{"id":12329,"date":"2019-09-20T08:21:18","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianglycomics.ca\/?p=12329"},"modified":"2019-09-20T08:22:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T14:22:38","slug":"cutting-edge-chemistry-glyconet-scientific-director-receives-award-from-worlds-largest-scientific-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianglycomics.ca\/fr\/cutting-edge-chemistry-glyconet-scientific-director-receives-award-from-worlds-largest-scientific-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Cutting-edge chemistry: GlycoNet Scientific Director receives award from world\u2019s largest scientific society"},"content":{"rendered":"

Professor Todd Lowary recognized with Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Todd Lowary is one of the 2020 recipients of the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award\u2014an award that recognizes and encourages excellence in organic chemistry. Image provided. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Andrew Lyle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A University of Alberta chemist\u2019s contributions to cutting-edge organic chemistry are being recognized by the American Chemical Society<\/a> (ACS), as Todd Lowary, professor in the Department of Chemistry<\/a>, receives an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award<\/a>\u2014the first to be awarded to a UAlberta researcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ACS is the world\u2019s largest scientific society, and the 10 Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards given out each year serve to recognize excellence in organic chemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy team develops approaches to make carbohydrate molecules that are found in nature\u2014using chemistry to put them together, and then studying how they interact with biological systems,\u201d said Lowary, who is also scientific director of GlycoNet<\/a>, a pan-Canadian research network specializing in carbohydrates. \u201cOur research has applications in helping us better understand the role of carbohydrates in disease and infection, and enabling new diagnostic tools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One such breakthrough Lowary\u2019s lab has been involved in is a urine test able to detect tuberculosis in HIV-positive people<\/a>. Tuberculosis kills millions around the world every year and is the leading cause of death for people living with HIV. Diagnostic tests like this are just one application of the research in which Lowary\u2019s team is involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lowary credits a supportive collegial environment as a contributing factor to collective success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere are a lot of great chemists here at the University of Alberta,\u201d said Lowary. \u201cWhile I may have been nominated for the award, it really recognizes the hard work of all the students and postdoctoral researchers in our team. It\u2019s an honour to be recognized by the international scientific community for the work we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of Canada’s most research-active, the Department of Chemistry is ranked second in the country with award-winning professors recognized for both teaching and research. Many of the 37 research-active faculty members are Canadian Society for Chemistry<\/a> winners, and Lowary joins three that have received awards from the American Chemical Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations, Todd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article is republished from the Faculty of Science at the University of Alberta.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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