Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery
Research in the Wong lab encompasses a broad spectrum of bioorganic and synthetic chemistry. Development of both synthetic and bioorganic strategies is paramount to our research. Programmable one-pot reactions and enzymatic synthesis methods are being developed for the synthesis of complex oligosaccharides, homogeneous glycoproteins and glycoarrays. These tools and methods are used to understand the role of glycosylation in virology and to develop new carbohydrate-based medicines