Professor Max Crispin talks about his important work with sugar (glycans) that is aiding the efforts to find a Coronavirus vaccine. Please help save and support more vulnerable lives through our Southampton Coronavirus Response Fund:
Professor Max Crispin is University of Southampton’s leading experts in this field, speaking about his work in producing the first model of the sugar shield covering the coronavirus spike.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has a large number of spikes sticking out of its surface which it uses to attach to and enter cells in the human body. These spikes are coated in sugars, known as glycans, which disguise regions of the viral proteins and help them evade the body’s immune system.
Professor Crispin’s team in the Glycoprotein Therapeutics Laboratory, has mapped and evaluated the structure of the sugar (glycans) that covers the spike providing crucial information that could help scientists currently searching for a vaccine. We thank him for taking his time to speak about his work, focussing on how it relates to the current Coronavirus pandemic. #UoSCoronaFund
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