About The Sialic Acids Society
Aims and Activities of Sialic Acids Society
Organization of the Sialic Acids Society
Organized Symposia

Aims and Activities of Sialic Acids Society
The Sialic Acids Society supports lectures and meetings covering thestudies of sialic acids.

Since the 19th annual meeting held in 1997, Japanese Society for

Carbohydrate Research (JSCR) selects poster awards in every annual

meeting and the Sialic Acids Society provides financial support for theawards.

Japanese Consortium for Glycosceince and Glycotechnology (JCGG)

started Tamio Yamakawa Award in 2016. The award internationallyhonors a scientist who has made great contributes to Glycoscience every
two years and was realized with great efforts by Prof. Haruo Ogura andthe financial support by the Sialic Acid Society.

The Society activities are supported by funds kindly donated by theSociety supporting members. Their kind and generous supports are
essential and are very much appreciated.

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Organization of the Sialic Acids Society
President:

Tamio Yamakawa
Secretary General:
Haruo Ogura

Board Members:

Tatsuo Irimura, Tomoya Ogawa, Haruo Ogura, Ken Kitajima, Akira Kobata ,Masaki Saito, Akemi Suzuki, Kunihiko Suzuki, Shigeo Suzuki, Yasuo
Suzuki, Naoyuki Taniguchi
Auditors:

Yoshiyasu Shitori, Satoshi Toyoshima
Advisory Members:

Masyuki Ishikawa, Tamao Endo, Makoto Kiso, Yasuyuki Tsuda, Hisashi
Narimatsu, Taeko Miyagi, Keiichi Yoshida, Teruo Yoshino

Tetsuo Ichiji (Combi), Noriaki Inamura (Seikagaku Kogyo), Tomomasa

Fukuda (Toyo Life Service), Yuji Matsuzaki (Tokyo Chemical Industry CO.,LTD)

S. Hakomori, R. Schauer, R. R. Schmidt
August 2016

August, 2006
President:

Tamio Yamakawa
Secretary General:
Haruo Ogura

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Board Members:

Tatsuo Irimura, Toshiaki Osawa, Tomoya Ogawa, Haruo Ogura, Ken
Kitajima, Akira Kobata , Masaki Saito, Akemi Suzuki, Shigeo Suzuki,
Yoshitaka Nagai, Ikuo Yamashina
Auditors:

Yoshiyasu Shitori, Satoshi Toyoshima
Advisory Members:

Tetsuo Shiba, Takashi Tsuiki, Taeko Miyagi, Kyoko Hotta, Yasuo Suzuki,
Makoto Kiso, Teruo Yoshino, Yasuyuki Tsuda,

Hideki Kawamura (Seikagaku Kogyo), Kazumi Narahara, (Brans Japan),

Shigeki Sato (JPS), Yasuo Kondo (Shionogi), Yuji Matsuzaki (Tokyo Chem.)
S. Hakomori, R. Schauer, R. R. Schmidt
Correspondence:
Haruo Ogurae-mail: ogura@juno.ocn.ne.jp

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The 1st Symposium on Sialic Acids
on June 21, 1980, at Kitasato Institute

Organized by Haruo Ogura (Kitasato University)
Program

Kimio Furuhata (Kitasato University):

Studies on sialic acids - Chemistry of N-acetylneuraminic acid -Shojiro Ito (Kohno Clinical Medical Research Inst.):Microcalorimetry and Sialic acids

Yoko Yamada (Kohno Clinical Medical Research Inst.):Sialic acids and heat reaction - Relation with sialic acid content of red
blood cells and plasma -The 2nd Symposium on Sialic Acids

on February 14, 1981, at Kanto-ishi-seiyaku Co. Ltd., Mitsui Building
Meeting Room

Organized by Haruo Ogura (Kitasato University)
ProgramToshiaki Osawa (The University of Tokyo):
T cell subsets and sialic acids

Arihiro Tomita (Jikei Medical College):

Effect of neuraminidase on human leukocytes

Kimio Furuhata (Kitasato University):
Synthesis of sialic acids derivatives

The 3rd Symposium on Sialic Acids
on July 21, 1981, at Nenkin-Kaikan, Seven city

Organized by Haruo Ogura (Kitasato University)4

Program

Krishna C. Agrawal (Tulane University, School of Medicine):

Studies of sialic acids derivatives as inhibitory agents for cell
membrane formation

Kimio Furuhata (Kitasato University):

