Hokkaido University Executive and Vice-President Dr. Hisatake Okada serves as chairperson


Dr. Hiroshi Kida, Director of the Research Center for Zoonosis Control, delivers a lecture


Dr. Hans-Joachim Gabius (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich) delivers a lecture


Dr. Satoshi Minoshima (University of Washington) delivers a lecture

On October 7 and 8, the 1st Hokkaido University-Academia Sinica Joint Symposium and the 7th Symposium for Future Drug Discovery and Medical Care were held with 298 participants.

This symposium was held to mark the commencement of projects based on the exchange agreement concluded by HU and Academia Sinica, which have released numerous results of international research programs, under the joint auspices of both institutions. The event was also held as a regular symposium of the Innovation COE Program for Future Drug Discovery and Medical Care, a HU program selected as part of the Formation of an Innovation Center for the Fusion of Advanced Technologies scheme financed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology's(MEXT) Science and Technology Promotion Adjustment Expenses Fund, and was made possible through Academia Sinica's involvement in collaborative research on the program.

The 7th Symposium for Future Drug Discovery and Medical Care began with memorable speeches by HU President Dr. Hiroshi Saeki and Academia Sinica President Dr. Chi-Huey Wong as well as by speakers from outside the two institutions, including 1986 Noble Laureate in Chemistry Dr. Yuan-Tseh Lee (Honorary President of Academia Sinica), Dr. Yuan-chuan Lee (Johns Hopkins University) and Dr. Satoshi Minoshima (University of Washington) - a specialist doctor in nuclear medicine working actively in the U.S. Representatives from the business world also delivered speeches. This symposium was a great success and offered a rare opportunity for participants to hear the latest results of research related to international cooperation and industry-academia collaboration in one place.

October 7

Name	Lecture title
Hiroshi Kida (HU, Japan)	Avian, Swine and Pandemic Influenza
Yuan-Tseh Lee (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)	Elementary Processes Involved in Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
Satoshi Minoshima (University of Washington, US)	Progress in Functional Brain Imaging of Dementia
Yeu-Kuang Hwu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)	X-ray Imaging and Nanomedicine for Integrated Therapy
Masayori Ishikawa (Kyoto University, Japan)	Fundamental Study on Developing a Parallel Plane Positron Detector System for Tracking Tumors During Radiotherapy
Takeharu Nagai (HU, Japan)	Toward Understanding Biological Phenomena by Genetically-encoded Molecular Spies
Masaya Yamamoto (Kyoto University, Japan)	Significance of Drug Delivery Systems in Enhanced Molecular Imaging for Regenerated Tissues
Yuan-chuan Lee (Johns Hopkins University, US)	The Road to AvioGlycomics
Tai-Huang Huang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)	Packaging of SARS Coronavirus Nucleocapsid
Min Yao (HU, Japan)	Structural Basis for Translation Factor Recruitment to Eukaryotic/Archaeal Ribosomes
Fuyuhiko Inagaki (HU, Japan)	Structural Biology of Autophagy
Hirosato Kondo (Shionogi & Co. Ltd., Japan)	Future Direction of Drug Discovery Research

October 8

Name	Lecture title
Hans-Joachim Gabius (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany)	Breaking the Sugar Code of (Tumor) Growth Regulation: Discovery of Effectors and Analytical Challenges
Kay-Hooi Khoo (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)	Enabling Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Phosphoproteomics and sulfoglycomics
Maho Amano (Hokkaido University, Japan)	Comparative Glycomics
Takeshi Sakamoto (Hitachi Ltd., Japan)	Analysis of Site-specific Glycosylation Profiles in Glycoproteins by LC-LED-MS/MS in a Radio Frequency Linear Ion Trap
Yoshiaki Miura (Ezose Sciences Inc., US)	Glycomics from Bench to Bedside Getting Sweeter