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MIE BIOFORUM 2003
Detailed Final Program
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Monday, November 10
Tuesday, November 11
Wednesday, November 12
Thursday, November 13
Friday, November 14
Monday, November 10, 2003
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13:00
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Registration
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18:00
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Dinner
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20:10
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Welcome Address
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Kunio Ohmiya(Mie University, Japan)
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20:20
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Opening Lecture
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Arnold L. Demain(Drew University, USA)
Over 35 years of interactions with Japanese scientists
Yasuo Igarashi(University of Tokyo, Japan)
The role of biotechnology for the utilization of biomass---Our attempts in Japan and Asian countries---
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Tuesday, November 11, 2003
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7:30
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Breakfast
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8:30
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Conference photo
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Oral Session : Structure and Function
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9:00
Session I
(Chairperson:
Joshua Sakon)
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Junji Sugiyama(Kyoto University, Japan)
Recognition of molecular directionality in crystalline polysaccharide hydrolysis by some exohydrolases
Richard A. J. Warren(University of British Columbia, Canada)
The proline-threonine-rich linkers in two glycoside hydrolases from Cellulomonas fimi
David B. Wilson(Cornell University, USA)
Microbial cellulose degradation
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10:15
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Coffee break
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10:45
Session II
(Chairperson:
Richard A. J. Warren)
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Leila Lo Leggio(University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Structure and specificity of polysaccharidases belonging to clan GH-A
Joshua Sakon(University of Arkansas, USA)
Crystal structure of family 12 endocellulase from Acidothermus cellulolyticus
Takeshi Watanabe(Niigata University, Japan)
Mechanism of crystalline chitin hydrolysis by bacterial chitinases
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12:00
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Lunch
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15:00
Session III
(Chairperson:
Peter L. Bergquist)
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Gary W. Black(University of Northumbria , UK)
Structural insights into the catalytic mechanism of the polysaccharide lyases
James Flint(University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
The role of carbohydrate binding module in targeted hydrolysis of plant cell wall polysaccharides
Kunio Ohmiya(Mie university, Japan)
New arrangement of dockerin-cohesin for artificial enzymes
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16:15
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Coffee break
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Oral Session : New Aspect
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16:45
Session IV
(Chairperson:
Gary W. Black)
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Peter L. Bergquist(Macquarie University, Australia)
Production of recombinant hemicellulases from thermophilic microorganisms in fungal hosts
Tuula T. Teeri(Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
Enzymes involved in cellulose biosynthesis and modification in hybrid aspen
Takahisa Hayashi(Kyoto University, Japan)
Involvement of cellulase in cellulose biosynthesis
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18:00
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Dinner
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Short Talk(Chairperson: Kunio Ohmiya)
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20:00
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Akihiko Kondo(Kobe University, Japan)
Direct and efficient production of ethanol from cellulosic materials with a yeast strain displaying cellulolytic enzymes
Bernard A. Prior(University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Purification and properties of a feruloyl esterase involved in lignocellulose degradation by Aureobasidium pullulans
Ni Nyoman Tri Puspaningsih(Airlangga University, Indonesia)
Isolation and characterization of ß-xylosidase and alpha-l-arabinofuranosidase from Bacillus thermoleovorans it-08
Akio Takenaka(Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
Evolutionary classification of family 8 glycoside hydrolases, based on the X-Ray structure of Bacillus sp. K17 chitosanase
Yong Woo Park(Wood Research Institute, Kyoto University, Japan)
The role of cellulase on cellulose biosynthesis in Acetobacter xylinium
Chantal Tardif(CNRS, France)
In vivo studies of the cellulolytic system produced by Clostridium cellulolyticum
Satoshi Kaneko(National Food Research Institute, Japan)
Structure-function relationship of family 10 xylanase from Streptomyces olivaceoviridis E-86
Motomitsu Kitaoka(National Food Research Institute, Japan)
Phosphorolytic enzymes in cellulose degradation
Xin-Liang Li(Fermentation Biotechnology Research, USA)
Cloning and sequencing of two highly homologous cellulase genes, celH and celI from the anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces strain PC-2
Tohru Suzuki(Gifu University, Japan)
The osmotic shock causes a translocation of the signal peptide-less cytoplasmic xylanase (XynX) of Aeromonas caviae ME-1 to the periplasm via mechanosensitive channel
Nazimuddin Mohammed(Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)
Effects of direct-fed microbial on ruminal fermentation, digestibility and microbes in vitro and in vivo
Shohidullah Md. Miah(National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
Improvement of biogas production from anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge by aerobic thermophilic bacterial sludge
Shintaro Iwashita(Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, Japan)
Gene organization of ruminant specific gene of p97 Bcnt: role of Retrotransposon in gene diversity
Mohamed Emad Abd El-Wahab Nasser(Alexandria University, Egypt)
Localization of cellulase activity in the centrifuged fractions of homogenate of rumen protozoan, Entodinium caudatum
