Our Early Stage Researchers will each undertake a PhD project in one of the following areas.
Together, we will advance the emerging field of Synthetic Glycobiology towards applications in diagnostics and targeted delivery.
ESR1 : Engineering Multimeric AB5 lectin complexes for membrane fusion
Supervisor: Prof Bruce Turnbull
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK
- ESR2 : Mucin-Like Glycocalyx Modules for Creating Complex Artificial Glycocalyxes
Supervised by Prof Bruce Turnbull
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK
- ESR3 : Lectins on Polymer Scaffolds for Superselective Targeting of Cancer Cells
Supervised by Dr Ralf Richter
UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK
ESR4 : Basic mechanisms and applications of lectin-triggered membrane fusion
Supervised by Prof Winfried Roemer
UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG, DE
- ESR5 : Crosslinking cytotoxic T cells and cancer cells with lectins to mediate cell death
Supervised by Prof Winfried Roemer
UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG, DE
ESR6 : Engineering of neo-lectins and janus lectins
Supervised by Dr Anne Imberty
CERMAV-CNRS, FR
- ESR7 : Application of glycosyl transferases to functionalise protocells
Supervised by Prof Christelle Breton
CERMAV-CNRS, FR
ESR8 : Chemical approaches to modify biological membranes and cell-surfaces
Supervised by Prof Ola Blixt
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, DK
- ESR9 : Glyco-modulation of membranes to elucidate host-parasite interactions
Supervised by Prof Ola Blixt
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, DK
ESR10 : Lectin attachment on surfaces by bioconjugation at non-canonical amino acids
Supervised by Dr Birgit Wiltschi
ACIB, AT
- ESR11 : Lectin-drug conjugates to induce cancer cell death by drug delivery
Supervised by Dr Birgit Wiltschi
ACIB, AT
ESR12 : Nanotechnology-driven construction of bioanalytical devices for glycomics
Supervised by Dr Jan Tkáč
ICSAS, SK
- ESR13 : Affinity-based methods for high-throughput determination of glycosylation
Supervised by Dr Jaroslav Katrlik
ICSAS, SK
- ESR14 : Development of a lectin kit for quality control of recombinant glycoprotein
Supervised by Dr Ludovic Landemarre
GLYcoDiag, FR
- ESR15 : Process development for the production of recombinant lectins in Escherichia coli
Supervised by Dr Juergen Mairhofer
ENGENES BIOTECH, AT