News
Goldwater Scholarship Winner: Lyle Tobin
Congratulations to our own Lyle Tobin on receiving the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship!
An informative talk to the general public and researchers on the role of heparan sulfate in SARS-CoV-2 entry
A presentation by Dr. Sharp titled COVID-19 and heparan sulfate: the carbohydrate handle that SARS-CoV-2 uses to grab your cells in the Oxford science cafe.
Clinical trial started to prevent the SARS-Cov-2 infection
Could a nasal spry of heparin help prevent the infection from SARS-Cov-2? In collaborating work, we have started clinical trials to find out. See the details of this in news interview from Pro. Joshua Sharp and Prof. Ritesh Tandon.
Interview on NPR’s Mississippi Edition
The University of Mississippi Establishes New Glycoscience Center of Research Excellence
The Sharp Group is excited to be a part of GlyCORE, the new NIH Phase 1 COBRE center focusing on glycoscience research. Prof. Sharp is serving as Principal Investigator and Director, as well as Director of the Analytical and Biophysical Research Core. If you are interested in working with GlyCORE or want to learn more, visit the GlyCORE website.
University of Mississippi News Article
Ph.D. Program Selection: Addison Roush
Addison Roush will be graduating from the university and will be attending The University of Washington for a PhD in Chemistry. Congratulations on all of your hard work and to your future success!
Graduate Achievement Award in BioMolecular Sciences from the University of Mississippi
Congratulations to Nillofar Abolhasani Khaje for receiving this prestigious award, we are proud of your dynamic contributions to the lab and research!
Goldwater Scholarship Winner: Addison Roush
Congratulations to our own Addison Roush on receiving the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship! Addison is one of only four recipients in the state of Mississippi to receive this nationally competitive award.
Taylor Medal: Lindsey Miller
Congratulations to our lab’s very own Lindsey Miller. Lindsey will receive the Taylor Medal, the University of Mississippi’s highest academic award for undergraduate students. We are all very proud of Lindsey for receiving this well-deserved award, and look forward to great things from her career!
University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy New Investigator Research Award for 2017-2018: Dr. Joshua S. Sharp
We are proud to announce that Joshua Sharp has won the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy New Investigator Research Award for 2017-2018, in recognition of the outstanding research in protein and carbohydrate structure and function being performed by researchers in the group. We have lots of exciting research in the pipeline, as well as several new projects with collaborators at the University of Mississippi and elsewhere – keep an eye out for what comes next from us!