# GlyCORE:  Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI · 2020 · $2,107,042

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
The University of Mississippi proposes to establish the Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence
(GlyCORE), a Phase I Center of Biomedical Research Excellence. Glycoscience is an essential and rapidly
emerging field of biomedical science, and the challenging nature of glycoscience research requires tools and
expertise that are not commonly found in the biomedical research community. Moreover, the biomedical
community is rapidly growing to appreciate the essential role of carbohydrates, with researchers outside of the
self-identified “glycoscience” community finding themselves faced with addressing challenging questions in
glycoscience as part of the course of their biomedical researchers. GlyCORE will develop and provide
resources and expertise in glycoscience to both core glycoscience researchers as well as researchers who
encounter questions in glycoscience in the course of their biomedical research programs. GlyCORE will serve
researchers at both the University of Mississippi and the Mid-South community through three mechanisms: a
Faculty Development program, the establishment of three Research Cores to support glycoscience research,
and the establishment of local and regional meetings focusing on questions in glycoscience. GlyCORE's
Faculty Development program includes the support of four Junior Investigators establishing their careers in
various disciplines in glycoscience. This program includes financial support of the investigators' research
efforts, a formal mentoring program, and priority subsidized access to University of Mississippi core facilities.
GlyCORE will also support smaller developmental projects through a Pilot Project Program, including financial
support and prioritized access to core facilities. GlyCORE's Faculty Development program will also promote
recruitment of glycoscience faculty to the University of Mississippi, including the recruitment of a mid-career
carbohydrate synthetic chemist to help support expanded services in GlyCORE during Phase II. GlyCORE's
Research Cores will establish three new core capabilities at the University of Mississippi that are essential for
modern glycoscience: an Analytical and Biophysical Core supporting high resolution chromatography and
mass spectrometry analyses; an Imaging Core supporting confocal microscopy with lectin-based and anti-
carbohydrate immunohistochemistry imaging; and a Computational and Bioinformatics Core supporting
simulations and bioinformatics data analysis to support glycoscience and structural glycobiology. Finally,
GlyCORE will establish the University of Mississippi as a regional center for glycoscience in the Mid-South.
GlyCORE will host an annual Mid-South Glycoscience Meeting with subsidized access to regional participants,
and will host both an annual UM Glycoscience Symposium and monthly glycoscience meetings to highlight the
role of glycoscience at the University of Mississippi. Together, these efforts will establish a core of exp...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9853992
- **Project number:** 1P20GM130460-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
- **Principal Investigator:** SAMIR A ROSS
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $2,107,042
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-05-15 → 2025-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9853992

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9853992, GlyCORE:  Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence (1P20GM130460-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9853992. Licensed CC0.

---

*[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*