[bioundgrd] FW: Advanced Undergraduate Seminar on Glycans

[Crystal Boateng]

For more information on 7.344, please contact the instructors, Cristina<http://zamorac@mit.edu> and Nate<http://schocker@mit.edu>. The class is currently meeting on Wednesdays from 3-5 pm in 68-150.
Best,
Crystal


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From: Cristina Zamora zamorac at mit.edu<mailto:zamorac at mit.edu>
Cc: Nate Schocker schocker at mit.edu<mailto:schocker at mit.edu>
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Advanced Undergraduate Seminar 7.344- Glycans: The Most Important Class of Biomolecule You’ve Never Heard Of

A parasite escapes detection by its host by using camouflage and decoys. A mouse gene goes from silenced to expressed simply by the addition of eight carbon atoms. A breast cell becomes cancerous and alters its membrane to look like a white blood cell instead, a change important in metastasis. What do these seemingly distinct processes have in common? All are made possible by glycans, complex essential sugars attached to proteins and other biomolecules. Completely distinct from metabolic sugars, glycans are generated and destroyed by hundreds of enzymes and are vital to nearly every biological process. So why might you not have heard more about them?

In this course, we will discuss how biologists and chemists alike craft experiments to uncover the many ways in which glycans impact human biology and disease and how these insights are being leveraged to create therapeutics and essential tools.

If you’re a chemist, biologist, chemical engineer or biological engineer, come to our first class on Wednesday, September 5th in 68-150 to learn more!!

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