1. Rafael Bermeo, Anna Bernardi, Annabelle Varrot, BC2L-C N-Terminal Lectin Domain Complexed with Histo Blood Group Oligosaccharides Provides New Structural Information. Molecules 2020, 25, 248, doi:10.3390/molecules25020248.
   
2. Kanhaya Lal, Rafael Bermeo, Serge Perez, Computational tools for drawing, building and displaying carbohydrates: a visual guide. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry 2020, 16, 2448–2468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.199.
3. Dania Martínez-Alarcón, Annabelle Varrot, Elaine Fitches, John A. Gatehouse, Min Cao, Prashant Pyati, Alejandro Blanco-Labra, Teresa Garcia-Gasca, Recombinant Lectin from Tepary Bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) with Specific Recognition for Cancer-Associated Glycans: Production, Structural Characterization, and Target Identification, Biomolecules 2020, 10, 654. doi: 10.3390/biom10040654.
4. Blijke S. Kroezen, Gabriele Conti, Benedetta Girardi, Jonathan Cramer, Xiaohua Jiang, Said Rabbani, Jennifer Müller, Maja Kokot, Enrico Luisoni, Daniel Ricklin, Oliver Schwardt, Beat Ernst, A Potent Mimetic of the Siglec‐8 Ligand 6’‐Sulfo‐Sialyl Lewisx, ChemMedChem 2020, 15, 1706-1719. doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202000417.
5. Elena Maria Loi, Matjaž Weiss, Stane Pajk, Martina Gobec, Tihomir Tomašič, Roland J. Pieters, Marko Anderluh, Intracellular Hydrolysis of Small-Molecule O-Linked N-Acetylglucosamine Transferase Inhibitors Differs among Cells and Is Not Required for Its Inhibition. Molecules 2020, 25, 3381. doi: 10.3390/molecules25153381.
6. Nives Hribernik, Alice Tamburrini, Ermelinda Falletta, Anna Bernardi, One pot synthesis of thio-glycosides via aziridine opening reactions. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2020, doi: 10.1039/D0OB01956A.
7. Matjaž Weiss, Elena Maria Loi, Maša Sterle, Cyril Balsollier, Tihomir Tomašič, Roland J. Pieters, Martina Gobec, Marko Anderluh, New Quinolinone O-GlcNAc Transferase Inhibitors Based on Fragment Growth. Frontiers in Chemistry 2021, 9, 666122, doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.666122.
8. Cyril Balsollier, Roland J. Pieters, Marko Anderluh, Overview of the Assays to Probe O-Linked β-N-Acetylglucosamine Transferase Binding and Activity, Molecules 2021, 26, 1037, doi: 10.3390/molecules26041037.
9. Kanhaya Lal, Rafael Bermeo, Jonathan Cramer, Francesca Vasile, Beat Ernst, Anne Imberty, Anna Bernardi, Annabelle Varrot, Laura Belvisi, Prediction and Validation of a Druggable Site on Virulence Factor of Drug Resistant Burkholderia cenocepacia, Chemistry 2021, doi: 10.1002/chem.202100252.
10. Dania Martínez-Alarcón, Viviane Balloy, Jean-Philippe Bouchara, Roland J. Pieters, Annabelle Varrot, Biochemical and structural studies of target lectin SapL1 from the emerging opportunistic microfungus Scedosporium apiospermum, Scientific Reports 2021, 11, 16109. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95008-4.
11. Mujtaba Hassan, Sjors van Klaveren, Maria Håkansson, Carl Diehl, Rebeka Kovačič, Floriane Baussière, Anders P. Sundin, Jaka Dernovšek, Björn Walse, Fredrik Zetterberg, Hakon Leffler, Marko Anderluh, Tihomir Tomašič, Žiga Jakopin, Ulf J. Nilsson. Benzimidazole–galactosides bind selectively to the Galectin-8 N-Terminal domain: Structure-based design and optimisation, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 2021, 223, 113664. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113664.
12. Sjors Van Klaveren, Anders Sundin, Žiga Jakopin, Marko Anderluh, Hakon Leffler, Ulf Nilsson, Tihomir Tomašič. Selective galectin-8N ligands: the design and synthesis of phthalazinone-D-galactals. ChemMedChem, 2021, doi:  10.1002/cmdc.202100575.
13. Benedetta Girardi, Martina Manna, Sjors Van Klaveren,  Tihomir Tomašič, Žiga Jakopin, Hakon Leffler, Ulf Nilsson, Daniel Ricklin, Janez Mravljak, Oliver Schwardt, Marko Anderluh. Selective monovalent galectin-8 ligands based on 3-lactoylgalactoside. ChemMedChem 2021, doi: 10.1002/cmdc.202100514.
14. Mujtaba Hassan, Floriane Baussière, Samo Guzelj, Anders P. Sundin, Maria Håkansson, Rebeka Kovačič, Hakon Leffler, Tihomir Tomašič, Marko Anderluh, Žiga Jakopin, Ulf J. Nilsson, Structure-Guided Design of d-Galactal Derivatives with High Affinity and Selectivity for the Galectin-8 N-Terminal Domain, ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2021, 12, 1745-1752. doi: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00371.

1. Margherita Duca: Measuring Carbohydrate-Lectin Interactions : A Guide for Beginners. 

Science is Wonderful!

Science is wonderful! It is a free exhibition that brings the world of science closer to the public. It brings together scientists from around the world to present 3 days full of science and recreation activities in one place.

This event represents the perfect occasion for schools, families, and youth can meet and talk with researchers, ask them questions, conduct their own experiments, play games, and watch a variety of online activities in different languages.

With a mounting success and a rising number of visitors, Science is Wonderful! has become the flagship event to highlight EU-funded research by showcasing MSCA researchers and their projects to the wider public.

In the 2019 exhibition, our ESRs Margherita Duca and Dania Martinez participated in this event with the project entitled “Unmasking pathogenic fungi” to shows how their Ph.D. projects impact our daily lives and, to inspire young visitors to embark on an exciting career in science!