{"id":9007,"date":"2020-04-28T09:32:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T07:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resist-cluster.de\/?page_id=9007"},"modified":"2022-02-02T12:55:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T11:55:08","slug":"prof-dr-rita-gerardy-schahn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.resist-cluster.de\/en\/about-us\/research-team-2\/prof-dr-rita-gerardy-schahn\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Dr. Rita Gerardy-Schahn"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prof. Dr. Rita Gerardy-Schahn participates in\u00a0RESIST research project C3.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\u201cCells from the outside are sugar\u201d. This is a standing rule for which exceptions do not exist. Linked to lipids and proteins at cell surfaces, sugars (glycans) form the outermost front of cells, the glycocalyx, a structure destined to mediate cellular communication in all living systems and, of relevance in RESIST, a structure essentially involved in the control of immune and (by all likelihood 100 %) infection mechanisms. Moreover, glycans present on bacterial cells and\/or supplied as food substituents forage the gut microbiome and impact its composition. Finally, secreted glycan polymers form the basis of biofilm matrices used by pathogens to escape therapeutic measures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Together with researchers in RESIST we will introduce our molecular knowledge on glycosylation enzymes to solve questions of clinical relevance. The long term goal is to establish a rational basis for the design of drugs that would allow destruction of biofilms and prevention of pathogen adhesion – the first step in infection – to mammalian cells.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Prof. Gerardy-Schahn<\/h1><\/div>
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Prof. Dr. Gerardy-Schahn – Curriculum Vitae<\/h1><\/div>
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