JCGG Symposia
Integration from functional analyses of sugar chains to systems glycobiology
November 4, 2003 Tokyo Conference Center (Iidabashi)
program
| 9:25-9:30 | Opening Address Naoyuki Taniguchi (Organizer, Osaka University) |
| 9:30-9:40 | Policy for the development of Japanese life sciences Hiroo Imura (Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office) |
| Chairperson : Akemi Suzuki (RIKEN Frontier Group Director) | |
| 9:50-11:10 | Keynote address JAPAN CONSORTIUM FOR GLYCOSCIENCES (JCGS): Coming developments in glycobiology and glycotechnology Yoshitaka Nagai (Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences) |
| ◊ OPSR/Kiko Diagnosis and therapy with genetically engineered lectin libraries Tatsuro Irimura (Tokyo University) |
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| ◊ PGST Sphingolipid biology and postgenomic research in Hokkaido Yasuyuki Igarashi (Hokkaido University) |
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| ◊ RIKEN Frontier Mass spectrometry and DNA microarray for glycobiology Akemi Suzuki (RIKEN) |
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| 11:10-11:25 | Coffee Break |
| Chairperson : Koichi Furukawa (Head Investigator, MEXT Research Project "Glycomics") |
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| 11:25-12:20 | ◊ MEXT Research Project "Glycomics" |
| Molecular mechanisms for the diseases based on the carbohydrate disorders Koichi Furukawa (Nagoya University) |
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| Modulation of protein functions by glycans Toshisuke Kawasaki (Kyoto University) |
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| Functional control of molecular complexes by carbohydrates Koji Kimata (Aichi Medical University) |
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| 12:20-13:30 | Lunch |
| Chairperson : Naoyuki Taniguchi (CREST project leader) | |
| 13:30-15:10 | ◊ CREST Project |
| Cell-cell interactions mediated by carbohydrate determinants Reiji Kannagi (Aichi Cancer Center) |
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| Functional glycomics of viral infection and its application for the antiviral drugs Yasuo Suzuki (University of Shizuoka) |
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| Drosophila functional glycomics Shoko Nishihara (Soka University) |
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| Synthetic approaches to the mechanism of glycoprotein quality control Yukishige Ito (RIKEN) |
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| Suppression of viral geneexpression by a glycosyltransferase Nobuto Koyama (Takara Bio Inc.) |
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| Chemical glycobiology: A synthetic approach Makoto Kiso (Gifu University) |
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| 15:10-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| Chairperson : Hisashi Narimatsu (Deputy Director, Research Center for Glycoscience, AIST) |
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| 15:30-17:10 | ◊ NEDO Project |
| Comprehensive study on glycogenes with the aid of bioinformatics technology Hisashi Narimatsu (AIST) |
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| Toward the comprehensive expression of human glycosyltransferase genes in yeast as a tool
for sugar chain synthesis Jigami Yoshifumi (AIST) |
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| Development of efficient glycoconjugate synthetic methods and application to medical science Shinichiro Nishimura (Hokkaido University) |
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| Lectin-based glycan profiling Jun Hirabayashi (AIST) |
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| Development of mass spectrometry toward glycoproteomics Katutoshi Takahashi (AIST) |
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| Recent advance of carbohydrate structure analysis using mass spectrometry Akihiko Kameyama (AIST) |
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| Development of new structural elucidation method for oligosaccharides Osamu Kanie (Mitubishi Kagaku Institute) |
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| 17:10-17:20 | Concluding Remarks Akemi Suzuki (Organizer, JSCR) |
| 17:20-17:25 | Guest Speech Sen-ichiro Hakomori (University of Washington) |
| 17:25-17:30 | Closing Remarks Hironobu Hashimoto (President, JSCR) |



