Carbohydrate analysis is a staple of the food and beverage industry as
part of labeling requirements, dietary considerations and the
macronutrient content of our food and drink. Carbohydrates are also...
I would like to talk about fucose.‘Fucose…is that the red triangle1?’ is
a question commonly asked by colleagues who are either advocates of the
Oxford notation2 system, or less informed about the joy...
Glycosylation is one of the most common protein post-translational
modifications and can affect the protein’s functionality, stability and
immunogenicity. It is for these reasons that for biopharmaceu...
I’m writing this article following a day at NIBRT (National Institute
for Bioprocessing Research and Training) in Dublin, Ireland attending
the Thermo Fisher Scientific Biopharma Summit. NIBRT and The...
Being the youngest and only girl in the family has meant that I’ve
provided my dad with that little extra level of worry. My dad is a
cautious soul; especially when it comes to his children and their ...
I’ve always been fascinated by the field of immunology and the immune
system, probably explaining why I took a doctorate in immunology. Two
areas that particularly interest me are how the immune syste...
There’s been a lot of interest recently in the study of glycans and
glycoforms, such as proteins and peptides that have glycans attached to
them. The analysis of glycans (also known as carbohydrates, ...
Most of my early research career focused on the post-translational
modifications (PTMs) of proteins and in those days there was only one
worthy PTM in my eyes and that was phosphorylation while glycos...