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Geert-Jan Boons, Franklin Professor of Chemistry, was awarded the Inventor's Award in the 2012 Creative Research Awards. The award recognizes an inventor for a unique and innovative discovery that has made an impact on the community.

The Southeastern Universities Research Association announced Henry F. Schaefer III, Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry at the University of Georgia, as its 2012 SURA Distinguished Scientist Award.

Assistant Professor Shanta Dhar has been granted a three-year Idea development Award from the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Prostate Cancer Research Program (DoD-PCRP) for her grant entitled, “Combined Chemotherapy and Anti-Inflammatory Therapy for Me

If genes provide the blueprint for life and proteins are the machines that do much of the work for cells, then carbohydrates linked to proteins are among the tools that enable cells to communicate with the outside world and each other.