Synthesis of N-acetylneuraminic acid

The 4th Symposium on Sialic Acids

on December 27, 1982, at Nenkin-Kaikan, Seven city
Organized by Haruo Ogura (Kitasato University)
ProgramHaruo Ogura (Kitasato University):

Synthesis of sialic acid derivatives

Satoshi Toyoshima (The University of Tokyo):

Sialic acid derivatives and their biological activities

The 5th Symposium on Sialic Acids
on June 21, 1983, at Yakugaku-kaikan Hall

Organized by Haruo Ogura (Kitasato University)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Medical Science):
Stories on sialic acids*Prof. Ogura asked Prof. Tamio Yamakawa to be the president of the Sialic
Acids Society, and we decided to organize future symposia publicly
opened.

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The 6th Symposium on Sialic Acids

on December 27, 1983, at Kanto-ishi-seiyaku Co. Ltd., Meeting Room
Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener: Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

Akemi Suzuki (Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Medical Science):
Genetic control of sugar chains of glycolipids

Tomoya Ogawa (Institute of Physical and Chemical Research):
Recent topics about synthesis of sialic acids derivatives

General discussion

The 7th Symposium on Sialic Acids
On July 28, 1984, at Gakusi-kaikan Bunshitu

Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener: Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

Tadashi Tai (Tokyo Metropolitan Inst. of Medical Science):

Ganglioside GM2 and GD2 identified as cancer related antigens

Yoshitaka Nagai (The University of Tokyo):

Biomembrane functions of sialic acid containing glycolipids

General discussion

The 8th Symposium on Sialic Acids
on July 2, 1985, at Yakugaku-kaikan Hall

Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener: Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
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Opening address

Akira Kobata (Inst. of Medical Science):

A relation between differentiation of blood cells and the structure ofcell surface sugar chains

Juji Yoshimura (Tokyo Institute of Technology):

Synthetic studies on branched sugar derivatives

General discussion

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The 9th Symposium on Sialic Acids(The first International Conference)on November 16, 1985, at Sumitomo HallSTRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF GLYCOCONJUGATES-RECENT PROGRESS-

Organized by Sialic Acids Society and Institute of Physical and Chemical
Research
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Sialic Acids Society President):
Opening Address

10:00-10:50 chaired by Shoshichi Nojima
Tetsuo Shiba (Osaka University):

Recent Progress on Chemistry of Lipopolysaccharide

10:50-11:40 chaired by Tetsuo Suami (Keio University)
Seiichiro Ogawa (Keio University):

Synthesis of Biologically Active Compounds Containing Cyclitols

11:40-12:30 chaired by Koichi Shudo
Tomoya Ogawa (RIKEN):

Synthetic Studies on Glycosphingolipids

13:30-14:30 chaired by Juji Yoshimura
H. Paulsen (University of Hamburg):

Synthesis of Complex Oligosaccharide-Chains of Glycoconjugates

14:30-15:20 chaired by Toshio Miyazaki
Toshiaki Ohsawa (University of Tokyo):

Biological Activities of Sialic Acid Nucleoside

15:50-16:40 chaired by Akira Kobata

Yoshitaka Nagai (University of Tokyo):Studies of Bioactive Gangliosides

16:40-17:40 chaired by Haruo Ogura
R.Schauer (University of Kiel):

Biochemistry of Sialic Acids

17:40-17:50

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Haruo Ogura (Kitasato University):
Closing remarks

18:00-20:00 Banquet*There were more than 300 attendants.

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The 10th Symposium on Sialic Acids(The Second International Conference)on October 13, 1986 at Keio Plaza Hotel

FRONTIERS OF GLYCOCONJUGATE RESEARCH
Organized by Sialic Acids Society
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Sialic Acids Society President):
Opening address

9:30-10:30 chaired by Shoshichi Nojima
Ikuo Yamashina (Kyoto University):

Monoclonal Antibodies Recognizing Cancer-associated Alterations ofCarbohydrate Chains of Glycoproteins

10:30-11:30 chaired by Akira Kobata
Victor Ginsburg (NIH):

Monoclonal Antibodies Directed against Sialic Acid-containing
Glycoconjugates

11:30-12:30 chaired by Toshiaki Ohsawa

Sen-ichiro Hakomori (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Res. Ctr.):

Chemistry of Tumor-associated and Allogenic Glycolipid Antigens with
New Structures

14:00-15:00 chaired by Akemi Suzuki

Donald M. Marcus (Baylor College of Medicine):

Idiotypes and Regulation of Antibodies Directed against Carbohydrate
Determinants

15:00-15:45 chaired by Juji Yoshimura
Haruo Ogura (Kitasato University):

Studies on Glycosylation Reactions of Slalic Acid

16:15-17:00 chaired by Tomoya Ogawa
Masao Iwamori (University of Tokyo):

Application of FAB-MS to Glycolipid Chemistry
Metabolism of Thymus Glycolipids-

17:00-18:00 chaired by Yoshitaka Nagai
Heinz Egge (University of Bonn):

10-Structure andStructural Studies on Sialylated Glycoconjugates
18:00-20:00 Banquet*More than 440 attendants.

