Tools for glycomics: Mapping interactions of carbohydrates in biological systems

The emerging field of glycomics has been challenged by difficulties associated with studying complex carbohydrates and glycol conjugates. Advances in the development of synthetic tools for glycobiology are poised to overcome some of these challenges and accelerate progress towards our understanding of the roles of carbohydrates in biology. Carbohydrate microarrays, fluorescent neoglycoconjugate probes, and aminoglycoside antibiotic microarrays are among the many new tools becoming available to glycobiologists.