The quest for the construction of multivalent carbohydrate systems, with precise geometries
that are highly efficient in interacting with carbohydrate binding proteins, has been a goal of …

This article deals with the construction, characterization, and applications of nanoparticles
functionalized with carbohydrates, reviewing the state of the art and discussing perspectives …

The world is experiencing one of the most difficult moments in history with the COVID-19
pandemic, a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, a new type of coronavirus. Virus infectivity is …

Measurement of binding forces intrinsic to adhesion molecules is necessary to assess their
contribution to the maintenance of the anatomical integrity of multicellular organisms. Atomic …

Members of the widespread bacterial phylum Chloroflexi can dominate high-microbial-
abundance (HMA) sponge microbiomes. In the Sponge Microbiome Project, Chloroflexi …

Many marine sponges are hosts to dense and phylogenetically diverse microbial
communities that are located in the extracellular matrix of the animal. The candidate phylum …

The adhesion force and specificity in the first experimental evidence for cell–cell recognition
in the animal kingdom were assigned to marine sponge cell surface proteoglycans …

The scientific description of lectins, a class of sugar‐binding proteins distinct from both sugar‐
specific enzymes and antibodies, began nearly 100 years ago. The natural ligands of lectins …

Bacteria of the phylum Verrucomicrobia are ubiquitous in marine environments and can be
found as free‐living organisms or as symbionts of eukaryotic hosts. Little is known about …

With advances in polymerization techniques as well as selective chemical modification of
carbohydrates, glycopolymers and glyco‐nanoparticles are emerging as an important class …