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Services and Training

Analytical Services and Training courses attracted over 500 virtual participants this year

Molecular models show the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein with highlighted mutations and binding to the ACE2 receptor, annotated with colored labels for key amino acids.

Glycomics and Glycoproteomics

Glycomics-directed glycoproteomics highlights essential role of glycans in SARS-CoV-2 Spike interactions with human ACE2 receptor

faculty working with student in laboratory

Graduate Training

NIH Graduate Training Program in Glycoscience supports 21 graduate students in over 15 different laboratories

NMR Spectroscopy

Advanced NMR instrumentation facilitates structural analysis of glycans, glycoconjugates, and metabolomic profiling

Welcome to the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC) at the University of Georgia.

The CCRC occupies an ~140,000 sq.ft. building specifically designed for the interdisciplinary and equipment-intensive nature of carbohydrate science. The Center is organized to optimize cooperation and collaboration among disciplines (biomedical glycoscience, plant and microbial glycoscience, synthetic and analytical chemistry), and to provide analytical services and training, both within the CCRC and to university, government, and industrial laboratories world-wide. Our faculty have research programs that span multiple research domains, which provide our students with a breadth of opportunities in their professional training and research.

News

—–March 2026—–

Congratulations! Two CCRC Senior Scholars Receive Memberships of Distinction

ART EDISON – Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar becomes Honorary Fellow of the Metabolomics Society

Art Edison

LANCE WELLS – Associate Director of Research for the CCRC, Distinguished Research Professor, and GRA Distinguished Investigator becomes a Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Lance Wells

—–February 2026—–

Cover of ACS Chemical Biology journal with abstract models of molecules and text summarizing research on N-glycans interacting with protein surfaces, authored by Eletsky et al. —–November 2025—–

Nathan Lewis received a nod from the Office of Research

Nathan Lewis, a man with glasses, a beard, and short hair, is wearing a light blue collared shirt and standing outdoors in front of a blurred building.

Click to read the interview.

—– April 2025 —–

HAPPY 40TH, CCRC

A modern building entrance with large glass doors, wooden beams, and brick walls, surrounded by greenery under a cloudy sky. A bicycle and red newspaper box are near the entrance.

The Complex Carbohydrate Research Center has been an institution of glycoscience research in the Southeast US since its beginning in 1985. The close-knit scientific community keeps it going.

Upcoming Seminars

Flyer for a lecture titled Deciphering the glyco-code using functional genomics by Dr. C. Kimberly Tsui, scheduled for March 30, 2026, at the University of Georgia.

Mar 30 (Special Date)	Deciphering the glycol-code using functional genomics	4:00pm (Special Time)	Kimberly Tsui	CCRC Auditorium
Apr 1	TBD	12:30pm	Steve Stice, UGA Regenerative Biosciences	CCRC Auditorium
Apr 10		POSTPONED	Nigel Calcutt, University of California San Diego
Apr 15	TBD	12:30pm	Sriram Neelamegham, University of Buffalo	CCRC Auditorium
Apr 29	Precision One Health: Bridging the Divide Between Human and Veterinary Medicine with Organoid Models	12:30pm	Christopher Zdyrski, UGA POH Core	CCRC Auditorium
May 13	TBD	12:30pm	Nadja Zeltner, CMM	CCRC Auditorium