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Faculty Member

Yu-Teh Li

Glycoconjugate Catabolism


Professor of Biochemistry
Ph.D. (University of Oklahoma, 1963)
Phone: (504) 584-2451
FAX: (504) 584-2739
Address:
1430 Tulane Ave., Box SL-43
New Orleans LA 70112
Email: yli1@tulane.edu


Research Interests

The long-standing research interests of our laboratory have been centered on the study of glucosidases as related to sphingolipidoses and other related disorders. We have been also working on the isolation and cloning of glycosidases useful for studying the structure and function of glycoconjugates and have discovered several unique and biomedically useful glycosidases.



Positions and Honors

1964 -1966: Assist Professor, Dept. Biochem., Univ. Oklahoma, School of Medicine
1966 -1971: Assist. Professor, Dept. Biochem., Tulane Univ. School of Medicine
1971 -1974: Assoc. Professor, Dept. Biochem., Tulane Univ. School of Medicine
1975 -1985: Head, Dept. Biochem., Tulane Univ., Delta Primate Res. Center
1974 - present: Professor, Dept. Biochem., Tulane Univ. School of Medicine
1990 - present: Vice Chair, Dept. Biochemistry, Tulane Univ. School of Medicine

N1H Research Career Development Award, 1971-1976
Twice NIH Javits Neuroscience Investigator Awards, 1984-1991 and 1991?1998
Editorial Board, Anal. Biochem., 1981-1989 & 1992-1995; Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 1994-1997
Member, NIH Biochemistry Study Section 1983-1987
Board of Director, Society for Complex Carbohydrates, 1986-1990


Current Research Grants

Active - 1 R01 NS 09626-32 (PI, Y.-T. Li) 02/01/98-01/31/03
Title: Glycosidases as Related to Sphingolipidosis


Publications

List of recent publications.


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