I had fun writing this profile of the amazing ⁦The Nobel Prize⁩ winners ⁦Carolyn Bertozzi⁩ ⁦Morten Meldal⁩ and Barry Sharpless ⁦PNASNews⁩ Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless: 2022 chemistry Nobel laureates pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

Congratulations to our very own, Carolina Ortiz Cordero (Carolina Ortiz ), for this esteemed honor! We are excited to learn what you discover about glycans in cancer and neuromuscular disorders as an HHMI #HannaGrayFellow

Happy birthday, Laura Kiessling! We appreciate how curious, driven, and thoughtful you are as our group's leader🧪👩‍🔬 #DoYouRememberthe21stNightofSeptember #EarthWindFireThrowback

Congratulations to Dr. Katherine I. Taylor! Katherine elegantly tied together her thesis work on the chemoenzymatic synthesis of galactofuranose polymers and lysine reactive squarate probes—The group surprised her with her favorite molecules in stained glass form!

I’m so excited for this conference!! We have an amazing team of organizers and a powerhouse lineup of speakers. Mark your calendars for PoWER 2024! Feel free to reach out with any questions or interest in involvement #womeninstem

In this Graduate Student Spotlight, the Kiessling Group's Alexxandra Sosa Guir shares the thing she finds most mind-bending, the fragrance she’d choose for a never-ending scented candle, the skill she’d like to master, and more! chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

This hot-off-the-press publication is ~just right~ 🐻Check out our physical organic deep dive into the selectivity of squaric esters. Congrats to Katherine I. Taylor , Jordan, Hallie Trial , Alan Wylde Carter, and Laura Kiessling 🙌 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

A perfect stocking stuffer for your chemical biologist: This season, decorate your mannose with fluorophores to make them glow! Mannose-specific labeling using our biosynthetic incorporation strategy out in JACS now. Way to go, So_Young Lee & Victoria Marando! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations Deepsing Syangtan (he/him/his) Dr. Deepsing Syangtan on his big degree! His research that spanned from glycan roles in stem cell fate decisions to the gut microbiome was tied together beautifully in yesterday's defense. We will miss you greatly! #glycotime

Dr. Jill Alty, a postdoctoral researcher in the Kiessling Group has brought to life the PoWER conference (to be held July 11-12, 2024), the goal of which is to showcase polymer research conducted by women. chemistry.mit.edu/chemistry-news…

Headed to New Orleans for #ACSSpring2024? Be sure to catch presentations from our group: Valerie will be presenting on Sunday at 3:55 PM and Victoria Marando and Laura Kiessling on Tuesday at 12:55 and 2:10 PM

Effa, one of our star undergraduate researchers, presented her work today at the MIT UROP symposium in the Chemistry Department! Way to go! :)

Check out Amanda Peiffer and Amanda Dugan's review on how soluble human lectins maintain microbial homeostasis at the host-microbe interface! annualreviews.org/content/journa…

Mike Wuo Charlie Dulberger Teddy Warner led a team to probe the consequences of antibiotic treatment on the mycobacterial cell envelope (#TB) in real time. They found that the probe reveals phenotypic differences between #antibiotics. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja… ( a drug cocktail below)

Did you know that different drugs can kill bacteria in such different ways? Check out how Mike Wuo's N-QTF probe allows us to see the distinct cellular phenotypes of mycobacteria upon antibiotic treatment! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja…

CH-PI(e) ! interactions influencing glycan recognition of human galectins. Congrats Dr. Rajeev Chorgade, Dr. Roger Diehl, Alli and others on this awesome publication that came out a few weeks ago in JACS Au 🥧 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Checkout our preprint doi.org/10.26434/chemr… on the Energetic Landscape of CH–pi Interactions in Protein–Carbohydrate Binding authored by the amazing Alli Keys from our group.

Introducing our newly minted PhD, Dr. Valerie Lensch!🎉 Valerie gave an awesome talk that demonstrated the wide scope of science she has been able to achieve in both our group and The Jeremiah Johnson Group--she engineered multivalent molecules to combat both cancer and plastic waste!

She speaks 5 languages, is a talented artist, understands the power of a Kimwipe extraction, and is a synthetic powerhouse for our biosynthetic team - read this profile of So_Young Lee! technologyreview.com/2024/08/27/109…

Getting in the spooky spirit early 👻Our glycan-costumed virus-like particles vaccinate against melanoma. Congrats to Valerie, Adele Gabba, and collaborators: Irvine Lab, Shalek Lab, The Jeremiah Johnson Group, & Finn Lab 🧪 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…