Technology

Carbohydrates display enormous functional and structural diversity; sugars are found in antitumor and antibiotic compounds, serve as a kind of recognition element or "glue" between cells and proteins, and regulate a range of biological functions in processes from diabetes to cancer to pathogen infection.

The comparative dearth of detailed information about carbohydrates derives in part from the lack of powerful tools to study this class of molecules.
LuCELLa has created a method for the synthesis and arraying of complex carbohydrate molecules in a predictable automated manner that dramatically reduces the cost of custom oligosaccharide synthesis. This technology serves as the basis for a range of custom-order tools to accelerate research and development in glycobiology.