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Dorothy Zolandz博士和Katherine W Bowman博士在美国国家科学基金会化学部、分子和细胞生物科学部和材料研究部的支持下，召集了一项研究，以评估糖组学和糖科学研究的重要性和影响，以及此类研究在美国的地位。该研究将审查加强或发展劳动力、工具、为了建立基因组学和蛋白质组学的知识，需要推进糖科学和糖组学的能力。糖生物学和糖化学方面的研究正在迅速增加，许多应用于一种细胞类型和系统的技术和经验教训可能适用于其他细胞类型和系统的研究。这些领域将从糖科学和糖组学的战略愿景发展中受益，该愿景跨越了资助机构和研究领域的界限，包括表征和分析工具、数据库和数据管理以及其他基础设施。拟议的活动将推动美国在生物质转化为燃料、生物质材料应用以及细胞-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.