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Welcome! Prof. Sébastien Balieu from Université de Rouen-Normandie (France). Jan-2026
- The Guo group is pleased to host Prof. Sébastien Balieu (Université de Rouen Normandie, France), recipient of a 2025 Fulbright Scholarship, at the University of Florida from January 12 to April 30. During his visit, Prof. Balieu will work with our team on projects at the interface of synthetic organic chemistry and lipid chemical biology, strengthening ongoing collaborations and initiating new directions.
Prof. Sébastien Balieu is an organic chemist recognized for developing inventive chemical tools to study phospholipid function. He earned his Ph.D. in 2007 from Université de Rennes 1 (Brittany, France), followed by postdoctoral training in France and the United Kingdom. In 2013, he joined Université de Rouen Normandie as Maître de conférences (Assistant Professor), and in 2023, he obtained the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), reflecting sustained scientific leadership and independence. Since 2018, Prof. Balieu has led an independent research program centered on the original design and synthesis of phospholipid probes, with a particular emphasis on phosphatidic acids (PA)—a lipid family central to signaling and membrane dynamics. Supported by multiple competitive grants, his group is now expanding the families of phospholipids and the applications explored, and building a network of collaborations across France and the United States. In recognition of both the scientific promise and international reach of this work, he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2025 to pursue research in the U.S., strengthen existing collaborations, and deliver new results with broad relevance to chemistry and chemical biology.
Welcome! Alexia! A new summer intern from the ‘Université de Rouen Normandie’, France. March-2025.
Welcome!! He is a first-year undergraduate student at the University of Florida studying Chemistry with a minor in Linguistics. In the summer of 2025, he was selected for the UF/CLAS Strategic Initiative Scholarship for chemistry research on the Glycal project.
Welcome! Elise! A new summer intern from the Université de Strasbourg, France. March-2024.
Welcome! Selena! A new intern from Sorbonne University, France. March-2023.
Welcome! Dr. Rajendra Mane! A new exchange scholar from University of Mumbai, India.
He got the SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) award 2022-2023 from the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, for 6 months with Prof. Zhongwu Guo, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, USA. He joined Prof. Z. Guo’s Group in Oct. 2022.
Congratulations!!! Dr. Qingjiang Li getting an academic position at the University of Massachusetts, Boston! And all the best for your future endeavors…
Welcome, Lucie! A new intern from Université Paul Sabatier, France.
Congratulations!!! Kendall
Kendall was selected for a 2022 Sheridan Summer Fellowship. Congratulations!!! Once again, Kendall.
Welcome Palak !!!
We welcome our new graduate student, Palak Gupta (Master’s in Medicinal Chemistry), from the Chemistry Department. All the best!… Palak
Congratulation Prof. Z. Guo!!!
Professor Zhongwu Guo wins ACS Carbohydrate Division 2022 Melville L. Wolfrom Award!!!
Professor Zhongwu Guo, Steven M. and Rebecca J. Scott Chair, has received the ACS Carbohydrate Division 2022 Melville L. Wolfrom Award. This award recognizes one’s outstanding service and contributions to the field of carbohydrate chemistry.
Read more here
Congratulation Dr Mohit for successful Ph.D defense!
And all the best for your future work at Merck@pennsylvania as POST-DOC
Many congratulations to Brittany for successfully passing her PhD Viva!!! Very well done!
Brittany soon joining as a principal scientist at GSK @Houstan, wish you all the best ahead Brittany!!!
- March 18, 2021
Welcome on to board Sayan….
Guo's group welcome our new graduate student Sayan Kundu (Masters in Chemistry), from biochem division. A warm welcome and lots of good wishes on becoming part of our growing team.
- February 3, 2021
Congratulations!!! Laura, Fanran, and Tianqi Our work based on two-stage matching of experimental and reference MS/MS spectra developed for GSL characterization and glycolipidomics analysis is published in ACS Analytical Chemistry is now online. We congratulate our collaborators and all coauthors. Read more here : Characterization of Glycosphingolipids and Their Diverse Lipid Forms through Two-Stage Matching of LC-MS/MS Spectra
- January 4, 2021
Congratulations!!! Dr. Rajendra Rohokale and Qingjiang Li A diversity-oriented strategy developed for the synthesis of lacto-ganglio GSL, LcGg4, and its derivatives is published in Journal of Organic Chemistry and now online for readers. Read more here : A Diversity-Oriented Strategy for Chemical Synthesis of Glycosphingolipids: Synthesis of Glycosphingolipid LcGg4 and Its Analogues and Derivatives
- October 20, 2020
Congratulations!!! Mohit, Qingjiang Li and Xin Yan Our new and exciting work to understand glycan mobility and organization in the cell glycocalyx using spin labeling technique is published in Chemical Science and now online, This article provides a proof-of-principle study to reveal mobility differences in various glycans and cell types, suggesting that a conjugation of MGE with EPR can be a powerful tool for the investigation of glycans on cells. Congratulation once again to our collaborators and all the co-authors. Read more here: A metabolically engineered spin-labeling approach for studying glycans on cells
- October 19, 2020
Congratulations!!! Qingjiang Li, Mohit and Dr. Rajendra Rohokale The two-way diversification combining enzymatic glycan assembly and on-site lipid remodeling via chemoselective cross-metathesis and N-acylation was developed for glycosphingolipid (GSL) synthesis from simple glycoside is published in Organic Letters and now online. Read more here : A Diversity-Oriented Strategy for Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Glycosphingolipids and Related Derivatives
- October 6, 2020
Congratulations!!! Qingjiang Li The book chapter on Synthesis of lipid A and its analogs and conjugates, published in Carbohydrate Chemistry: Chemical and Biological Approaches is now online. Read more here: Synthesis of lipid A and its analogs and conjugates
- September 22, 2020,
Congratulations!!! Brittany The book chapter on Glycoconjugate Vaccines published in, Methods in Molecular Biology is now online. Read more here: Oligosaccharide Antigen Conjugation to Carrier Proteins to Formulate Glycoconjugate Vaccines
- September 5, 2020,
Congratulations!!! Mohit
Mohit selected as a 2020 V.T. and Louise Jackson Summer Fellow, He may recognize this name for professorship in our department and the Jackson’s continuing support. Congratulations once again Mohit well deserved and continue the good work.
- Welcome new members, Qirui and Mohit, to join the group! 11/2016
- The Guo lab has successfully relocated to UF, and labs are up and running now! 09/12/2016
