11:00 am – 11:40 am MT:
Glycobiology of SARS-CoV2 and its implications for vaccine development

Dr. Parastoo Azadi
Executive Director, Analytical Services, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Dr. Azadi is currently the Executive Director of the Analytical Services where she oversees and manages the analytical services and training at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center (CCRC). The CCRC is a facility that performs detailed structural elucidation of glycoconjugates including glycoproteins, polysaccharides, and glycolipids from animal, plant and bacterial sources using MS and NMR techniques. Dr. Azadi is involved in collaborative studies with research facilities, universities, and pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. She has been involved in structural elucidation of many pharmaceutical products including biosimilars, carbohydrate-based drug products and regulatory compliance projects. She has also been annually teaching courses/and organizing workshops on glycoprotein and polysaccharide isolation and characterization for the last twenty years. Dr. Azadi received her B.Sc. in Chemistry in 1987 from University of North London, UK and her Ph.D. degree in biochemistry in 1991 from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, studying structural characterization of carbohydrates and glycoproteins by mass spectrometry. She was a senior scientist at SGS, a mass spectrometry consultancy company prior to joining the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center.