Dr. Stuart Haslam

Biography

Stuart Haslam is a Professor in the Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London, where he specializes in Structural Glycobiology. After obtaining his PhD from the University of Leeds, Dr. Haslam engaged in postdoctoral research at Imperial College, focusing on nematode parasite glycosylation, which laid the foundation for advancements in high sensitivity mass spectrometric analysis of complex mixtures of oligosaccharides, contributing significantly to glycomic analysis. He was awarded the Young Scientist Award for his role in organizing program committees for the XIVth International Symposium on Glycoconjugates in Zurich, Switzerland. His recent research encompasses the structural analysis of glycoconjugates from diverse biological origins, including bacterial and human analysis of cancer-derived cell lines. Since his appointment as a lecturer in 2002 at Imperial College London, he has served on the International Steering Committee for the Consortium for Functional Glycomics (CFG), where he is also the Director of the Analytical Glycotechnology Core facility, which has been relocated to San Diego. This NIH-funded research initiative aims to understand the role of carbohydrate-protein interactions in cell-cell communication, with resources available to the international scientific community. He is also a member of the Steering Committee for the EuroCarbDB consortium, which is funded by the European Commission's 6th Framework Programme and aims to develop and distribute web-based carbohydrate databases, with Imperial College responsible for specific mass spectrometry activities.

Research Interests