Although Peter H. Seeberger has always had a weakness for “all sweets,” his start as a carbohydrate chemist was inspired during graduate school, when he observed that automated protein and nucleic ...

Understanding the structure and function of carbohydrates remains a key challenge for chemical biologists. Developments in carbohydrate synthesis and analysis together with the advent of ...

Carbs are a familiar term, but they're not just found in foods. Small yet structurally complex carbohydrates serve as elements of cell walls and are important in intercellular interactions. Scientists ...

THE rapid increase in the volume of scientific publications makes it ever more difficult for those interested, specialists and non-specialists alike, to keep abreast of recent developments in any ...

Richard R. Schmidt, 75, came to carbohydrate chemistry late in life—in the late 1970s when he was in his 40s and already an established professor at the University of Constance, in Germany—but that ...