Emil Fischer Award 2017

Emil Fischer Award 2017

Carbohydrate Research 434 (2016) 143 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Carbohydrate Research journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/carre...

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Carbohydrate Research 434 (2016) 143

Contents lists available at ScienceDirect

Carbohydrate Research journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/carres

Announcement

Emil Fischer Award 2017

Visit the EUROCARB2017 website www.eurocarb2017.com. More about Prof. Carlo Unverzagt Biosketch

Carlo Unverzagt €ude NWI, University of Bayreuth, Bioorganic Chemistry, Geba Germany. The Emil Fischer Carbohydrate Award 2017 will be presented to Prof. Carlo Unverzagt of the University of Bayreuth, Germany, in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments in the chemical and enzymatic synthesis of N-glycans and glycoproteins. The Emil Fischer Carbohydrate Award was established in 2008 by the European Carbohydrate Organization (ECO) in order to honor active scientists distinguished with contributions of excellence to glycoscience. Professor Carlo Unverzagt will present a plenary lecture on his research at the 19th European Carbohydrate Symposium (EUROCARB2017) in Barcelona. The European Carbohydrate Organization and the Organizers of EUROCARB2017 (19th European Carbohydrate Symposium to be held in Barcelona, 2e6th July 2017) congratulate Prof. Carlo Unverzagt.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2016.10.004 0008-6215/© 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.

Carlo Unverzagt studied chemistry in Mainz (Germany) at the Johannes-Gutenberg-University. In 1988 he received his doctorate with Professor Horst Kunz in Mainz. After postdoctoral training with Professor Jim Paulson at UCLA, Los Angeles (USA) he worked at TU München (Germany) with Professor Horst Kessler to obtain his habilitation in 1997. He was appointed Professor of Organic Chemistry at the LMU München (Germany) in 1997 and holds a chair in Bioorganic Chemistry at the University of Bayreuth (Germany) since 1998. His research interests are focused on the chemistry and biochemistry of carbohydrates, glycoproteins and natural products. Particular activities comprise the modular chemoenzymatic synthesis of N-glycans, solid-phase synthesis of N-glycopeptides and N-glycoproteins, N-glycan conjugates for NMR studies and biophysical investigations and enzymatic elongations of glycopeptides. Work and contributions to glycoscience In the work of Carlo Unverzagt the areas of chemical and enzymatic oligosaccharide synthesis have merged with synthetic peptide chemistry and recombinant protein expression. These combinations have enabled the synthesis of biologically relevant N-glycans and specifically tailored conjugates up to libraries of entire glycoproteins serving as tools in glycobiology. Barcelona, Spain, September 2016. Dr. Antoni Planas Chair EUROCARB2017, President designate European Carbohydrate Organization. Dr. Amelia P. Rauter Secretary of the European Carbohydrate Organization.