GlySpaceAlliance
GlySpaceAlliance
The GlySpace Alliance consists of three major glycan-related database integration projects: GlyGen, Glyco@Expasy and GlyCosmos. The overarching objective of this initiative is to meet the needs of the scientific community by providing relevant, trustable, quality information regarding the structures of biologically relevant glycans, the glycoconjugates within which they are found, their biosynthesis and regulation, and their roles in biological processes. This initiative is line with the vision of Prof. Nicolle Packer with whom the Alliance was shaped and who acts as our core advisor.
The members of the GlySpace Alliance are committed to achieving its objective by freely sharing information in the glycobiology domain and working collaboratively to avoid duplication of effort, while at the same time individually developing unique and useful resources that benefit the community as a whole.
Funding
GlyGen is supported by the US National Institutes of Health, Glyco@Expasy by Swiss public sources including the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation and GlyCosmos by the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
Washington DC, USA
The GlyGen portal was launched in 2019 with a focus on resources for studying the glycome and glycoproteome in human, mouse, rat and viruses. It is developed with an extensive data integration component spanning multiple other -omics sources. It is introduced further here and detailed here.
Tokyo, JP
The GlyCosmos portal provides access to data and knowledge in glycoscience, including glycan-related genes, proteins, lipids, glycomes, pathways and diseases. The content is split into a section for repositories, and a section for data resources covering the various glycan-related databases and integrated datasets. The portal is introduced in this article. Among the unique features of GlyCosmos is the hosting of GlyTouCan, the universal glycan structure repository.
Geneva, CH
The Glyco@Expasy portal was initially released in 2016 as Glycomics@ExPASy described in this article. In order to match the evolution of the ExPASy server created in 1993 as described here and restructured several times (the latest being in 2020 as detailed here), Glycomics@ExPASy was redesigned and became Glyco@Expasy in 2021 to support users in finding resources relevant to their needs.
Supported by:
GlySpace Alliance, 2019-2025
