Tokyo Conference Center
3-13-1 Iidabashi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 108-8112, Japan
Phone: 81-3-5214-2020 Fax: 81-3-5214-2021
Toshisuke Kawasaki: Kyoto University, Chairman
Koji Kimata: Aichi Medical University
Shoichi Kusumoto: Osaka University
Naoyuki Taniguchi: Osaka University
Akemi Suzuki: RIKEN Frontier Research System
10:00-10:10 Welcome Address
Ken Mizutani
(Chairman of the Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience)
10:10-10:20 Opening Remarks
Toshisuke Kawasaki
(Chairman of the Organizing Committee)
10:20-11:05 Chairman, Masaki Yanagishita (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Vincent C. Hascall: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA
“Glycosaminoglycans FACE the future”
Abstract(PDF)
11:05-11:50 Chairman, Koji Kimata (Aichi Medical University)
Amanda J. Fosang: Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Australia
“The role of endogenous keratan sulphate in regulating aggrecan catabolism”
Abstract(PDF)
11:50-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:15 Chairman, Tatsuya Yamagata (Japan Institute of Leather Research)
Hideto Watanabe: Aichi Medical University, Japan
“Formation and function of the proteoglycan aggregate”
Abstract(PDF)
14:15-15:00 Chairman, Yoshio Hirabayashi (RIKEN)
Scott B. Selleck: University of Arizona, USA
“Understanding what proteoglycans do during development: lessons from the fruitfly”
Abstract(PDF)
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-15:25 Chairman, Akemi Suzuki (RIKEN Frontier Research System)
Short Address Yoshitaka Nagai (Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences)
15:25-16:10 Chairman, Shoichi Kusumoto (Osaka University)
Makoto Ito: Kyushu University, Japan
“Molecular evolution of glycosphingolipid-metabolizing enzymes”
Abstract(PDF)
16:10-16:55

Chairman, Jin-ichi Inokuchi (Hokkaido University)
Richard L. Proia: National Institutes of Health, USA
“Life without gangliosides”
Abstract(PDF)

16:55-17:40 Chairman, Toshisuke Kawasaki (Kyoto University)
Armando J. Parodi: University of San Martin, Argentina
“The quality control of glycoprotein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum”
Abstract(PDF)
18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception
9:00-9:10 Chairman, Shoichi Kusumoto (Osaka University)
Short Address Tomoya Ogawa (RIKEN)
9:10-9:55 Chairman, Ken-ichi Kasai (Teikyo University)
Anne Dell: Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK
“Glycomics and glyco-proteomics: The power of mass spectrometry”
Abstract(PDF)
9:55-10:40 Chairman, Katsuko Yamashita (Sasaki Institute)
Pauline M. Rudd: Oxford University, UK
“Roles for glycosylation in receptor-ligand interactions in the immune system”
Abstract(PDF)
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:45 Chairman, Sumihiro Hase (Osaka University)
Robert S. Haltiwanger: State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
“Regulating signal transduction with glycosylation”
Abstract(PDF)
11:45-12:30 Chairman, Hisashi Narimatsu (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Tamao Endo: Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan
“Finding of O-mannosyl glycan in mammals and its glycopathology”
Abstract(PDF)
12:30-14:10 Lunch
14:10-14:20 Chairman, Naoyuki Taniguchi (Osaka University)
Short Address Akira Kobata (Councelor of Mizutani Foundation)
14:20-15:05 Chairman Tatsuro Irimura (Tokyo University)
James W. Dennis: Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Canada
“Regulation of cytokine receptor endocytosis and signal transduction by N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V (Mgat5)”
Abstract(PDF)
15:05-15:50 Chairman, Yasuo Suzuki (University of Shizuoka School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Reiji Kannagi: Aichi Cancer Center, Japan
“Regulatory roles of carbohydrate ligands for selectins in homing of lymphocytes”
Abstract(PDF)
15:50-16:10 Coffee Break
16:10-16:55 Chairman, Akemi Suzuki(RIKEN Frontier Research System)
Richard D. Cummings: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, USA
“Structure and biosynthesis of selectin ligands and O-glycans”
Abstract(PDF)
16:55-17:05 Final Remarks Naoyuki Taniguchi (The Organizing Committee)
   
Keiichi Yoshida: Executive Secretary
The Mizutani International Symposium on Glycoscience.
3-1-11 Nihonbashi-honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0023, Japan
Phone: 81-3-3246-0224 Fax: 81-3-3246-1265 E-mail: info@mizutanifdn.or.jp
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