Current Projects:

Enhancing axon regeneration in vivo using multi-inhibitor blocking (with Dr. Lawrence Schramm)

Evaluate sialidase delivery as a therapeutic for spinal cord injury

Evaluate the effects of multiple inhibitors on axon regeneration in CNS lesion models

Ganglioside recognition by myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) - Molecular specificity and biological functions

Explore the control of axon outgrowth via MAG-carbohydrate binding

Study signal transduction via MAG-carbohydrate binding

Ganglioside function in the brain

Using mice genetically engineered to lack complex gangliosides we are studying...

Nerve degeneration and dysmyelination

Motor behavioral deficits

Alterations in myelin neurochemistry and biochemistry

Glycans and glycan binding proteins in inflammation (with Drs. Bruce Bochner and Kostas Konstantopoulos)

Endogenous ligands for Siglecs and Selectins on human neutrophils and eosinophils

Role of glycans in the control of allergic inflammation

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