Organizer : Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience
Supported by : The Japanese Biochemical Society,
The Japanese Soceity of Carbohydrate Research
Venue : Tokyo Conference Center Shinagawa
program
    9 : 00 - Registration
    9 : 30 - 9 : 40 Welcome Address by Ken Mizutani Chairman of the Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience
    9 : 40 - 9 : 50 Opening Remarks by Tomoya Ogawa Chairman of the Organizing Committee
  Moderator, Yoshio Hirabayashi   RIKEN
    9 : 50 - 10 : 30
 		 abstract PDF Tony Futerman Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Glucosylceramide: From a simple glycosphingolipid to a complex disease
   10 : 30 - 11 : 10
 		 abstract PDF Kentaro Hanada National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
Intracellular trafficking of ceramide by the ceramide trafficking protein CERT
   11 : 10 - 11 : 50
 		 abstract PDF Fran Platt University of Oxford, UK
Targeting glycosphingolipids for human therapy
   11 : 50 - 13 : 10
 		 Lunch
(13:00: Commemorative photo shoot : speakers, moderators and foundation members)
  Moderator, Masaki Yanagishita   Tokyo Medical and Dental University
   13 : 10 - 13 : 50
 
 		 abstract PDF Markku I. Tammi University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Regulation of hyaluronan synthesis and its importance for tissue remodeling and cancer
   13 : 50 - 14 : 30
 
 		 abstract PDF Hiroshi Nakato University of Minnesota, USA
Heparan sulfate proteoglycans in the stem cell niche:
lessons from Drosophila
   14 : 30 - 14 : 50 Coffe Break
  Moderator, Toshisuke Kawasaki   Ritsumeikan University
   14 : 50 - 15 : 30
 
 		 abstract PDFGabriel Rabinovich Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental, Argentina
Regulatory circuits mediated by lectins and glycans in immune tolerance and inflammation
   15 : 30 - 16 : 10
 		 abstract PDF Jun Nakayama Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Dual roles of gastric gland mucin-specific O- glycan in prevention of gastric cancer
   16 : 10 - 16 : 30 Coffe Break
   16 : 30 - 17 : 10
 
 		 abstract PDFTetsuya Okajima Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
O-GlcNAc modification of EGF-like domains by a novel O-GlcNAc transferase, EGOT
   17 : 10 - 17 : 50
 		 abstract PDFJamey D. Marth Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, USA
Glycosylation in the metabolic origins of common grievous disease
   18 : 10 - 20 : 30 Welcome Reception (Café & Dining “Something Delicious”)
program
    9 : 00 - Registration
  Moderator, Yukishige Ito   RIKEN
    9 : 30 - 10 : 10
 
 		 abstract PDFMakoto Kiso Gifu University, Japan
Synthetic gangliosides and analogs: Versatile tools to elucidate the cell functions of sialoglycans
   10 : 10 - 10 : 50
 
 		 abstract PDFZhongwu Guo Wayne State University, USA
Chemical and chemoenzymatic synthesis of GPI anchors and GPI-anchored proteins
   10 : 50 - 11 : 10 Coffe Break
   11 : 10 - 11 : 50
 		 abstract PDFJennifer Kohler University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Cellular metabolism of natural and unnatural sialic acids
   11 : 50 - 13 : 30 Lunch
  Moderator, Shoko Nishihara   Soka University
   13 : 30 - 14 : 10
 
 		 abstract PDFShang-Cheng Hung Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Heparanomics: Synthetic approaches for characterization of specific interactions with proteins
   14 : 10 - 14 : 50
 		 abstract PDFDaisuke Kohda Kyushu University, Japan　　　　
Structural biology of the N-glycosylation reaction
   14 : 50 - 15 : 10 Coffe Break
   15 : 10 - 15 : 50
 
 		 abstract PDFKoichi Kato National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan
Conformational dynamics and interactions of glycoconjugates of therapeutic interest
   15 : 50 - 16 : 00 Closing Remarks by Toshisuke Kawasaki Member of the Organizing Committee
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