Research Grants in 2024

Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience received 117 research grant applications from 30 countries in 2023. After careful evaluation for scientific and social merit, potentiality and feasibility, the Foundation decided to award the grants of approximately 70 million yen in total to the following 14 projects.

Grant recipients for the 2024 fiscal year
(In alphabetical order)

 1. Arda, Ana;

Center for Cooperative Research in Bioscience - CICbioGUNE, Spain;
Cell surface competing lectin binding by 19F-NMR

 2. Bommer, Guido;

de Duve Institute, Belgium;
Hereditary glycosylation defect due to the failure to protect a sensitive enzyme

 3. Boulard, Matthieu;

European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Italy;
A novel role of chromatin glycosylation in the epigenetic control of ribosome biogenesis

 4. Dehesh, Katayoon;

University of California, Riverside, United States;
Decoding Golgi-Mediated Glycosylation in Hypometabolism-associated Aging

 5. Fujita, Yuki;

Shimane University, Japan;
Mechanism of neural circuit formation by glycoproteins

 6. Harada, Yoichiro;

Osaka International Cancer Institute, Japan;
An intrinsic mechanism to suppress N-glycosylation and its role in cancer

 7. Huang, Mia;

The Scripps Research Institute, United States ;
Chemoproteomic mapping of the Man(b1-4)GlcNAc disaccharide interactome in cells

 8. Hung, Shang-Cheng;

Academia Sinica, Taiwan;
Development of microarrays for probing specific GAG-protein interactions

 9. Jacinto, Estela;

Rutgers, the State University, United States;
Regulating T cell receptor diversity by the hexosamine pathway

 10. Kambe, Taiho;

Kyoto University, Japan;
Inhibition of cancer cell growth by suppressing Golgi mannosidase II activation

 11. Katoh, Toshihiko;

Kyoto University, Japan;
Studies on association between mucin O-glycome and gut microbiome

 12. Orellana, Ariel;

Andres Bello University, Chile;
Unveiling the UDP-Arap Transporter in Plant Cell Wall Biosynthesis

 13. Pshezhetsky, Alexey;

CHU Ste-Justine, University of Montreal, Canada;
Role of Neuraminidase 1 in psoriasis development

 14. Yellajoshyula,
        Dhananjay;

Casen Western Reserve University, United States;
Identification of glial inhibitory proteoglycans in the neurological movement disorder dystonia

Number of applicants by country (for 2024)：