The increasing amount of genomic and molecular information is the basis for understanding
higher-order biological systems, such as the cell and the organism, and their interactions …

Glycans are among the most complex biological molecules found in nature, being composed
of monosaccharide units in various combinations and linkages, and featuring diverse and …

Protein glycosylation involves the co-translational or post-translational addition of glycans to
proteins and is a crucial protein modification in health and disease. The aim of …

Bioinformatics approaches to carbohydrate research have recently begun using large
amounts of protein and carbohydrate data. In this field called glycome informatics, the foremost …

KEGG is a database resource ( http://www.genome.jp/kegg/ ) that provides all knowledge
about genomes and their relationships to biological systems such as cells and whole …

Rapid and continued growth in the generation of glycomic data has revealed the need for
enhanced development of basic infrastructure for presenting and interpreting these datasets in …

The UniCarb KnowledgeBase (UniCarbKB; http://unicarbkb.org ) offers public access to a
growing, curated database of information on the glycan structures of glycoproteins. UniCarbKB …

Methods to obtain data relevant to glycobiology are rapidly evolving, thereby providing
enormous opportunities to significantly increase knowledge, insight, and understanding in this …

For the reproducibility and sustainability of scientific research, FAIRness (Findable,
Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable), with respect to the release of raw data obtained by …

Key issues relating to glycomics research were discussed after the workshop entitled “Frontiers
in Glycomics: Bioinformatics and Biomarkers in Disease” by two focus groups nominated …