ALAMY_4 - Preliminary programme

Preliminary programme

(some re-arrangement in the schedule below is possible and probable)
(IL - Invited Lecture and OC - Oral Communication selected from submitted abstracts)

26 SEP 2010 - Sunday evening
ALAMY_4 Opening
Keynote Lecture
IL01 - Kwan-Hwa Park (Incheon, Korea) - Functional characterization of carbohydrate-active enzymes in bacteria: what is known and unknown in the bacterial sugar utilization system
Opening Reception

27 SEP 2010 - Monday morning
Clan GH-H - Structure-function relationships
IL02 - Birte Svensson (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark) - Barley limit dextrinase and limit dextrinase inhibitor
IL03 - Pierre Monsan (Toulouse, France) - Design of regioselective glucosyltransferases from amylosucrase scaffold for the chimio-enzymatic synthesis of antigenic oligosaccharides
OC01 - Narayanan Ramasubbu (Newark NJ, USA) - Enamel binding domains of human salivary α-amylase: implications in dental plaque formation
OC02 - Slavko Kralj (Haren, The Netherlands) - GTFB provides an evolutionary link between enzyme families GH13 and GH70
OC03 - Johannis P. Kamerling (Haren, The Netherlands) - Unique oligosaccharides synthesized by a novel glucosyltransferase (GTFB) enzyme from Lactobacillus reuteri 121

27 SEP 2010 - Monday afternoon
Poster Session I
Clan GH-H - Starch-binding domains as CBM families
IL04 - Thomas Smith (St. Louis, MO, USA) - The atomic structures of several starch utilization system proteins
IL05 - Matthew S. Gentry (Lexington, KY, USA) - 100 years of research links ‘plant starch’ to neurodegeneration
OC04 - Margaret Dah-Tsyr Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) - Ligand-binding residue prediction for carbohydrate-binding modules by feature-incorporated alignment
OC05 - Maher Abou Hachem (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark) - Starch binding domains from CBM20 and CBM45 occurring in enzymes regulating starch metabolism display substantially lower binding affinities than counterparts from strictly starch-degrading enzymes
OC06 - Julia Marin-Navarro (Valencia, Spain) - Structural and functional analysis of hybrid enzymes containing catalytic and non-catalytic domains from Sacharomyces cerevisiae (var. diastaticus) Sta1 glucoamylase

28 SEP 2010 - Tuesday morning
Clan GH-H - Novel GH13 subfamilies
IL06 - Pedro M. Coutinho (Marseille, France) - Genomics and amylase-related enzyme systems
IL07 - Haruhide Mori (Sapporo, Japan) - Dextran glucosidase and isomaltooligosaccharide 6-α-glucosyltransferase: mechanism of substrate recognition and transglucosylation
OC07 - Lukana Ngiwsara (Sapporo, Japan) - Putative role of Tyr227, Gln349 and Leu350 near catalytic amino acids of honeybee α-glucosidase III
OC08 - Mike Wall (Ottawa, ON, Canada) - Who’s there and what are they doing at the starch granule surface? - Implications of puroindoline and host-pathogen interactions

28 SEP 2010 - Tuesday afternoon
Symposium Trip

29 SEP 2010 - Wednesday morning
Clan GH-H - New sequences and structures
IL08 - Nushin Aghajari (Lyon, France) - Structural studies of Drosophila melanogaster α-amylase
OC09 - James Geiger (East Lansing, MI, USA) - Branching enzyme/malto-oligosaccharide complex structures and the mechanism of branch chain specificity in E. coli branching enzyme
OC10 - Eui-Jeon Woo (Daejeon, Korea) - Structural feature of the extreme thermophile maltogenic amylases from archaea
OC11 - Hans Leemhuis (Haren, The Netherlands) - The GH57 family glycogen branching enzyme of Thermus thermophilus
OC12 - Eva Nordberg Karlsson (Lund, Sweden) - Recombinant production of an archaeal family 57 4-α-glucanotransferase, and its use in alkyl glycoside production

29 SEP 2010 - Wednesday afternoon
Poster Session II
Clan GH-H - Metabolism of starch and glycogen
IL09 - Alison Smith (Norwich, UK) - Starch degradation: different plants have different pathways
OC13 - Jean-Philippe Ral (Canberra, ACT, Australia) - Elucidating the function of glucan-water-dikinase in wheat endosperm
OC14 - Christian Ruzanski (Norwich, UK) - Shuffling sugars: maltose metabolism in leaves at night
OC15 - Georges Tawil (Nantes, France) - In depth characterization of raw starch hydrolysis by a new α-amylase from Rhizomucor sp.

