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The Lectenz Bio team consists of diverse, experienced individuals with strong levels of expertise in high-performance computing and wet lab science. Our focus on developing novel glycoscience tools guides our everyday operations in manufacturing high-quality products. At Lectenz Bio, people matter, and it is the team that drives our company towards new achievements in the glycoscience industry. Our various subject matter experts allow us to innovate while maintaining a pragmatic perspective.
Dr. Wu brings extensive experience in molecular biology, biochemistry, glycobiology, and project management. During his tenure at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center at University of Georgia he contributed to research management, technology development, and staff mentorship. His contributions to the field of glycoscience include the development of the Glycoenzyme Repository, a key resource for the scientific community. His current responsibilities include scientific and project leadership overseeing the development and validation of the sialic acid Lectenz
Dr. Samli brings a blend of scientific and business experience to leverage his core expertise in strategy, technology, and organizational development. He leads initiatives in product commercialization, strategic partnership development, and investor relations. He has co-founded startups, provided business leadership to technology startups, and received additional training in technology entrepreneurship at Singularity University located at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. Dr. Samli co-developed aspects of the Lectenz
Prof. Nolan joined the Scintillon Institute for Biomedical and Bioenergy Research in July 2014. He received his Ph.D. in 1992 in Biochemistry from the Pennsylvania State University. He then took a post-doc position in the Life Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory and served as Director, National Flow Cytometry Resource, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory from 2001-2004. From 2003-2014 he served on the faculty at the La Jolla Bioengineering Institute. His expertise is in the development of multiplexed and high throughput analysis approaches for the characterization of ligand-protein interactions. He has served as Chair for the Standards Committee of the International Society for the Advancement of Cytometry. He is on the editorial board of the journal Cytometry.
Dr. Hart is Professor and GRA Eminent Scholar in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Complex Carbohydrate Research Center at the University of Georgia. Prior to that he was the Director of Biological Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. in Developmental Biology in 1977 from Kansas State University. He served as a post-doctoral research associate at JHUSOM from 1977 to 1979 when he joined the JHU faculty. His expertise is in dynamic O-glycosylation of nuclear and cytosolic proteins of relevance to cancer and diabetes. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including the Presidents Innovator Award from Society for Glycobiology in 2019.
Prof. Pierce is Director of the UGA Cancer Center and Distinguished Research Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the CCRC at UGA. He received his Ph.D. in biology in 1980 from the Johns Hopkins University. Prior to joining the CCRC in April 1991, Dr. Pierce was assistant then associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the University of Miami School of Medicine and Staff Investigator of the Papanicolau Comprehensive Cancer Center. In 1988 he was the recipient of a five-year Faculty Research Award from the American Cancer Society. His expertise is in the regulation of intercellular recognition and adhesion involving protein-oligosaccharide interactions.
Prof. Woods holds joint faculty appointments in the Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Dept. of Chemistry, the Dept. of Infectious Diseases, and the CCRC at the University of Georgia. From 2008 to 2014, he was also Chair of Computational Glycosciences at the School of Chemistry at the National University of Ireland, Galway. His academic expertise is in biophysical carbohydrate chemistry. He is creator of the GLYCAM force field for modeling carbohydrates, a developer of the AMBER molecular modeling package, and integrates experimental and theoretical methods in his research. Prof. Woods guides the productization, commercialization strategy, and research.
Dr. Cooper specializes in selecting novel Lectenz
Ms. Paul assists in the validation of Lectenz