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Laura Lee Kiessling

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American chemist

United StatesScientistsBorn 1960 · age 66
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Laura Lee Kiessling is an American chemist and the Novartis Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kiessling's research focuses on elucidating and exploiting interactions on the cell surface, especially those mediated by proteins binding to carbohydrates.

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Figure 1. Overview of research in the Kiessling group. (A) Glycopolymers are synthesized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization. (B) Cell signaling can be mediated by protein-carbohydrate binding. (C) Kiessling's research uses synthetic mimics to study and manipulate the recognition and signal transduction pathways.Figure 1. Overview of research in the Kiessling group. (A) Glycopolymers are synthesized by ring-opening metathesis polymerization. (B) Cell signaling can be mediated by protein-carbohydrate binding. (C) Kiessling's research uses synthetic mimics to study and manipulate the recognition and signal transduction pathways.

Awards 14

2023Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry
2019Centenary Prize
2017Tetrahedron Prize
2016Willard Gibbs Award
2013Murray Goodman Memorial Prize
2013Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry
2010Fellow of the American Chemical Society
2009Wilbur Cross Medal
2008Guggenheim Fellowship
2007Garvan-Olin Medal
1999MacArthur Fellows Program
1999Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry

Connected to Laura 6

JoAnne StubbeAlso won Arthur C. Cope Scholar AwardJaqueline BartonAlso won Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic ChemistryJoan A. SteitzAlso won Murray Goodman Memorial PrizeSamuel J. DanishefskyAlso won Claude S. Hudson Award in Carbohydrate ChemistryRichard H. HolmAlso won Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic ChemistryGeraldine L. RichmondAlso won Garvan-Olin Medal

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Laura Lee Kiessling is an American chemist and the Novartis Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kiessling's research focuses on elucidating and exploiting interactions on the cell surface, especially those mediated by proteins binding to carbohydrates. Multivalent protein-carbohydrate interactions play roles in cell-cell recognition and signal transduction. Understanding and manipulating these interactions provides tools to study biological processes and design therapeutic treatments. Kiessling's interdisciplinary research combines organic synthesis, polymer chemistry, structural biology, and molecular and cell biology.

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United States
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Born 1960 · age 66
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