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Group Leader
Dr. Jianjun Li
National Research Council Canada
Institute for Biological Sciences
100 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6
Jianjun.Li@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Telephone: 613-990-0558
Business Contact
Yves Geoffrion Ph. D.
Group Leader, Business Relations
National Research Council Canada
Institute for Biological Sciences
Yves.geoffrion@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
Phone: 613-991-6377
Fax: 613-941-1327
Group Focus
The mandate of the group is the development of methods for determining the structure and interactions of carbohydrates in microbial virulence and in neurodegenerative disease and the discovery and development of improved enzymes that can efficiently degrade and process plant biomass for various industrial applications.
Team membersTeam members
Research Officers: Dr. Dr. Jianjun Li, Dr. Harold Jarrell, Wing Sung, Dr. Evgeny Vinogradov
Research Associates: Dr. Trent Yang, Dr. Hongquan Zhang
Technical Officers: Kenneth Chan, Fang Huang, Nam Huan Khieu, Steve Legault, Jacek Stupak, Mark Wood
Ongoing Research Activities and Projects
Glycoanalysis
Development of glycomics and lipidomics technologies for biomedical applications. Maintain state-of-the-art enabling glycoanalysis facilities and expertise to develop technological improvements and novel applications for research programs and meet the needs of the Biopharma sector.
Glycosidases
Development of Glycosidase System for Production of Biofibers for use in the textile industry. Development of Cellulase Technology for the Processing BioProducts for production of biofuels and novel biomaterials.
Expertise and available technologies
Glycoanalysis
›Carbohydrate structural analysis using Mass spectrometry and NMR techniques
›Carbohydrate-protein interactions
›Carbohydrate purification
Glycosidase
›Gene synthesis, mutagenesis and expression
›Molecular evolution of proteins
›Enzyme engineering, processing of biomass
Partnering Opportunities
- Biomass processing, enzyme technology
- Established Glycoanalysis facility to provide service to Canadian industry and academic partners
Facilities
- Mass Spectrometry and Glycoanalysis facility
