just cracked the atomic-level structure of the P. aeruginosa lectin, LecA, binding human sugars! 🧪 This structural insight is vital for designing new drugs. Great work, @anneimb.bsky.social team! #DrugDesign #glycotime
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Lis Lowe @lislowe.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
I’m trying to remember what story Harry was telling to make him laugh like that 🤣🤣
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Riley Research Group @riley-research.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Awesome to see GlyCounter at work! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Extracting informative glycan-specific ions from glycopeptide MS/MS spectra with GlyCounter
Glycopeptide tandem mass spectra typically contain numerous glycan-specific fragments that can inform several features of glycan modifications, including glycan class, composition, and structure. Whil...
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The world of biology is full of specific rules... but Glycosyltransferases (GTs) are here to shake things up! 🧪 GTs add sugar chains to proteins and lipids (glycosylation). Understanding GT substrate selectivity is key to engineering enzymes with improved properties for industrial use! #glycotime
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The BioFGREAT team is always excited about new tools to streamline protein design workflows. Looking forward to checking out ProteinDJ! 🚀🧪
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Did you know the extracellular matrix has a sweet side? New research from the Robert Haltiwanger at @universityofga.bsky.social is shaking up what we know about Marfan syndrome! #glycotime #biochemistry #humanhealth - Journal of Biological Chemistry www.jbc.org/article/S002...
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Marfan syndrome variation of the POGLUT2 and POGLUT3 consensus sequence can produce aberrant fibrillin-1 O-glucosylation
Fibrillin-1 (FBN1) is an essential component of the extracellular matrix, forming microfibril bundles that are important for the proper development of elastic tissues found in the aorta and lung, as w...
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Meet the BioF:GREAT Team at The Society for Glycobiology's Annual Meeting in San Diego this November and be part of the future of glycoscience! Register for SfGlycobiology here: www.glycobiology.org/annual-meeting See you there! #SfGlycobiology #glycotime #biotech #glycotime #glycosylation
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The team at BioF:GREAT is always on the lookout for new protein design models that care about more than just the backbone! We are excited to try the new RFdiffusion3 (RFD3)! 🚀 New preprint from David Baker!🚀 🧪 #ProteinDesign #DeepLearning #ComputationalBiology www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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De novo Design of All-atom Biomolecular Interactions with RFdiffusion3
Deep learning has accelerated protein design, but most existing methods are restricted to generating protein backbone coordinates and often neglect interactions with other biomolecules. We present RFd...
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🍭 Glycans are biology’s sugar code—super complex, super important. Thanks to AlphaFold3, we can now model their interactions with proteins! 🧪 Our new workflow unlocks fresh ways to explore immunity, infection & disease. doi.org/10.1093/glyc... #BioFGREAT #NSF #glycotime
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BioF:GREAT @biof-great.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Breaking news: Richard Cummings created a Periodic Table of Monosaccharides! So next time someone says “sugar is simple,” just casually drop that there’s a whole periodic table for them! #glycotime 🧪 academic.oup.com/glycob/artic...
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