Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry

The annual Tax Return and books of the U.S. Advisory Commmittee for the International Carbohydrate Symposia Inc., for 2016 are available for public inspection.  Contact Peter Andreana.  (USPS - 04/08/2017 - 0001191488).

254th ACS National Meeting & Exposition August 20-24, 2017, Washington, DC

255th ACS National Meeting & Exposition March 18-22, 2018,  New Orleans, LA

29th International Carbohydrate Symposium July 15-19, 20108, Lisbon, Portugal

Congratulations to Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi on recieving the 2017 ACS Arthur C. Cope Award.  For more information please see this link!

The 2017 winner of the Hudson Award is David Crich, Schaap Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

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Election Results

Congratulations are in order for:

Peter Andreana has won Chair Elect

David Crich and George O'Doherty have won Member-At-Large

David Crich has won Awards Committee

The inaugural Derek Horton Award in Industrial Carbohydrate Chemistry has been won by Dr. Francesco Berti representing GSK Glycoconjugate Vaccine Group in Siena, Italy.

Congratulations to Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi on becoming a 2016 ACS Fellow.

The CARB Division wants to congratulate winners of the following 2016 CARB Division Awards:

Melville L. Wolfrom Award - Xuefei Huang, Michigan State University

Horace S. Isbell Award - Laura K. Mahal, New York University

David Y. Gin Young Investigator Award - Zhongping Tan, University of Colorado, Boulder 

The ACS Division of Carbohydrate Chemistry is very proud to announce The Derek Horton Award in Industrial Carbohydrate Chemistry in memory of Professor Horton.

Please see here for the Establishment of a New Divisional Award in Honor of Derek Horton.

Please see here for the Derek Horton Award in Industrial Carbohydrate Chemistry Announcement.

Please see here for the Nomination Form which is due November 15, 2017.

The Roy L. Whistler International Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry for 2016 goes to Professor Benjamin G. Davis, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, UK.

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The International Carbohydrate Organization is delighted to announce that the Young Researcher Award for 2016 has been awarded to Dr Benjamin Swarts, Central Michigan University, USA.

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Congradulations are in order for Dr. Geert-Jan Boons, Distinguished Professor in Biochemical Sciences at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and The University of Georgia, who has received the 2016 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society for seminal contributions to glycoscience by developing novel methods for oligosaccharide assembly, preparation of important glycoconjugates, and their use in biological studies.

Check out the Division's Fall 2017 Newsletter!

If you have ideas for future Carbohydrate Division symposia, these can be directed to Steven J. Sucheck, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Toledo, OH 43606 USA. Phone: 1-419-530-1930  Email: steve.sucheck@utoledo.edu