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Carolyn R. Bertozzi

Carolyn R. Bertozzi

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Best Female Scientists
2025
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Biology and Biochemistry
USA
2026

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Best Female Scientists

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152
Citations
94476
World Ranking
141
National Ranking
84

Chemistry

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150
Citations
94681
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135
National Ranking
69

Biology and Biochemistry

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155
Citations
99911
World Ranking
147
National Ranking
104

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2005 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1999 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Carolyn R. Bertozzi is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their primary research area falls under Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on subfields including Molecular Biology, History and Philosophy of Science, Immunology, Organic Chemistry, and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging.

The scientist's research topics cover a variety of specialized areas, notably:

  • Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research
  • Academic Writing and Publishing
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis
  • Galectins and Cancer Biology
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications

Recent publications by Carolyn R. Bertozzi include:

  • "Lipid-droplet-accumulating microglia represent a dysfunctional and proinflammatory state in the aging brain" (2020), published in Nature Neuroscience
  • "Lysosome-targeting chimaeras for degradation of extracellular proteins" (2020), published in Nature
  • "Small RNAs are modified with N-glycans and displayed on the surface of living cells" (2021), published in Cell
  • "LYTACs that engage the asialoglycoprotein receptor for targeted protein degradation" (2021), published in Nature Chemical Biology
  • "The clinical impact of glycobiology: targeting selectins, Siglecs and mammalian glycans" (2021), published in Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Their collaborative work involves frequent co-authors such as Gregory D. Scholes, Kirk S. Schanze, Cynthia J. Burrows, Shu Wang, and Hyun Jae Kim.

Publications by this researcher regularly appear in venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature
  • ACS Central Science
  • Regular and Young Investigator Award Abstracts

Carolyn R. Bertozzi has been recognized through multiple fellowships and memberships, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2018)
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2013)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2005)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2003)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2001)
  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation (1999)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1997)

Best Publications

  • A Strain-Promoted [3 + 2] Azide−Alkyne Cycloaddition for Covalent Modification of Biomolecules in Living Systems

    Nicholas J Agard;Jennifer A Prescher;Carolyn R Bertozzi

  • Bioorthogonal Chemistry: Fishing for Selectivity in a Sea of Functionality

    Ellen M. Sletten;Carolyn R. Bertozzi;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • Cell Surface Engineering by a Modified Staudinger Reaction

    Eliana Saxon;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • Essentials of Glycobiology

    Ajit Varki;Richard D Cummings;Jeffrey D Esko;Hudson H Freeze

  • Copper-free click chemistry for dynamic in vivo imaging

    Jeremy M. Baskin;Jennifer A. Prescher;Scott T. Laughlin;Nicholas J. Agard

  • Glycans in cancer and inflammation — potential for therapeutics and diagnostics

    Danielle H. Dube;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • Cu-free click cycloaddition reactions in chemical biology

    John C. Jewett;Carolyn R. Bertozzi;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • Chemistry in living systems.

    Jennifer A Prescher;Carolyn R Bertozzi

  • Chemical glycobiology : Carbohydrates and glycobiology

    Carolyn R. Bertozzi;Laura L. Kiessling

  • Coadsorption of ferrocene-terminated and unsubstituted alkanethiols on gold: electroactive self-assembled monolayers

    Christopher E. D. Chidsey;Carolyn R. Bertozzi;T. M. Putvinski;A. M. Mujsce

  • Incorporation of azides into recombinant proteins for chemoselective modification by the Staudinger ligation

    Kristi L. Kiick;Eliana Saxon;David A. Tirrell;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • Lipid-droplet-accumulating microglia represent a dysfunctional and proinflammatory state in the aging brain

    Julia Marschallinger;Julia Marschallinger;Tal Iram;Macy Zardeneta;Song E. Lee

  • From mechanism to mouse: a tale of two bioorthogonal reactions.

    Ellen M. Sletten;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • In Vivo Imaging of Membrane-Associated Glycans in Developing Zebrafish

    Scott T. Laughlin;Jeremy M. Baskin;Sharon L. Amacher;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • Symbol Nomenclature for Graphical Representations of Glycans.

    Ajit Varki;Richard D. Cummings;Markus Aebi;Nicole H. Packer

  • Engineering chemical reactivity on cell surfaces through oligosaccharide biosynthesis

    Lara K. Mahal;Kevin J. Yarema;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Theory of [9]-, [12]-, and [18]Cycloparaphenylene: Carbon Nanohoop Structures

    Ramesh Jasti;Joydeep Bhattacharjee;Jeffrey B. Neaton;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • How many human proteoforms are there

    Ruedi Aebersold;Jeffrey N. Agar;I. Jonathan Amster;Mark S. Baker

  • Lysosome-targeting chimaeras for degradation of extracellular proteins.

    Steven M. Banik;Kayvon Pedram;Simon Wisnovsky;Green Ahn

  • Chemical remodelling of cell surfaces in living animals

    Jennifer A. Prescher;Danielle H. Dube;Carolyn R. Bertozzi;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

  • A Comparative Study of Bioorthogonal Reactions with Azides

    Nicholas J. Agard;Jeremy M. Baskin;Jennifer A. Prescher;Anderson Lo

  • A “Traceless” Staudinger Ligation for the Chemoselective Synthesis of Amide Bonds

    Eliana Saxon;Joshua I. Armstrong;Carolyn R. Bertozzi

Frequent Co-Authors

Gunda I. Georg
Gunda I. Georg University of Minnesota
Dennis C. Liotta
Dennis C. Liotta Emory University
Alanna Schepartz
Alanna Schepartz University of California, Berkeley
Craig W. Lindsley
Craig W. Lindsley Vanderbilt University
Kenneth M. Merz
Kenneth M. Merz Michigan State University
Joseph A. Loo
Joseph A. Loo University of California, Los Angeles
Marc A. Hillmyer
Marc A. Hillmyer University of Minnesota
Vincent M. Rotello
Vincent M. Rotello University of Massachusetts Amherst
Gregory D. Scholes
Gregory D. Scholes Princeton University

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