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Wednesday, November 12, 2003
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7:30
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Breakfast
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Oral Session : Cellulosome
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9:00
Session V
(Chairperson:
Edward A. Bayer)
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Lars G. Ljungdahl(University of Georgia, USA)
Function and structures of domains in multi-modular glycoside hydrolases from the cellulosome of Clostridium thermocellum
Wolfgang H. Schwarz(Technische Universität München, Germany)
The Clostridium thermocellum cellulosome - the paradigm of a multienzyme complex
J. H. David Wu(University of Rochester, USA)
Transcriptional regulation of the Clostridium thermocellum cellulases
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10:15
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Coffee break
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10:45
Session VI
(Chairperson:
J. H. David Wu)
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Edward A. Bayer(The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Probing the cohesin-dockerin interaction by rational mutagenesis
Jean-Pierre Bélaïch(Center National de la Recherche Scientifique, France)
From native to engineered cellulosomes
Roy H. Doi(University of California, Davis ,USA)
Regulation of the synthesis of Clostridium cellulovorans cellulosomes and their subunits
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12:00
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Lunch
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Oral Session : Rumen cellulase
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15:00
Session VII
(Chairperson:
Kiyoshi Hayashi)
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Harry Flint(Rowett Research Institute, UK)
Protein:protein interactions involved in the assembly of lignocellulolytic enzyme complexes in Ruminococcus flavefaciens
Jean-Pierre Jouany(INRA C.R, France)
Factors influencing microbial cellulolytic and xylanolytic activities in the rumen; benefits of adding exogenous enzymes to the diet
Mark Morrison(Ohio State University, USA)
Functional and comparative genomics of cellulolytic bacteria
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16:15
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Coffee break
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16:45
Session VIII
(Chairperson:
Harry Flint)
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Toshiaki Kudo(RIKEN, Japan)
Cellulose degradation and protozoa-prokaryote interaction in lower termite
Hirofumi Watanabe(National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan)
Animal cellulases, diversity and potential applications
Kiyoshi Hayashi(National Food Research Institute, Japan)
Splitting monomeric enzyme of family 3 ß-glucosidase into two molecules while recovering the catalytic activity
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18:00
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Dinner
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20:00
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Poster Session
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Thursday, November 13, 2003
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7:30
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Breakfast
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Oral Session : Fungal System
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9:00
Session IX
(Chairperson:
Yasushi Morikawa)
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Yoshihiko Amano(Takahisa Kanda)(Shinshu University, Japan)
New insight on cellulose degradation by cellulase from fungi
Motoo Arai(Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Cellulase system of Aspergillus aculeatus
Kiyoshi Ito(National Research Institute of Brewing, Japan)
Cellulase and hemicellulase genes of white koji mold (Aspergillus kawachii)
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10:15
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Coffee break
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10:45
Session X
(Chairperson:
Takahisa Kanda)
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Yasushi Morikawa(Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)
Induction mechanism of xylanase III gene in Trichoderma reesei
Merja E. Penttilä(VTT Biotechnology and Food Research, Finland)
Regulatory mechanisims involved in expression and secretion of enzymes by Trichoderma
Takashi Watanabe(Kyoto University, Japan)
Control of the generation of active oxygen species for selective lignin biodegradation by Ceriporiopsis subvermispora
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12:00
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Excursion
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18:30
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Banquet
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20:00
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Poster Session
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Friday, November 14, 2003
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7:30
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Breakfast
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Oral Session : Application and Utilization
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9:00
Session XI
(Chairperson:
Hideaki Yukawa)
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Colin Mitchinson(Genencor International, Inc., USA)
Improved cellulases for the biorefinery
Feng Xu(Novozymes Biotech, USA)
Enhancing biomass conversion to fermentable sugars
Shigeki Sawayama(National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
An overview of anaerobic digestion in Japan
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10:15
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Coffee break
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10:45
Session XII
(Chairperson:
Colin Mitchinson)
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Yoshiyuki Ueno(Kajima Technical Research Institute, Japan)
Fundamental studies on hydrogen fermentation from cellulose
Takashi Saiki(Japan Alcohol Association, Japan)
A new NEDO R&D Project on biomass-ethanol conversion technologies
Hideaki Yukawa(RITE, Japan)
Today and feature: utilization of biomass
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12:00
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Closing Address
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Roy H. Doi(University of California, Davis ,USA)
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12:30
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Lunch
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