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Forward-thinking researchers lead the charge in unraveling the complexities of OGT disorders and forging new pathways to innovative treatments.
Prof. Daan M. F. van Aalten
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Building 1872-658, Universitetsbyen 81, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Prof. Daan M. F. van Aalten
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Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Prof. Lance Wells
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Kaia Milne
Zaina Acosta
Alesia Coulson
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Prof. Daan M. F. van Aalten
Professor, NNF Laureate Investigator
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Building 1872-658, Universitetsbyen 81, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
Van Aalten’s research focuses on the role of O-GlcNAc in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases. He also studies: Biochemistry, Transferase, Serine, Gene, Cell biology.
Van Aalten’s lab uses an interdisciplinary approach to research. The lab has won the ScotPEN Wellcome Engagement Award for a project on the role of science and lifestyle.
Links and key research papers
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University
- 2022 – Bioinformatic prediction of putative conveyers of O-GlcNAc
transferase intellectual disability - 2020 An intellectual disability syndrome with single-nucleotide variants in O-GlcNAc transferase
- 2019 Catalytic deficiency of O-GlcNAc transferase leads to X-linked intellectual disability
Prof. Lance Wells
Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia
Congenital disorders of O-glycosylation (muscular dystrophy and intellectual disability), post-translational modification, viral spike proteins, cancer, mass spectrometry
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