CAMRC
Home Page Dr. Rodén's research is concerned with the biosynthesis of the polysaccharide components of mammalian proteoglycans and is presently focused on the isolation and characterization of enzymes involved in the formation of heparin. Recent work includes the purification of the uronic acid 5-epimerase catalyzing the conversion of glucuronic acid to iduronic acid in the course of heparin synthesis.
Professor (schoolwide), School of Medicine, UAB
1977 President, Society for Complex Carbohydrates
1965 Medicine doktor (M.D.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
1962 Medicine licentiat (M.L.), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
1956 M.D. thesis, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden
1951 Medicine kandidat (M.K.), Karolinska Insitutet, Stockholm Sweden