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Abram Axelrod

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2010Rising activity
Glycosylation and Glycoproteins ResearchChemical synthesis and alkaloidsCrystallization and Solubility StudiesX-ray Diffraction in CrystallographyCarbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis

Publications

26

Citations

792

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

16

Publishing since 2010

Research summary
AI-generated

Abram Axelrod works in chemistry and chemical biology, with a focus on synthesizing complex sugar molecules (glycosylation, including a technique called fucosylation) using catalytic methods, as well as related work on peptide/protein synthesis and antibodies that target specific sugar modifications on proteins linked to cancer. This research blends organic chemistry with biological applications, such as developing tools to study proteins and natural products relevant to nerve repair and cancer.

Carbohydrate and glycoside chemistryOrganocatalysis (isothiourea-catalyzed reactions)Peptide and protein chemical synthesisChemical biology tools for studying proteinsCancer-related glycoprotein research

Publication output has been irregular over the last decade, with gaps in some years, a notable spike in 2023, and renewed activity in 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications182019: 1 publication192021222023: 6 publications623242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Cambridge Structural Database×4
  • Tetrahedron×2
  • Cell chemical biology×1
  • ACS Chemical Biology×1
  • Chemical Communications×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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