Glycomics Institute of Alberta

External Resources

Below you'll find resources we've compiled from across the web to help you get into glycoscience. It includes glycomics organizations the world over, data resources and tools, and repositories. If you have developed a tool or resource that you would like included in this list, please contact us.

GlycoNet

A national initiative that works synergistically with GIA to promote glycomics research in Canada

Society for Glycobiology

Non-profit scholarly society that runs a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, Glycobiology

National Center for Functional Glycomics

Offers glycan and glycopeptide microarray sample analysis and data interpretation

Complex Carbohydrate Research Center

Provides analytical services and training for the study of complex carbohydrates

ACS Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry

A technical division of the ACS focused on carbohydrate chemistry

Institute for Glycomics

Delivers novel drug, vaccine, and diagnostic technologies with carbohydrate-related targets

Australian Glycoscience Society

Builds connections between glycoscientists in Australia and internationally (aka Glyco@Oz)

Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience

Distributes research grants and supports international conferences on glycoscience

Compiles and makes recent advancements in glycomics accessible to wider audiences

The Glycophysics Network

Facilitates the integration of novel molecular tools into glycoscience research

The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research

Runs a peer-reviewed research journal, The Journal of Applied Glycoscience

iGCORE

An integrative glycoscience hub promoting cross-disciplinary research

GlycoCore

Investigates the roles glycans play in various diseases using mouse models

Chemical Glycobiology

47 min
Carolyn Bertozzi, Berkeley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Imaging the Glycome

58 min
Carolyn Bertozzi, Berkeley and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Glycobiology and Clinical Applications

11 min
New England Biolabs, Glycobiology series

Overview of Glycobiology

6 min
New England Biolabs, Glycobiology series

Tools for Glycoprotein Analysis

6 min
New England Biolabs, Glycobiology series

Identification and Characterization of Protein Glycosylation

10 min
New England Biolabs, Glycobiology series

Peptide From Phage Display Library Modulate Gene Expression

8 min
New England Biolabs, Glycobiology series

Elucidating the Complexity of Heparin Oligosaccharide Analysis

27 min
New England Biolabs, Glycobiology series

One Step Protocol for Deglycosylation with Rapid PNGase F

3 min
New England Biolabs, Glycobiology series

Two Step Protocol for Deglycosylation with Rapid PNGase F

3 min
New England Biolabs, Glycobiology series

Behind the Paper: Comprehensive Profiling of Glycosphingolipid Glycans

6 min
New England Biolabs, Glycobiology series

Behind the Paper: An Engineered Fbs1 Carbohydrate Binding Protein for Selective Capture of N-glycans

5 min
New England Biolabs, Glycobiology series

Glycobiology, Influenza, and Drug Development

17 min
Warren Wakarchuk, GlycoNet

Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation

14 min
Barbara Triggs-Raine, Professor, University of Manitoba

Lysosomal Storage Diseases

26 min
Richard Uwiera & Trina Uwiera, University of Alberta

Carbohydrate Chemistry Part 1. Introduction

9 min
Ryan Snitynsky & Kaitlyn Towle, GlycoNet Carbohydrate Chemistry 101 series

Carbohydrate Chemistry Part 2. Nomenclature

12 min
Ryan Snitynsky & Kaitlyn Towle, GlycoNet Carbohydrate Chemistry 101 series

Carbohydrate Chemistry Part 3. Protecting Groups

8 min
Ryan Snitynsky & Kaitlyn Towle, GlycoNet Carbohydrate Chemistry 101 series

Carbohydrate Chemistry Part 4. Modifications to the Carbohydrate Ring

13 min
Ryan Snitynsky & Kaitlyn Towle, GlycoNet Carbohydrate Chemistry 101 series

Carbohydrate Chemistry Part 5. Chemical Glycosylation

16 min
Ryan Snitynsky & Kaitlyn Towle, GlycoNet Carbohydrate Chemistry 101 series

Carbohydrate Chemistry Part 6. Biosynthesis and Chemoenzymatic Synthesis

12 min
Ryan Snitynsky & Kaitlyn Towle, GlycoNet Carbohydrate Chemistry 101 series

Carbohydrate Chemistry Part 7. 1D NMR Analysis of Carbohydrates

11 min
Ryan Snitynsky & Kaitlyn Towle, GlycoNet Carbohydrate Chemistry 101 series

Carbohydrate Chemistry Part 8. 2D NMR Analysis of Carbohydrates

20 min
Ryan Snitynsky & Kaitlyn Towle, GlycoNet Carbohydrate Chemistry 101 series

Carbohydrate Chemistry Part 9. Mass Spectrometry of Carbohydrates

15 min
Ryan Snitynsky & Kaitlyn Towle, GlycoNet Carbohydrate Chemistry 101 series

EGC 2020 Webinar Recordings

Topics include vaccine development, live-cell proximity labeling, cellulose nano-structures, and molecular imaging

EGC 2021 Webinar Recordings

Topics include the role of the glycan shield in the activation of SARS-CoV-2, IgG fucosylation in immune responses, and integrative structural glycobiology

EGC 2022 Webinar Recordings

Topics include autoimmunity, osteoarthritis, ovarian and breast cancer,  glycoinformatics, and carbohydrate synthesis

EGC 2023 Webinar Recordings

Topics include the immunopathology of altered glycosylation, biomarker discovery, HMO biology, and plant cell wall biology

CAZy

Carbohydrate-active enzymes database

CAZypedia

Database of CAZymes and associated carbohydrate-binding modules

CSBD

Carbohydrate structure database

DAGR

Database of anti-glycan reagents

GAG-DB

Database of 3D structures of glycosaminoglycans

Glycopedia

eChapters on select carbohydrate-based topics in the field of glycoscience

GLYCAM-Web

Database of 3D structures of molecules and complexes containing carbohydrates

Glyco@Expasy

Web-based glycoinformatics resources tool

GlycoDigest

Tool for in silico digestion of glycans by exoglycosidases

GlyConnect

Integrated glycosylation data platform

GlyConnect Compozitor

Tool to contextualize glycan composition sets

GlycoForest

Partial de novo glycan sequencing tool based on MS/MS data

GlyGen

Platform for computational and informatics resources for glycoscience

GlycoSiteAlign

Tool for multiple alignment of sequences around glycosylation sites

GlyCosmos

GlyCosmos glycoscience portal

Glydin'

Tool for network representation of known glycan determinants

GlycoMod

Tool to predict oligosaccharide structures on proteins based on their mass

Glynsight

Tool to visualize and compare glycan expression profiles

GlyS3

Tool to match a glycan substrate to a database of full structures

GlyTouCan

Non-curated international glycan structure repository

HMO-Glycologue

Tool to simulate human milk oligosaccharide synthesis

JCGGDB

Japanese consortium for glycobiology and glycotechnology

MonosaccharideDB

Comprehensive monosaccharide database

Myristoylator

Tool for N-terminal myristoylation of proteins by neural networks

MzJava

Open source Java class library to process MS fragmentation

O-GlcNAc Database

Database of O-GlcNAcylated proteins and sites

PepSweetener

Human intact N-glycopeptide mass matching tool

SugarBind

Pathogen sugar-binding database

SugarSketcher

SNFG-compliant glycan structure drawing tool

Swiss Mass Abacus

Intuitive calculator of peptide and glycopeptide masses

UniCard-DB

Database of glycan structures and associated mass spectrometry data

UniCarb-DR

Non-curated sister repository to UniCarb-DB

UniLectin

Database of structural and functional classification of lectins

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