Carbohydrate Synthesis and Basic Glycobiology

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Course topics include: Monosaccharide, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides – structure, biosynthesis and function; Chemical glycosylation: general synthetic approaches and the state-of-the-art stereoselective glycosylation; Chemoenzymatic glycan synthesis; Bioactive glycosylated nature products and examples of their synthesis; Glycomedicine and carbohydrate-based vaccines.