GRTC Members

Nicola J. Allen
Assistant Professor
Salk Institute
Synapse Biology

Marianna Alperin
Professor
UC San Diego
Pelvic Floor Disorders & Lower Urinary Tract

Rommie Amaro
Professor
UC San Diego
Computational Biophysics

Fotis Asimakopoulos
Assoc. Proffessor in Residence
UC San Diego
Anti-tumor immunity

William E. Balch
Professor
TSRI
Golgi Trafficking

Samuel Barondes
Professor
UC San Francisco
Galectins

​Carolyn R. Bertozzi
Professor
Stanford University
Chemical Engineering

Mina J. Bissell
Distinguished Scientist
LBNL
Extracellular Matrix

Lars Bode
Professor
UC San Diego
Human Milk Glycans

David H. Broide
Professor
UC San Diego
Asthma & Allergy

Michael D. Burkart
Professor
UC San Diego
Antibiotic Biosynthesis

Dennis R. Burton
Professor
TSRI
Virology & Immunity

Dillon Chen
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
PolySialic Acid / Siglecs

Xi Chen
Professor
UC Davis
Glycan Synthesis

Shu Chien
Professor
UC San Diego
Vascular Biology

Andrew D. Chisholm
Professor
UC San Diego
C. elegans Development

Biswa P. Choudhury
Core Technical Director
UC San Diego
Glycan Analytics

Antonio De Maio
Professor
UC San Diego
Inflammation

Michael Demetriou
Professor
UC Irvine
Autoimmunity

Patricia I. Dickson
Associate Professor
Harbor-UC Los Angeles
Mucopolysaccharidoses

Wolfgang H. Dillmann
Professor / Chair
UC San Diego
Hexosamine Pathway

Daniel J. Donoghue
Professor
UC San Diego
Growth Factor Signaling

Dannielle D. Engle
Assistant Professor
Salk Institute
Pancreatitis / Cancer

Adam J. Engler
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Extracellular Matrix

Adrian Erlebacher
Professor
UC San Francisco
Pregnancy immunology

Jeffrey D. Esko
Distinguished Professor
UC San Diego
Proteoglycans

Marilynn E. Etzler
Professor Emeritus
UC Davis
Plant Lectins

Joshua Fierer
Professor
UC San Diego
Salmonella & Coccidioides

Susan J. Fisher
Professor
UC San Francisco
Extracellular Matrix

Hudson H. Freeze

Michiko N. Fukuda
Professor
SBP
Drug Discovery

Minoru Fukuda
Professor
SBP
Cancer Glycosylation

Mark M. Fuster
Associate Professor
UC San Diego / VAMC
Angiogenesis & Cancer

Fred H. Gage
Professor
Salk Institute
Neurogenetics

Pascal Gagneux
Professor / Assoc. Director
UC San Diego
Reproduction

Philippe Gallay
Professor
TSRI
Virology

Richard L. Gallo
Professor / Chair
UC San Diego
Skin Biology

Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague
Professor
UC Davis
Glycan Interactions

Kamil Godula
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Glycoengineering

Philip Gordts
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Lipid Metabolism

Matthew Griffin
Assistant Professor
UC Irvine
Host-microbial interactions

Amro H. Hamdoun
Associate Professor
UC San Diego / SIO
ABC Transporters

Tracy M. Handel
Professor
UC San Diego
Chemokines

Matthew J. Hangauer
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Cancer Persister Cells

Eva Harris
Professor / Chair
UC Berkeley
Flavivirus virology

Thomas Hermann
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Glycoside-RNA Interact.

Samuel B. Ho
Professor
UC San Diego / VAMC
Epithelial Mucins

Linda C. Hsieh-Wilson
Professor / HHMI Invest.
CalTech
Chemical Neurobiology

Mia Huang
Associate Professor
TSRI
Chemical Glycobiology

Randal J. Kaufman
Professor
SBP
Protein Folding

Mitchell E. Kronenberg
President / CSO
La Jolla Institute
T-Cell Recognition

Arthur D. Lander
Professor
UC Irvine
Signaling / Morphogenesis

Dzung T. Le
Clinical Professor
UC San Diego
Hemostasis & Thrombosis

Julie A. Leary
Professor Emeritus
UC Davis
Mass Spectrometry

Carlito B. Lebrilla
Professor
UC Davis
Mass Spectrometry

Amanda L. Lewis
Professor
UC San Diego

Nathan E. Lewis
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Systems Biology

Warren G. Lewis
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Microbiome Glycobiology

Fu-Tong Liu
Professor / Chair Emeritus
UC Davis
Galectin Function

Ayako Makino
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Cardiovascular Physiology 

Jamey D. Marth
Professor
UC Santa Barbara
Glycosylation Genetics

Elaine A. Muchmore
Professor
UC San Diego / VAMC
Sialic Acid Biology

Samuel A. Myers
Assistant Professor
La Jolla Institute
O-GlcNAc Signaling

Victor Nizet

Brian P. Palenik
Professor
UC San Diego / SIO
Microalgae Glycoproteins

Bernhard O. Palsson
Professor
UC San Diego
Systems Biology

Alyssa Panitch
Professor / Chair
UC Davis
Glycoengineering

Gentry N. Patrick
Professor
UC San Diego
Neurobiology

James C. Paulson
Professor
TSRI
Sialic Acid & Virology

Gulcin Pekkurnaz
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Neurobiology

Joanna J. Phillips
Associate Professor
UC San Francisco
Glioblastoma

Matthew R. Pratt
Professor
U.of Southern California
O-GlcNAc Chem. Biology

Robert L. Sah
Professor
UC San Diego
Cartilage Biophysics

Geert Schmid-Schoenbein
Professor / Chair
UC San Diego
Vascular Biology

Richard B. Schwab
Assoc. Clinical Professor
UC San Diego
Sialic Acids & Cancer

Christina Sigurdson
Associate Professor
UC San Diego
Protein Aggregation

Justin L. Sonnenburg
Associate Professor
Stanford Medicine
Gut Microbiota

Emmanuel Theodorakis
Professor
UC San Diego
Carbohydrate Chemistry

Christopher Toomey
Assistant Professor
UC San Diego
Retina Heparan-Sulfate

Yitzhak Tor
Professor
UC San Diego
Aminoglycosides

Robert H. Tukey
Professor
UC San Diego
Glucuronidation

Ajit P. Varki
Distinguished Professor
UC San Diego
Sialic Acids

Nissi M. Varki
Professor
UC San Diego
Tumor Glycosylation

Raymond Y. Wang
Director
Children's Hospital OC
Mucopolysaccharidoses

Rahul Warrior
Associate Professor
UC Irvine
Drosophila Development

Ian A. Wilson
Professor
TSRI
Crystallography

Chi-Huey Wong
Professor
TSRI
Chemical Synthesis

Peng Wu
Associate Professor
TSRI
Glycan Imaging

Yu Yamaguchi
Professor
SBP
Proteoglycan Neurobiology

Alice L. Yu
Professor Emeritus
UC San Diego
Antiganglioside Therapy

Dirk M. Zajonc
Associate Professor
La Jolla Institute
Glycolipid Recognition

Karsten Zengler
Professor
UC San Diego
Host-Microbe Interactions