Glycoscience: Basic Science to Applications
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Naoyuki Taniguchi graduated from Hokkaido University Medical School and received M.D and received Ph.D. He was visiting professor of Cornell University Medical School and severed as Professor and Chairman of Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Medical School and is now Professor Emeritus Osaka University. He served as Program Director of Systems Glycobiology Group at RIKEN. Currently he is Department head of Osaka International Cancer Institute. He served as Secretary General for IUBMB, Kyoto. He was President for Japanese Society for Carbohydrate Research, Japan Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnolgy and Society for Glycobiology. His major interest is Glycobiology of N-glycans.
Tamao Endo graduated from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Baylor College of Medicine, and a research associate in the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo. Then, he has been the head of Department of Molecular Glycobiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology (TMIG), and served the vice-director of TMIG. He served as the president of The Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research (JSCR) and does as Japan Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology (JCGG). He is a member of the Science Council of Japan. He is now focusing on glycobiology on aging and diseases.This book presents the state of the art in glycoscience and proposes a road map for the coming decade, focusing on the potential of glycoscience research to shed light on important basic science issues and give rise to exciting new applications, especially in the field of diagnosis and therapeutics. Individual sections offer in-depth coverage of various topics relating to glycans and biopharmaceuticals, glycans in medical science and medicine, glycan technologies, glycans in food and nutrients, and glycan-related materials and their uses. In addition, the book presents an exemplary training course on glycomics and highlights educational and analytical web resources, and also includes glossaries and boxes summarizing key facts to ensure ease of understanding for non-expert readers and students. Written by more than 150 active participants in the Japan Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology (JCGG), whose goal is to promote the development of interdisciplinary glycoscience and establish a global network in the field, it is a valuable resource for students, postdocs, and researchers in the life sciences as well as for stakeholders and professionals in government, funding agencies and industry.