Glycosylation

Heron Island Sampling Oct/Nov 2025 featured image

Heron Island Sampling Oct/Nov 2025

My first time sampling at Heron Island reef was a blast. Heron Island is a coral cay (a small, sandy island on top of a coral reef) in the southern Great Barrier Reef. The …

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GlySelf - The sweet origin of the animal "self" featured image

GlySelf - The sweet origin of the animal "self"

All animals must distinguish between their own cells, those of others, and the countless microbes that surround them. This ability to tell “self” from “non-self” is fundamental to …

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DOLITTLE - The evolution and role of protein N-linked glycosylation in the animal tree featured image

DOLITTLE - The evolution and role of protein N-linked glycosylation in the animal tree

N-linked glycosylation is a complex post-translational modification in which (oligo)saccharides are covalently attached to extracellular and membrane-bound proteins. As such, …

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