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The 11th Symposium on Sialic Acids
on October 24, 1987, at Kitasato University

Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener: Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

Chairperson: Haruo Ogura

Shinkiti Koto (Kitasato University):

Syntheses of sugar chains under a dehydration condensation

Chairperson: Shonosuke Zen

Kimio Furuhata (Kitasato University):

About ester derivatives of sialic acids

Chairperson: Kazuo Achiwa

Mamoru Sugimoto ( MECT Co., Ltd. ):Synthetic studies on glycolipids containing sialic acids

Chairperson: Tomoya Ogawa

Akira Hasegawa (Gifu University):

Synthetic studies on sialic acids derivatives and their complex
glycosides

Chairperson: Juji Yoshimura

Toshio Goto ( Nagoya University):

Synthetic studies on gangliosides

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The 12th Symposium on Sialic Acids(the Third International Conference)

May 18~21, 1988, at Japan and Germany Center, Berlin
Sponsored by Sialic Acids Society

Organizing Committee: Roland Schauer; Tamio Yamakawa
Secretaries: Gerd Reuter; Elfriede Schauer; Akemi Suzuki
Venue Address:

Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin

Tiergartenstr. 24-27 D-1000 Berlin 30
Program
May 18Opening Ceremony
T. Yamakawa:

Brief History of the Japanese Sialic Acids Society

E. Friese:

Support of German Science by Hajime-Hoshi and Gunshiro Mothizuki

H. Faillard:

The Early History of Sialic Acids

May 19Chairmen: H. Paulsen and A. Hasegawa
8:30 H. Ogura:

Synthesis of Sialic Acid Glycosides

9:00 E. Zbiral:

Synthesis of Sialic Acid Analogues and their Behavior towards Enzymesof the Sialic Acid Metabolism

9:30 M. Sugimoto, M. Numata, and T. Ogawa:
Recent Aspects in Ganglioside Synthesis

10:30 Y. A. Knirel:

New Sialic Acid-like Sugars: Components of Bacterial
Lipopolysaccharides

11:00 A. Venot and R. M. Ratcliffe:

Synthesis of Sialyl Le(a) and Le(x) Glycosides

l1:15 K. G. I. Nilsson and B.-M. E. Gudmundsson:
13Synthesis of CMP-Neu5Ac and Neu5Ac(α2-3)Gal(β1-3)Gal NAc(α)-OEt
with Immobilised Cytidin-5'-Monophosphosialate Synthase and β-DGalactoside (α2-3)Sialyltransferase
11.30 Posters
Chairmen: H. Egge and T. Osawa

14:30 H. J. Jennings, F. E. Ashston, J.-R. Brisson, A. Gamian, F. Michon,and R. Roy:

Sialic Acid-Containing Bacterial Polysaccharides

15:00 B. D. Livingston, R. D. McCoy, J. L. Jacobvs, M. C. Glick, and F. A.
Troy:

Structure, Synthesis, Function of Polysialosyl-Containing
Glycoproteins on Cells of Neural Origin

15:30 J. H. Krauss, G. Reuter, R. Schauer, and H. Mayer:

Sialic Acids in the Lipopolysaccharides of Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria

15:45 J. P. Kamerling, J. B. L. Damm, K. J. Hard, and J. F. G. Vliegenthart:

Analysis of N,O-Acylneuraminic Acid-Containing Carbohydrate Chainsin N-Glycoproteins

16:30 M. Sekine, K. Nakamura, M. Suzuki, F. Inagaki, T. Yamakawa, and
A. Suzuki:

Genetic Control of Globoglycolipid Expression in Mouse Kidney

16:45 P. Vischer, C. Hagemeier, and E. Buddecke:

Investigations on the Biosynthesis of Sialic Acid in Aortic Tissue andCultured Arterial Wall Cells

17:00 Posters
May 20Chairmen: H. Rahmann and A. Kobata

8:30 E. U. Lee, J. Weinstein, J. C. Paulson:

