JCGG Symposia
Integration of Glycoscience and Beyond
-Researches based on free ideas and innovative approaches-
-Researches based on free ideas and innovative approaches-
December 3 - 4, 2008 Tokyo Conference Center (Shinagawa)
program December 3 (Wednesday), 2007
| 9:20-9:30 | Opening Address Yoshitaka Nagai (President, JCGG) |
| 9:30-10:50 | Invited Lectures Chairperson : Naoyuki Taniguchi (RIKEN) Nuclear protein transport and its significance to cell function Yoshihiro Yoneda (Osaka University) How Sweet it is: applying new glycomics technologies to identify stem cell and cancer markers Michael Pierce (UGA Cancer Cent) |
| 10:50-11:10 | Coffee Break |
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Role of Glycans in Intracellular Events Chairperson : Yasuyuki Igarashi (Hokkaido University) Kenji Yamamoto (Kyoto University) |
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| 11:10-12:30 | ◊ Quality Control and Metabolism of Glycocojugates The biological function of glycosphingolipids: Lessons learnt from the knockout mice of the glycosphingolipid metabolism related genes. Junko Matsuda (Tokai University) Protective effect of GnT-III on β-amyloid production in Alzheimer's disease Hiroshi Manya (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology) Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) quality control of glycoproteins by ER lectins Nobuko Hosokawa (Kyoto University) Catabolic Pathway for free N-glycans Tadashi Suzuki (RIKEN) |
| 12:30-13:40 | JCGG Lunchon Seminer 1 (Shimadz Co.) New chemical methods for selective protein labeling Tadashi Hamachi (Kyoto University) |
| Chairperson : Yoshifumi Jigami (AIST) Taro Kinoshita (Osaka University) |
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| 13:40-15:00 | ◊ Protein Transport and Glycosylation Specificity of lectins involved in quality control of glycoproteins Kazuo Yamamoto (University of Tokyo) Role of glycosylation in the production of recombinant glycoproteins through the secretory pathway of yeast cells Kaoru Takegawa (Kyushu University) Acidification of Golgi apparatus by GPHR, a novel anion channel, is critical for glycosylation Yusuke Maeda (Osaka University) Regulation mechanisms of glycosylation Satoshi Goto (Mitsubishi KagakuInstitute of Life Science) |
| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee Break |
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New Waves in Glycoscience I Chairperson : Reiji Kannagi (Aichi Cancer Center) Katsuko Yamashita (Tokyo Institute of Technology) |
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| 15:20-16:40 | ◊ Functions of Unusual forms of Glycosylation Roles of the monosaccharide O-fucose modification of Notch in Notch signaling Kenji Matsuno (Tokyo University of Science) New functions of polysialic acid Chihiro Sato (Nagoya University) Biological functions of C-mannosylation in cell signaling Yoshito Ihara (Wakayama Medical University) Molecular mechanism of photoreceptor synapse formation by a novel extra cellular matrix protein pikachurin Takahisa Furukawa (Osaka Bioscience Institute) |
| 17:00-19:00 | Banquet |
program December 4 (Thursday), 2008
| New Waves in Glycoscience II Chairperson : Makoto Kiso (Gifu University) Ken Kitajima (Nagoya University) |
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| 9:30-11:10 | ◊ Interface of Biology and Chemistry Synthesis and biofunction of innate immunostimulating glycoconjugates from bacteria Yukari Fujimoto (Osaka University) Synthetic N-glycans for quantitative analysis of calreticulin Ichiro Matsuo (Gumma University) Structural glycobiology for understanding of glycan functions Yoshiki Yamaguchi (RIKEN) Analysis of N-Glycan Structure from a pmol Level of Glycoprotein Kazuhiro Ikenaka (National Institute for Physiological Sciences) Introduction to data mining techniques applied to glycan structure analysis Kiyoko Aoki-Kinoshita (Soka University) |
| 11:10-11:30 | Coffee Break |
| Role of Glycans in Extracellular Events Chairperson : Tasturo Irimura (University of Tokyo) Koji Kimata (Aichi Medical University) |
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| 11:30-14:20 | ◊ Roles of Glycans on Extracellular Matrices Mechanism of the neuritogenic activity of chondroitin sulfate chains Hiroyuki Kitagawa (Kobe Pharmaceutical University) Biological roles of highly sulfated chondroitin sulfate in cancer Shuhei Yamada (Hokkaido University) Function of proteoglycans in the extracellular matrix Hideto Watanabe (Aichi Medical University) |
| 12:30-13:40 | JCGG Lunchon Seminer 2 (Seikagaku Biobusiness Co.) Roles of tumor cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans in metastasis Kayoko Oguri (Nagoya Medical Center) |
| Heparanase regulates immune cell function Nobuaki Higashi (University of Tokyo) Carbohydrate Ligands for Selectins and Cell Extravasation Kenji Uchimura (National Center for Geriatrics and Geronrology) |
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| Chairperson : Koichi Furukawa (Nagoya University) Shoko Nishihara (Soka University) |
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| 14:20-15:00 | ◊ Role of Glycans on Cell Surface Glycoconjugates New dimensions of Siglec research Takashi Angata (AIST) Role of sulfatide in replication of influenza A virus Takashi Suzuki (Shizuoka University) |
| 15:00-15:20 | Coffee Break |
| Crucial role of O-glycosylation on herpes simplex virus infection Hisashi Arase (Osaka University) Molecular recognition and signaling mechanisms for bacterial peptidoglycan and fungal beta-1,3-gucan in insects Lee Bok Luel (Pusan National University) N-glycan-based regulation of integrin- mediated cell adhesion Gu Jianguo (Tohoku Pharmaceutical University) N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-4a sustains glucose sensor function in pancreatic β cells in normal physiological contexts. Kazuaki Ohtsubo (University of Occupational and Environmental Health) |
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| 16:40-16:50 | Closing Remarks |
