Rachel Willand-Charnley's Research

Glycan-Related Biochemical Mechanisms of Action: Investigating how cancers exploit functionalized sugar residues—particularly sialic acid—to drive tumorigenesis, metastasis, immune evasion and drug resistance.
Glycan-Related Synthetic Methods Development: Developing robust and scalable synthetic methods to modify glycan structures precisely.
Glycan-Related Therapeutic Development: Translating mechanistic insights into therapeutic strategies.
Mechanistic Elucidation and Therapeutic Development Surrounding Chemical Warfare Agents: Beyond oncology, the lab applies its mechanistic and therapeutic development expertise to chemical warfare agents.

Recent Publications

Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics

Physical Address

1066 Campanile Ave.

Brookings, SD 57007

Mailing Address

SAV 247, Box 2202

Brookings, SD 57007

Hours

Mon - Fri: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

605-688-5151

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