Expression of β-Galactoside α2,6 Sialyltransferase in Chinese Hamster
Ovary Cells Alters Terminal Glycosylation Sequences of N-Linked
Carbohydrate Groups

9:00 D. H. Van den Eijnden and W. E. C. M. Schiphorst:
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Specificity and Inhibition of Sialyltransferases

9:30 J. Roth:Subcellular Distribution of Sialyltransferase and Sialic Acid Residues

10:30 G. Tettamanti, R. Ghidoni, and M. Trinchera:

The Intracellular Routes of Ganglioside Metabolism

11:00 C. Scholtissek:

Myxovirus Sialidases: Structure, Specificity, Biosynthesis, Genetics andFunction

11:30 Posters
Chairmen: E. Buddecke and Y. Suzuki

14:30 A. Lepers, R. Cacan, and A. Verbert:

Study of the Mechanism of CMP-NeuAc Transport in Normal and

CMP-NeuAc Carrier Deficient CHO Cells Using Plasma Membrane
Permeabilization Technique

14:45 A. Varki, A. Manzi, S. Diaz, and H. Higa:

Acetylation and De-Acetylation of Sialic Acids in the Rat Liver

15:00 L. Shaw and R. Schauer:

The Biosynthesis of N-Glycoloylneuraminic Acid Occurs byHydroxylation of the CMP-Glycoside of N-Acetylneuraminic Acid

15:15 R. Schauer and G. Reuter:

Metabolism of O-Acetylated Sialic Acids

Chairman: Graf von Brockdorff
16:00 E. Friese:

Support of German Science by Hajime Hoshi and Gunshiro Mochizuki

16:45 Films and Information on Berlin
Chairmen: E. Buddecke and Y. Suzuki

20:00 Y. Suzuki, E. Nanba, A. Tsuji, and K. Omura:

Molecular Heterogeneity of Protective Protein in Galactosialidosis

20:15 E. R. Vimsr, L. Lawrisuk, J. Galen, and J. B. Kaper:

Cloning and Molecular Analysis of Neuraminidase Genes from Vibrio
cholerae and Salmonella typhimurium1520:30 S. Tsuiki and T. Miyagi:

Isolation and Properties of Rat Liver Sialidase

21:00 K. Sandhoff, D. Klein, G. Pohlentz, and G. Schwarzmann:

Gangliosides as Substrates for Sialidases and Sialyltransferases

21:30 M. Cantz, B. Ulrich-Bott, and M. Lieser:
Lysosomal Sialidase Deficiency

May 21Chairmen: K. Decker and I. Yamashina

8:30 Y. Nagai, Y. Sanai, and H. Nakaishi:

Role of Oncogenes in Ganglioside Biosyntheses

9:00 V. Schirrmacher and P. Altevogt:

Sialic Acids in Cancer Metastasis: Experimental Studies

9:30 T. Osawa:

Inhibition of Tumor Metastasis with Sialic Acid Derivatives

10:30 D. Roelcke:

Immunology of Sialic Acids on the Erythrocyte Surface

11:00 A. Kobata:

Structures of Sialic Acid-Containing N-Glycans in Cancer Cells

11.30 Posters
Chairmen: W. Reutter and K. Tomita

14:00 K. Jann, B. Jann, H. Hoschutzky, and T. Moch:

Sialic Acid Specific Recognition Protein of Pathogenic Escherichia coli

14:30 I. Yamashina:

Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Sialylated Oligosaccharides
from Malignant Tissues

15:00 A. P .Corfield, S. A. Wagnaer, R. Roe, W. van Dijk, and J. R. Clamp:
CMP-Sialic Acid Hydrolase. A Cell Surface Enzyme Implicated inColorectal Cancer

15:15 M. Saito, H. Nojiri, S. Kitagawa, T. Ogawa, H. Ogura, M. Ito, and Y.
Nagai:

Gangliosides and their Structurally-Related Synthetic Sialoglyco

Compounds Play Crucial Roles in Both the Differentiation-Induction
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Myelogenous Leukemia Cells

Chairmen: Y. Nagai and R. Schauer

16:00 K. Zenita, K. Hirashima, K. Shigeta, N. Hiraiwa, and R. Kannagi:
VH Gene Expression in the Monoclonal Antibodies Directed toGangliosides Having Various Sialic Acid Linkages

16:15 R. J. Wieser and F. Oesch:

