Decoding the cell state from the nanoscale architecture of the cell-surface glycome

Nature Nanotechnology, Published online: 14 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41565-026-02154-9 Glycan atlassing is a method for the detection of the spatial organization of cell-surface glycosylation patterns at nanoscale. It shows that such patterns reflect the functional state of the cell, providing direct evidence that the cell-surface glycome encodes biological information via its spatial organization.