Ajit Varki

Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Medicine · University of California (San Diego) Medical Center

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History

Biological roles of oligosaccharides: all of the theories are correct
Review · Glycobiology · 1993 · Sole author · 3,724 citations
Biological roles of glycans
Review · Glycobiology · 2017 · Sole author · 1,902 citations
Siglecs and their roles in the immune system
Review · Nature reviews. Immunology · 2007 · Last of 3 authors · 1,705 citations

UCSD Biomedical Scientist Career Development Program in Glycoscience
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · K12
PI · $5.3M · University of California, San Diego
2018–2024
Biology of Sialic Acids and Their Substitutions
National Institute of General Medical Sciences · R01
Contact PI · $9M · University of California, San Diego
1983–2024
Supplement: Exploring the Biology of O-Acetyl Sialic Acids Using Stable Synthetic Mimics
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
PI · $2.3M · University of California at Davis
2017–2022
Sialoglycan-Recognizing Probes for Defining Sialoglycomes in Biological Systems
National Cancer Institute · U01
Contact PI · $1.9M · University of California, San Diego
2015–2019