The Biological Activity of the Plasma Membrane Glycoproteins Involved
in Contact-Dependent Inhibition of Growth is Dependent upon the
Degree of Sialylation

16:30 I. U. Pardoe and A. T. H. Burness:

The Role of Sialic Acid in the Attachment of Encephalomyocarditis
Virus to Human Erythrocytes

16:45 S. D. Rosen, S.-I. Chai, D. True, M. S. Singer, and T. A. Yednock:In vivo Desialylation of High Endothelial Venules Inactivates
Attachment Sites for Blood-Bjorne Lymphocytes
17:00 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION

Recent progress and future trends in sialic acid research*The poster presentations: SYNTHESIS 15, ANALYSIS and STRUCTURE 16,
BIOSYNTHESIS 9, CLONING 2, DEGRADATION 14, ROLE IN MALIGNANCY
13, BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA 25: in total 94.

Because it was held as a part of grand opening ceremony of a newbuilding in refurbishing "Japan and Germany Center" (former Japan

Embassy), this Japan and Germany Sialic Acids Symposium was great

success in this sense. By effort of Professor Schauer, proceedings were
published as "SIALIC ACIDS 1988". Participants gathered from various
European countries other than Japan and Germany. This Japan andGermany sialic acids symposium was not publicly opened, but thefollowing international sialic acids symposia were held on the basis of this
symposium afterwards in Europe at first and then various countries in theworld. In Japan, it was held in 2006, as “Sialoglycoscience 2006” (Fifth
International Conference), in Mishima, July 30, 2006.
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The 13th Symposium on Sialic Acids(the Fourth international Conference)
Sponsored by Sialic Acids Society

as FUJl'90 POST-SYMPOSIUM (Satellite Symposium of XVthInternational Carbohydrate Symposium Aug.12-17, 1990
Yokohama)

August 18-21, 1990

Fuji Training Center, The Fuji Training Institute, Susono City, Shizuoka
1990 August 18 (Sat)

13:30-14:00 Opening Remarks
Prof. T. Suami

Prof. J. Yoshimura
Prof. P. J. Garegg

14:00-15:50 Moderators; H. Paulsen, H. Ogura
R. Schauer:

The use of synthetic oligosaccharides in the study of the galactose
receptor of macrophages

R. R. Schmidt:

New aspects of glycosylation reactions

E. Zbiral:

Sialic acid analogues as useful probes for structure activity
relationships

16:20-17:50 Moderators; P. Sinay, T. Ogawa
D. Horton:

Stereochemical regulation in synthesis of polyfunctional carbocycles
by chirality transfer from unsaturated sugar derivatives

R. U. Lemieux:

The synthesis and immunochemical properties of extensively

deoxygenated derivatives of the H-type 2 blood group determinantAugust19 (Sun)9:00-10:10 Moderators; F. W. Lichtenthaler, S. Nishiyama
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J. Thiem:

Combined classical and chemoenzymic glycosylations

P. Kovac:

New strategies in the synthesis of β-D-galactooligosaccharides. A

synthetic heptasaccharides reveals the 'Groove-binding' character of a
monoclonal antibody

10:40-11:50 Moderators; L. Anderson, S. Ogawa
V. Pozsgay:

Recent results in the synthesis of oligosaccharides related to cell-wallglycans

L. Hough:

From sugars to alkaloids morpholines and spiroacetals

August 20 (Mon)9:00-10:10 Moderators; D. Horton, T. Machinami
G.D. Daves, Jr.:

Glycals and C-glycosides synthesis

S. Czernecki:

Recent results in stereo-controlled synthesis of C-glycosides andC-nucleosides

10:40-11:50 Moderators; A.C. Richardson, E. Kaji
G. Descotes:

Radical functionalization of the anomeric center of carbohydrates andsynthetic applications

F. W. Lichtenthaler:

Recent results in stereo-controlled synthesis of C-glycosides andC-nucleosides

13:00-14:50 Moderators; R.U. Lemieux, A. Hasegawa
L. Anderson:

Improvements in the synthesis of trehalose-based mycobacterial
lipidsA. C. Richardson:
20Synthesis of phenolic glycosides as chromogenic substrates for theassay of glycosidases

H. Paulsen:

Synthesis of structures of the inner core region of lipopolysaccharides*Based on this international conference, published was"Carbohydrate-Synthetic Methods and Applications in Medicinal
Chemistry" Edited by H. Ogura, A. Hasegawa and T. Suami fromKODANSHA-VCH. .

