5th Anniversary and 10th Commemorative Workshop on Microbial Resources

Origin of Culture Collections


From 10th to 15th October, the 10th International Congress for Culture Collections (ICCC-10) will be held in Tsukuba.  Just before the congress, we hold the 10th commemorative workshop, which will focus on strain collections.  You are cordially invited to this important event.  Please do not miss this valuable opportunity.


Date October 8th to 9th, 2004
Place

Tsukuba Kenshu Center, Tsukuba (20 min walk from Tsukuba Buss Center)

1-13-5 Amakubo, Tsukuba-city, Ibaraki 305-0005, Japan

TEL: +81-29-851-5152

http://www.meikei.or.jp/~center/

Organizer T. Okuda, T. Hoshino & T. Oki, Mycology & Metabolic Diversity Research Center, Tamagawa University Research Institute
Registration Fill out the registration form below and send it to Toru Okuda by email, fax or letter by 28th September, 2004
Address Toru Okuda, Tamagawa University Research Institute, 6-1-1 Tamagawa-Gakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8610, Japan
FAX 042-739-8669 (office)
 torula@lab.tamagawa.ac.jp
 
Fee Registration fee including accommodation (single room): 19,000 yen, without accommodation: 15,000 yen

Please pay at the registration desk

Program

Topics "Origin of Culture Collections"

8th October    
Part 1    
16:00 On-site registration and orientation  
16:30 Greeting Dist. Prof. Toshikazu Oki, Tamagawa University Research Institute
16:40 1)Biodiversity assessment study Sergej Buchet, Biotransfer, France
17:20 2)Construction of wild basidiomycete library for drug discovery Takayuki Ishizaki, Nippon Kinoko Institute, Japan
18:00 3)Malaysian microbes Kei'ichi Numata, Nimura Genetic Solutions, Japan
18:40 Break for taking a bath  
Part 2    
19:30 Dinner and mixer

restaurant on the ground floor

21:30 enthusiastic people join together for further discussion somewhere
     
9th October    
Part 3    
8:00 Breakfast and checking out  
9:00 Fungi as screening sources for bioactive molecules, experiences at Kitasato Institute Rokuro Masuma, Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, Japan
9:40 Bacterial cytochrome P450 expression library: Its construction and optimization for biotransformation screening Akira Arisawa, Mercian Bioresource Laboratories, Japan
10:20 Genetically and geographically diverse strain collection - a retrospective 20 year Iris Grün-Wollny, Labor Grün-Wollny, Germany
11:00 Coffee break  
11:30 Parallel aerobic growth, storage, and replication of large microbial collections in microtiter plates Wouter Duetz, Enzyscreen BV, The Netherlands
12:10 Overview on fungal genomics Joan Bennett, Tulane University, USA
12:50 Conclusion Toru Okuda, Tamagawa University
13:00 Adjourned  
Part 4    
15:00 Visit to National Science Museum (optional after lunch) Tsuyoshi Hosoya, National Science Museum

 

 

Participants are expected from:

Government, National Institutions, and Academia

Japan Bioindustry Association, Nishihara Environmental Sanitation Research Corp., Meijo University, Biological Resource Center (N-BRC), Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), RIKEN, University of Tokyo, Tohoku University, Toyama Prefectural University, Kyoto University, Tulane University (New Orleans), Tamagawa University,

   Private sector (Japan)

Ajinomoto Corp., Nissan Chemical Industries, HyphaLink Laboratories, Kyowa Hakko Co., Nimura Genetic Solutions Inc., Fujitsu Social Science Laboratory Ltd., Nippon Roche Research Center, Oji Paper Co., Meiji Seika Kaisha, Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Takada Chemical Industries, Akita Konno Co., Kubota Engineer Office, Asahi Kasei Corporation, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Fuji Photo Film Co., House Food Co., TOTO Ltd., Yamamouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Sankyo Co., Mitsubishi Pharma Corp., Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Co., Godo Shusei Co., Nimura Genetic Solutions Inc., HyphaLink Laboratories, Tanabe Seiyaku Co. Discovery Research Laboratory, Yokohama Bank Research Institute, Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Hitachi Government & Public Corporation System Engineering, Sankyo Chemical Co., Nissan Chemical Co., Nippon Shinyaku Co., Shikiieda Chemicals Co., BioDiscovery, Mercian Corp, Meiji Seika Kaisha

   Private sector (World-wide)

AnalytiCon Discovery GmbH., Bayer AG., Basilea Pharmaceutica Ltd., MerLion Pharmaceutical Pte Ltd., MycoSynthetix, Inc., Cerylid Biosciences, Relica Pharmaceuticals, Sugen Inc., GPC Biotech, BIOtransfer, Biofrontera, Enzyscreen

 

 


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