Manfred Wuhrer is Professor of Proteomics and Glycomics and head of the Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics at the Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands. He focuses on the development of mass spectrometric methods for glycomics and glycoproteomics, and their application in clinical research and biotechnology. Clinical applications cover the fields of rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal and pancreatic cancer, longevity, as well as various infectious diseases.