JCGG Symposia

The 7th Symposium of Japanese Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology

Development of medical glyco-biomarkers and resolution of sugar chain functions
December 8 - 9, 2009 Senri Life Science Center (Osaka)
program December 8 (Monday), 2009
9:30-9:40 Opening Address
Yoshitaka Nagai (President, JCGG)
9:40-10:20 Invited Lecture 1
Chairperson : Yasuhiro Kajiwara (Osaka University)

Recent status of Biosimilar
Teruhide Yamaguchi (National Institute of Health Sciences)
Chairperson : Akihiko Kameyama (AIST)
10:20-11:10 ◊ Analytical methods for oligosaccharide structure of glycoproteins

Mass spectrometry in development of glycosylated biopharmaceuticals
Nana Kawasaki (National Institute of Health Science)

Structural analysis of glycoprotein directed towards understanding the golgi function
Osamu Kanie (Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Science)
11:10-11:30  Coffee Break
Chairperson : Toshiyuki Inazu (Tokai University)
11:30-12:45 ◊ Efficient chemical synthesis of oligosaccharides sustaining glycobiology

Glycoscience research stemmed on organic synthesis
Yukishige Ito (RIKEN)

Synthesis of sialosides: biological recognition at molecular and cellular levels, and biomedical applicaton
Makoto Kiso (Gifu University)

Synthesis of oligosaccharides library based on new glycosylation
Takashi Takahashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
12:45-13:45 JCGG Lunchon Seminer 1 (Ohtsuka Cehmical Co.)
Analysis of N-, O-, and glycosaminoglycans in cells by a sensitive and rapid screening methods
Kazuaki Kakeichi (Kinki University)
Chairperson : Yasuhiro Kajiwara (Osaka University)
13:45-15:25 ◊ Synthesis of homogeneous glycoproteins

Synthesis of glycoprotein having homogeneous oligosaccharide
Yasuhiro Kajiwara (Osaka University)

Progress in the synthesis of O-glycans and glycoproteins
Yoshiaki Nakahara (Tokai University)

Efficient addition and remodeling of sugar chain by single enzyme
Kenji Yamamoto (Kyoto University)

Glycoprotein production by glycosyltransferases and yeast expression system
Yasunori Chiba (AIST)
15:25-15:45  Coffee Break
Chairperson : Fumino Manabe (RIKEN)
15:45-17:00 ◊ Chemical glycobiology and imaging

Chemical approaches toward understanding and application of glycan-processing in the ER
Kiichiro Totani (Seikei University)

Molecular imaging medicinal chemisstry by PET in RIKEN CMIS
Hisashi Doi (RIKEN)

Chemistry-based labeling and engineering on proteins and cell surfaces: application to non-invasive imaging of oligosaccharides
Katsunori Tanaka (Osaka University)
17:00-17:40 Invited Lecture 2
Chairperson : Koichi Fukase (Osaka University)

Sugar & proteins: strategies in synthetic biology
Benjamin G. Davis (University of Oxford)
17:50-19:50  Banquet
program December 8 (Tuesday), 2009
9:30-10:10 Invited Lecture 3
Chairperson : Toshisuke Kawasaki (Ritsumeikan University)

Discovery, mechanism and imapct of the unfolded protein response
Kazutoshi Mori (Kyoto University)
10:10-10:50 Invited Lecture 4
Chairperson : Koichi Furukawa (Nagoya University)

Epigenic regulation through nuclear glycosylation
Shigeki Kato (University of Tokyo)
10:50-11:10  Coffee Break
Chairperson : Naoyuki Taniguchi (Osaka University)
11:10-12:35 ◊ Recent progress of Glycobioloy-1
(Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology: CREST funded by Japan Science and Technology Agency)


Clarification of the biological functions of sugar chains and the use of this knowledge in applied technoligies
Naoyuki Taniguchi (Osaka University)

Glycoanalytical methods and their applications to cancer glycomics
Miyako Nakano (Macquarie University)

Regulation of GPI-anchored protein transport from the ER by GPI-glycan remodeling
Morihisa Fujita (Osaka University)

Importance of N-glycosylation on integrin α5β1 for its biological function
Tomoya Isaji (Tohoku Pharmaceutical University)
12:35-13:35 JCGG Lunchon Seminer 2 (Immuno-Biological Laboratories Co.)

Glycans and Disease: CNS disease and cancer
Yasuhiro Hashimoto (Fukushima Medical University)
Chairperson : Tadashi Suzukii (RIEKEN)
13:35-14:25 ◊ Recent progress of Glycobiology-2
(Osaka University Global COE Program: Frontier Biomedical Science Underlying Organelle Network Biology)


Chemical Synthesis of oligosaccharides on ganglioside and analysis of interactions using NMR technique
Shinya Hanashima (RIKEN)

Transport mechanism and catabolic pathway for free N-linked ologosaccharide
Yoshimi Haga (RIKEN)
Chairperson : Shoko Nishihara (Soka University)
14:25-15:40 ◊ Oligosaccharide and Disease

A possibility of sorting machinary of fucosylated glycoproteins in hepatocytes as the mechanism of an increase in AFP-L3 n sera of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma
Tsutomu Nakagawa (Osaka University)

The role of N-glycans of ErbB family
Motoko Takahashi (Hokkaido University)

Polysialic acid and schizpphrenia
Ken Kitajima (Nagoya University)
15:40-16:00  Coffee Break
Chairperson : Jun Hirabayashi (AIST)
16:00-17:20 ◊ Recent progress of Glycobiology and Glycotechnology
(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Glyco-Innovation and Industrial Technology (GLIT))


Glycoproteome analysis technology and its applications
Hiroyuki Kaji (AIST)

Multiplex lectin-antibody sandwich immunoassay system for development of hepatic disease specific glyco-biomarker
Atsushi Kuno (AIST)

Cellular glycomics and endogeneous lectins
Hiroaki Tateno (AIST)

JCGGDB-Released services and plans for the final year
Toshihide Shikanai (AIST)
17:20-17:35 Closing Remarks