Assessing the Importance and Impact of Glycomics and Glycosciences Phase II

美国国家科学院国家研究委员会的多萝西·佐兰兹博士和凯瑟琳·W·鲍曼博士得到了美国国家科学基金会化学部、分子和细胞生物科学部以及材料研究部的支持，以召开一项研究，评估糖学和糖学研究的重要性和影响以及此类研究在美国的状况。该研究将审查战略，以加强或发展推进糖学和糖学所需的劳动力、工具和能力，以建立基因组和蛋白质组学知识。糖生物学和糖化学方面的研究正在迅速增加，许多适用于一种细胞类型和系统的技术和经验教训可能也适用于其他细胞类型和系统的研究。这些领域将受益于制定跨越供资机构和研究领域边界的糖科学和糖组学战略愿景，包括表征和分析工具、数据库和数据管理以及其他基本基础设施。拟议的活动将推动美国在生物质转化为燃料、用于材料应用的生物质以及细胞-细胞通信和识别等领域的研究。拟议的活动还将有助于建立化学、生物和材料研究的基础设施。

Dr. Dorothy Zolandz and Dr. Katherine W Bowman of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences is supported by the Division of Chemistry, the Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, and the Division of Materials Research of the NSF to convene a study to assess the importance and impact of glycomics and glycosciences research and the status of such research in the U.S. It will examine strategies to enhance or develop the workforce, tools, and capabilities needed to advance glycosciences and glycomics in order to build on knowledge from genomics and proteomics.A rapidly increasing amount of research is being undertaken on glycobiology and glycochemistry, and many of the techniques and lessons applied to one cell type and system may be applicable to the study of others. The fields are poised to benefit from the development of a strategic vision for glycoscience and glycomics that crosses boundaries of funding agencies and research fields, including tools for characterization and analysis, databases and data management, and other fundamental infrastructure. The proposed activity will advance US research in areas such as the conversion of biomass to fuel, biomass for material application, and cell-cell communication and recognition. The proposed activity will also help build the infrastructure for chemical, biological, and materials research.