EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Ajit Varki, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Founding Director, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

EDITORS

Richard D. Cummings, Professor of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Director, National Center for Functional Glycomics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Jeffrey D. Esko, Distinguished Professor of Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Founding Director, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

Pamela Stanley, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Chair, Professor of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA

Gerald W. Hart, Sr. Eminent Scholar in Drug Discovery, Georgia Research Alliance William Henry Terry Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Markus Aebi, Professor of Mycology, ETH Zürich, Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Zürich, Switzerland

Debra Mohnen, Distinguished Research Professor, Georgia Athletics Association Professor in Complex Carbohydrate Research, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Taroh Kinoshita, Endowed Chair and Professor, Yabumoto Department of Intractable Disease Research, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Nicolle H. Packer, Distinguished Professor of Molecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia and Principal Research Leader, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

James H. Prestegard, Professor and Eminent Scholar Emeritus, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Ronald L. Schnaar, Professor, Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Peter H. Seeberger, Director of Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany, Professor, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany

CO-AUTHORS

Yoshihiro Akimoto, Professor, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Sonja-Verena Albers, Professor, University of Freiburg, Freiberg im Breisgau, Germany

Takashi Angata, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Jesús Angulo, Sr. Distinguished Researcher, University of Seville, Seville, Spain

Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita, Professor, Glycan and Life Systems Integration Center, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan

Susan L. Bellis, Professor and Endowed Chair, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Professor, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

Michael Boyce, Associate Professor, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Thomas Braulke, Professor, University Medical-Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Inka Brockhausen, Associate Professor, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Matthew P. Campbell, Research Fellow, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Xi Chen, Professor, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA

Elise Chiffoleau, Researcher, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, University of Nantes, Nantes, France

Henrik Clausen, Professor, Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Karen J. Colley, Professor and Dean, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

John Couchman, Professor Emeritus, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Nancy Dahms, Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Alan G. Darvill, Director and Regents Professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Benjamin G. Davis, Professor and Science Director, The Rosalind Franklin Institute and University of Oxford, Oxford, England

Martina Delbianco, Group Leader, Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany

Matthew P. DeLisa, Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

Anne Dell, Professor and Department Head Life Sciences, Imperial College, London, London, England

Tamara L. Doering, Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Kurt Drickamer, Professor, Imperial College London, London, England

Jerry Eichler, Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

Marilynn E. Etzler, Professor, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA

Michael A.J. Ferguson, Regius Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland

Darón I. Freedberg, Senior Scientist, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA

Hudson H. Freeze, Professor, Sanford Burnham Prebys, San Diego, California, USA

Morihisa Fujita, Professor, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Pascal Gagneux, Professor, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

Kamil Godula, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

Michael G. Hahn, Professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Robert S. Haltiwanger, GRA Eminent Scholar, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Vincent Hascall, Professor, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Stuart M. Haslam, Professor, Imperial College London, London, England

Thierry Hennet, Professor, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland

Bernard Henrissat, Professor, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Karin M. Hoffmeister, Professor, Endowed Chair and Director, Versiti Translational Glycomics Center and Blood Research Institute, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA

Cornelis H. Hokke, Professor, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Anne Imberty, Research Director, CERMAV, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France

Hamed Jafar-Nejad, Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

Reiji Kannagi, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Niclas G. Karlsson, Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway

Koichi Kato, Professor, Exploratory Research Center, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, Japan

Kay-Hooi Khoo, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Jennifer J. Kohler, Associate Professor, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Sneha Sudha Komath, Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University School of Life Sciences, New Delhi, India

Stuart Kornfeld, Professor, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Gordan Lauc, Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia

Carlito B. Lebrilla, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA

Dirk J. Lefeber, Professor, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Nathan E. Lewis, Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

Amanda L. Lewis, Professor and Associate Director, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA

Ulf Lindahl, Professor Emeritus, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Robert J. Linhardt, Chair, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA

Frédérique Lisacek, Group Leader, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Fu-Tong Liu, Vice President, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Jian Liu, Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Todd L. Lowary, Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Lara K. Mahal, Professor, Canada Excellence Research Chair, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Rodger P. McEver, Vice President of Research, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Catherine L.R. Merry, Professor of Stem Cell Glycobiology, Nottingham University, Nottingham, England

Benjamin H. Meyer, Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Antonio Molina, Professor and Director, Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Robert J. Moon, Materials Research Engineer, USDA-Forest Service-Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Kelley W. Moremen, Professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Jenny C. Mortimer, Associate Professor, University of Adelaide, Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia

Barbara Mulloy, Visiting Professor, Glycosciences Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, England

Hiroshi Nakato, Professor, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Sriram Neelamegham, Professor, State University of New York, Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA

Malcolm A. O'Neill, Associate Research Scientist, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Tetsuya Okajima, Professor, School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Hermen S. Overkleeft, Professor, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

Yasuhiro Ozeki, Professor, School of Sciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan

Vladislav Panin, Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA

Armando Parodi, Professor, Fundación Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Katharina Paschinger, FWF Fellow, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Markus Pauly, Professor, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Serge Perez, Research Director Emeritus, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France

J. Michael Pierce, Distinguished Research Professor and Mudter Professor of Cancer Research, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Gabriel A. Rabinovich, Professor, Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine, National Scientific and Research Council, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

T.N.C. Ramya, Principal Scientist, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India

Celso A. Reis, Professor, i3S Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

James M. Rini, Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Françoise H. Routier, Professor, Hannover Medical School, Institute for Clinical Biochemistry, Hannover, Germany

Pauline M. Rudd, Visiting Investigator, Bioprocessing Technology Institute A*Star, Singapore and Adjunct Professor, University College, Dublin, Ireland

Robert Sackstein, Senior Vice-President for Health Affairs and Dean, College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA

Roger Sandhoff, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Liliana Schaefer, Professor, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

Melanie A. Simpson, Professor and Department Head, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Chad Slawson, Associate Professor, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Richard Steet, Director of Research, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA

Sean R. Stowell, Associate Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Avadhesha Surolia, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Tadashi Suzuki, Chief Scientist, Riken Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako, Japan

Christine M. Szymanski, Professor, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Naoyuki Taniguchi, Director of Research Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute, and Professor Emeritus Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Maureen E. Taylor, Reader, Imperial College London, London, England

Kelly G. Ten Hagen, Senior Investigator and Chief, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Nicolas Terrapon, Associate Professor, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

Morten Thaysen-Andersen, Associate Professor, ARC Future Fellow, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Michael Tiemeyer, Professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Breeanna Urbanowicz, Assistant Professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Yvette van Kooyk, Professor, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Gerardo R. Vasta, Professor, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

David J. Vocadlo, Professor, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Stephan von Gunten, Professor, Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Hans H. Wandall, Professor, Copenhagen Center for Glycomics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Lance Wells, Professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Christopher M. West, Professor and Department Head, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Chris Whitfield, Professor, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Göran Widmalm, Professor, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

Iain B.H. Wilson, Associate Professor, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Wien, Austria

Robert J. Woods, Professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Manfred Wuhrer, Professor, Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands

Ding Xu, Associate Professor, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA

William S. York, Emeritus Professor, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA

Natasha E. Zachara, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Jochen Zimmer, Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA