Prof Nicki Packer is Distinguished Professor of Glycoproteomics, Deputy Director of the MQ Biomolecular Discovery Research Centre and Academic Lead of APAF (Australian Proteome Analysis Facility) at Macquarie University. She has gained international and national profile by linking glycomics with the proteomics and bioinformatics approaches to biological functional research. Her research interests are now in the structure, function, informatics and application of glycans and their conjugates as molecular markers, particularly in their role in cancer, therapeutics and microbial infection. More Info