Ongoing projects funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) 

FWF project led by Prof. Wilson:

The dipteran glycan array (Insect glycoarray)

FWF project led by Dr. Hykollari and Dr. Paschinger (collaboration with the Vetmeduni):

Multi-Omics analysis of the fluke parasite Opisthorchis felinus (Fluke Multiomics)

FWF project led by Dr. Vanbeselaere:

In-depth glycomics and glycoproteomics of trichomonads

Ongoing projects funded by the EU

Inhibitor-Mediated Programming of Glycoforms

In this project, the IMProGlyco team are developing an exciting new strategy to engineer glycans in mammalian cells. This approach will be used to tailor the production of individual proteins and cell lines, changing the pattern of observed glycoforms to modulate their activity and hence pharmacological properties. For further details, refer to https://improglyco.science/

Ongoing projects funded by the WWTF

Hunting and exploiting enzymes which synthesise bacterial and parasite immunomodulatory zwitterionic glycans (PC-glycans)

 

Completed projects funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)

FWF projects led by Prof. Wilson:

Neurale Kohlenhydratepitope in wirbelosen Tieren

Glykosylierung von Caenorhabditis elegans

Neuronale Fukosylierung in Drosophila

Glykosylierung von Caenorhabditis elegans II

Re-engineering von Glykosylierung in Insektenzellen

Glycogenomics von Dictyostelium discoideum

Glykosylierung von Acanthamoeba castellanii

Glycogenomics of the opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus

Entwicklung und Anwendung von neuen Glykanmicroarrays

Glykosylierung von Caenorhabditis elegans III

Structure and function of invertebrate Golgi hexosaminidases (Hexosaminidases)

Glycan structure and biosynthesis in Entamoeba histolytica (in collaboration with the Meduniwien)

FWF projects led by Dr. Dragosits:

Die Bedeutung von Glycosylierung für mikrobielle Evolution

FWF projects led by Dr. Paschinger:

Vergleichende Glykomik ausgewählter Nematoden

Glykoepitope von N-Glykanen in Echinodermata

N-glycan epitopes in bivalve self/non-self recognition

FWF projects led by Dr. Rendić:

Rekombinante Glykosidasen als Tools in der Forschung

FWF projects led by Dr. Hykollari:

Phosphorylierte N-glykan Epitope in einfachen Organismen

FWF project led by Dr. Yan (in collaboration with the Vetmeduni)

Biosynthesis of Helminth N-glycoproteins In Insect Cells

Prof. Wilson is also faculty member of the previously FWF-funded BioTOP doctoral programme.

 

Projects funded by the EU

Completed

Development of Carbohydrate Array Technologies to Systematically Explore the Functional role of Glycans in Healthy and Diseased States (Euroglycanarrays)

Glycopar (EU FP7 Marie Curie Initial Training Network)

Research Database

For further details on Prof. Wilson's research, publications and experience, please click here to view his record in the university's research databank or his ORCID entry.