A summary of this meeting can be found in “Search for Physiological

Active Substances Starting from Sialic Acids as a Leading Compound”.
[Haruo Ogura, YAKUGAKU ZASSHI, 114(5)] 277-303 (1994) ]

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The 14th Symposium on Sialic Acids
on November 29, 1996, at Keio Plaza Hotel

Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

Yoshitaka Nagai (Institute of Mitsubishi Life Sciences):
Recent progress of sialic acid-related study

The 15th Symposium on Sialic Acids

on November 21, 1997, at University of Tokyo, Sanjyokaikan Hall.
Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

Tatsuo Irimura (University of Tokyo):

Recent progress in carbohydrate chains and carbohydrate recognition
molecules related to pathological conditions

The 16th Symposium on Sialic Acids
on November 24, 1998, at Nagai Memorial hall

Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

Masaki Saito (National Cancer Institute):

In search of biological functions of gangliosides as sialoglycolipids– Molecular cloning of GM3 synthetic sialyltransferase

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on November 24, 1999, at Nagai Memorial Hall

Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President)
Opening address

Akemi Suzuki (RIKEN Frontier Research System):Expression control of N-glycolylneuraminic acid

The 18th Symposium on Sialic Acids
on November 22, 2000, at Nagai Memorial Hall

Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

Yoshihiro Kawaoka (Inst. of Medical Sci., The University ofTokyo):

Host and receptor specificity of influenza virus

The 19th Symposium on Sialic Acids
on November 22, 2001,at Nagai Memorial Hall

Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

Taeko Miyagi (Miyagi Cancer Center):

Relation of sialidases and cancer or diabetes

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The 20th Symposium on Sialic Acids
on November 28, 2002, at Nagai Memorial Hall

Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

Makoto Kiso (Gifu University):

Chemical approach to sialo-glycobiology

The 21st Symposium on Sialic Acids
as GlycoTOKYO 2003 Symposiumon November 22, 2003, at Kitasato University Convention Hall
Organized by Sialic Acids Society and GlycoTOKYOGLYCOCONJUGATE IN LIFE SCIENCE
Program

13:00 Opening

13:05 2003 GlycoTOKYO Young Scientist Award Lecture
Ichiro Matsuo (RIKEN) :Chemical study of ER-related asparagine linked glycans – Aiming at
elucidation of quality control machinery of glycoproteins -Tsuyosi Miura (Noguchi Institute):

Development of quick sugar chain synthesis using fluorous-tag
method13:50 Eisuke Kaji (Kitasato University):

Effective synthesis of sugar chains based on position-selective
activation of sugar hydroxyl groups

14:20 Hideji Ishida (Gifu University):

Chemical approach to elucidation of pathological mechanism of

self-immune neuronal diseases – Synthetic studies of Campylobacter
Jejuni lipooligosaccharides

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15:30 Takeshi Honda (Sankyo Co., Ltd.):

Synthesis and biological activities of novel inhibitors for influenza
sialidase

16:20 Hisashi Narimatsu (AIST/Tsukuba University):

Novel understanding obtained by comprehensive analysis of humanglycogenes – Application to drug discovery-

17:10 Haruki Yamada (Kitasato University/Kitasato Inst.):

Structures and pharmacological activities of glycoconjugates preparedfrom Japanese and Chinese medicines

17:40 Business meeting of Sialic Acids Society
18:00 Social gathering at main dinning room of Kitasato University

The 22th Symposium on Sialic Acids
on November 6, 2004, at Kitasato University

Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener Haruo Ogura)- WHAT ARE SIALIC ACIDS Program
14:00

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

14:05-15:05

Roland Schauer (Kiel University):

Sialic acids: fascinating sugars in higher animals and man

15:05-16:05

Yasuo Suzuki (Shizuoka Prefectural University, CREST, JST; COE 21th
Century):

Sialo-biology of influenza

16:05-17:30

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Chomei So (Kiyoken):

The medicine and food as same source and a bird's nest

17:30-19:30

Social gathering (Kitasato University main dinning room)"Bird's nest dessert" offered by Chomei So

The 23th Symposium on Sialic Acids

on December 3, 2005, at Kitasato University Convention Hall
Organized by Sialic Acids Society (Convener Haruo Ogura)
Program

Tamio Yamakawa (Society President):
Opening address

Ken Kitajima (Nagoya University):

New function of polysialic acids chain length in the nervous system

Tatunori Seki (Juntendo University):

Neurogenesis still continues in adult brain: Polysialic acids express a
new brain neurology

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