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Overview

Geert-Jan Boons is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research work spans multiple fields including Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with substantial contributions to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Organic Chemistry, Infectious Diseases, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research focuses strongly on topics related to Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Influenza Virus Research Studies, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research, Respiratory viral infections research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Recent publications by Geert-Jan Boons include the following papers:

  • Sialic acid-containing glycolipids mediate binding and viral entry of SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Nature Chemical Biology
  • Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans as Attachment Factor for SARS-CoV-2, 2021, ACS Central Science
  • Coronavirus hemagglutinin-esterase and spike proteins coevolve for functional balance and optimal virion avidity, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome: expanding the concept of molecular mimicry, 2022, Trends in Immunology
  • Heparan sulfate proteoglycans as attachment factor for SARS-CoV-2, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Geert-Jan Boons include:

  • Robert P. de Vries
  • Pradeep Chopra
  • Lin Liu
  • Zeshi Li
  • Luca Unione

Major venues for publication include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie

Best Publications

  • Visualizing metabolically labeled glycoconjugates of living cells by copper-free and fast huisgen cycloadditions.

    Xinghai Ning;Jun Guo;Margreet A. Wolfert;Geert-Jan Boons

  • Opportunities and challenges in synthetic oligosaccharide and glycoconjugate research

    Thomas J. Boltje;Therese Buskas;Geert-Jan Boons

  • Structural basis for human coronavirus attachment to sialic acid receptors.

    M. Alejandra Tortorici;M. Alejandra Tortorici;M. Alejandra Tortorici;Alexandra C. Walls;Yifei Lang;Chunyan Wang

  • Strategies in Oligosaccharide Synthesis

    Geert-Jan Boons

  • Selective Labeling of Living Cells by a Photo-Triggered Click Reaction

    Andrei A. Poloukhtine;Ngalle Eric Mbua;Margreet A. Wolfert;Geert-Jan Boons

  • Recent advances in o-sialylation.

    Geert-Jan Boons;Alexei V. Demchenko

  • Human coronaviruses OC43 and HKU1 bind to 9-O-acetylated sialic acids via a conserved receptor-binding site in spike protein domain A.

    Ruben J.G. Hulswit;Yifei Lang;Mark J.G. Bakkers;Wentao Li

  • Immune recognition of tumor-associated mucin MUC1 is achieved by a fully synthetic aberrantly glycosylated MUC1 tripartite vaccine

    Vani Lakshminarayanan;Pamela Thompson;Margreet A. Wolfert;Therese Buskas

  • Adaptive immune activation: glycosylation does matter

    Margreet A Wolfert;Geert-Jan Boons

  • Robust immune responses elicited by a fully synthetic three-component vaccine

    Sampat Ingale;Margreet A Wolfert;Jidnyasa Gaekwad;Therese Buskas

  • A General Strategy for the Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Asymmetrically Branched N-Glycans

    Zhen Wang;Zoeisha S. Chinoy;Shailesh G. Ambre;Wenjie Peng

  • An Angiogenic Switch in Macrophages Involving Synergy between Toll-Like Receptors 2, 4, 7, and 9 and Adenosine A2A Receptors

    Grace Pinhal-Enfield;Madhuri Ramanathan;Gyorgy Hasko;Stefanie N. Vogel

  • A general strategy for stereoselective glycosylations.

    Jin-Hwan Kim;Hai Yang;Jin Park;Geert-Jan Boons

  • Modular synthesis of heparan sulfate oligosaccharides for structure-activity relationship studies.

    Sailaja Arungundram;Kanar Al-Mafraji;Jinkeng Asong;Franklin E. Leach

  • Immunotherapy for cancer: synthetic carbohydrate-based vaccines

    Therese Buskas;Pamela Thompson;Geert-Jan Boons

  • Protein Modification by Strain-Promoted Alkyne–Nitrone Cycloaddition

    Xinghai Ning;Rinske P. Temming;Jan Dommerholt;Jun Guo

  • Glycosylation of extracellular vesicles: current knowledge, tools and clinical perspectives

    Charles Williams;Felix Royo;Oier Aizpurua-Olaizola;Raquel Pazos

  • Metal Free Sequential [3+2[-Dipolar Cycloadditions using Cyclooctynes and 1,3-Dipoles of Different Reactivity

    Brian C. Sanders;Frédéric Friscourt;Petr A. Ledin;Ngalle Eric Mbua

  • Sialic acid-containing glycolipids mediate binding and viral entry of SARS-CoV-2.

    Linh Nguyen;Kelli A McCord;Duong T Bui;Kim M Bouwman

  • The Immunogenicity of the Tumor‐Associated Antigen Lewisy May Be Suppressed by a Bifunctional Cross‐Linker Required for Coupling to a Carrier Protein

    Therese Buskas;Yanhong Li;Geert-Jan Boons

  • Stereoselective 1,2-cis-galactosylation assisted by remote neighboring group participation and solvent effects

    Alexei V. Demchenko;Emmanuel Rousson;Geert-Jan Boons

  • Comprehensive glycoscience : from chemistry to systems biology

    Johannis P. Kamerling;Geert-Jan Boons

Frequent Co-Authors

Margreet A. Wolfert
Margreet A. Wolfert Utrecht University
Kelley W. Moremen
Kelley W. Moremen University of Georgia
Alexei V. Demchenko
Alexei V. Demchenko Saint Louis University
J. H. Van Boom
J. H. Van Boom Leiden University
Steven V. Ley
Steven V. Ley University of Cambridge
G. A. Van Der Marel
G. A. Van Der Marel Leiden University
Lance Wells
Lance Wells University of Georgia
I. Jonathan Amster
I. Jonathan Amster University of Georgia
Robert J. Woods
Robert J. Woods University of Georgia
Joseph Zaia
Joseph Zaia Boston University

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