Varki is also co-director of the UCSD Glycobiology Research and Training Center, where the investigators have been exploring the interaction of bacterial pathogens with the innate immune system.

• 后者同时还兼任加州大学圣迭戈分校糖生物学研究与培训中心的主任，该中心的研究者已经发现了病原菌与固有免疫系统间的相互作用。