29 SEP 2010 - Wednesday evening
Banquet Lecture
IL10 - Takashi Kuriki (Osaka, Japan) - Discovery of neopullulanase and proposal of my concept of the α-amylase family
Symposium Banquet + Awards Ceremony

30 SEP 2010 - Thursday morning
Clan GH-H - Industrial aspects of starch processing
IL11 - Carsten Andersen (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) - TBA
IL12 - Pauline Teunissen (The Netherlands) - Granular starch hydrolysis enzymes: potential in the fermentation industry
OC16 - Hideki Kajiura (Osaka, Japan) A novel method for in vitro synthesis of glycogen: the structure, properties, and physiological function
Closing Lecture
IL13 - Marc J.E.C. van der Maarel (Groningen, The Netherlands) - It’s all in the family


Proceedings Introduction Programme Committee Topics and Sessions Invited Speakers Important dates Late abstracts Preliminary programme Registration and Abstracts Fees and Payments Conference Buses Poster board size Sponsors	Preliminary programme (some re-arrangement in the schedule below is possible and probable) (IL - Invited Lecture and OC - Oral Communication selected from submitted abstracts) 26 SEP 2010 - Sunday evening ALAMY_4 Opening Keynote Lecture IL01 - Kwan-Hwa Park (Incheon, Korea) - Functional characterization of carbohydrate-active enzymes in bacteria: what is known and unknown in the bacterial sugar utilization system Opening Reception 27 SEP 2010 - Monday morning Clan GH-H - Structure-function relationships IL02 - Birte Svensson (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark) - Barley limit dextrinase and limit dextrinase inhibitor IL03 - Pierre Monsan (Toulouse, France) - Design of regioselective glucosyltransferases from amylosucrase scaffold for the chimio-enzymatic synthesis of antigenic oligosaccharides OC01 - Narayanan Ramasubbu (Newark NJ, USA) - Enamel binding domains of human salivary α-amylase: implications in dental plaque formation OC02 - Slavko Kralj (Haren, The Netherlands) - GTFB provides an evolutionary link between enzyme families GH13 and GH70 OC03 - Johannis P. Kamerling (Haren, The Netherlands) - Unique oligosaccharides synthesized by a novel glucosyltransferase (GTFB) enzyme from Lactobacillus reuteri 121 27 SEP 2010 - Monday afternoon Poster Session I Clan GH-H - Starch-binding domains as CBM families IL04 - Thomas Smith (St. Louis, MO, USA) - The atomic structures of several starch utilization system proteins IL05 - Matthew S. Gentry (Lexington, KY, USA) - 100 years of research links ‘plant starch’ to neurodegeneration OC04 - Margaret Dah-Tsyr Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan) - Ligand-binding residue prediction for carbohydrate-binding modules by feature-incorporated alignment OC05 - Maher Abou Hachem (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark) - Starch binding domains from CBM20 and CBM45 occurring in enzymes regulating starch metabolism display substantially lower binding affinities than counterparts from strictly starch-degrading enzymes OC06 - Julia Marin-Navarro (Valencia, Spain) - Structural and functional analysis of hybrid enzymes containing catalytic and non-catalytic domains from Sacharomyces cerevisiae (var. diastaticus) Sta1 glucoamylase 28 SEP 2010 - Tuesday morning Clan GH-H - Novel GH13 subfamilies IL06 - Pedro M. Coutinho (Marseille, France) - Genomics and amylase-related enzyme systems IL07 - Haruhide Mori (Sapporo, Japan) - Dextran glucosidase and isomaltooligosaccharide 6-α-glucosyltransferase: mechanism of substrate recognition and transglucosylation OC07 - Lukana Ngiwsara (Sapporo, Japan) - Putative role of Tyr227, Gln349 and Leu350 near catalytic amino acids of honeybee α-glucosidase III OC08 - Mike Wall (Ottawa, ON, Canada) - Who’s there and what are they doing at the starch granule surface? - Implications of puroindoline and host-pathogen interactions 28 SEP 2010 - Tuesday afternoon Symposium Trip 29 SEP 2010 - Wednesday morning Clan GH-H - New sequences and structures IL08 - Nushin Aghajari (Lyon, France) - Structural studies of Drosophila melanogaster α-amylase OC09 - James Geiger (East Lansing, MI, USA) - Branching enzyme/malto-oligosaccharide complex structures and the mechanism of branch chain specificity in E. coli branching enzyme OC10 - Eui-Jeon Woo (Daejeon, Korea) - Structural feature of the extreme thermophile maltogenic amylases from archaea OC11 - Hans Leemhuis (Haren, The Netherlands) - The GH57 family glycogen branching enzyme of Thermus thermophilus OC12 - Eva Nordberg Karlsson (Lund, Sweden) - Recombinant production of an archaeal family 57 4-α-glucanotransferase, and its use in alkyl glycoside production 29 SEP 2010 - Wednesday afternoon Poster Session II Clan GH-H - Metabolism of starch and glycogen IL09 - Alison Smith (Norwich, UK) - Starch degradation: different plants have different pathways OC13 - Jean-Philippe Ral (Canberra, ACT, Australia) - Elucidating the function of glucan-water-dikinase in wheat endosperm OC14 - Christian Ruzanski (Norwich, UK) - Shuffling sugars: maltose metabolism in leaves at night OC15 - Georges Tawil (Nantes, France) - In depth characterization of raw starch hydrolysis by a new α-amylase from Rhizomucor sp. 29 SEP 2010 - Wednesday evening Banquet Lecture IL10 - Takashi Kuriki (Osaka, Japan) - Discovery of neopullulanase and proposal of my concept of the α-amylase family Symposium Banquet + Awards Ceremony 30 SEP 2010 - Thursday morning Clan GH-H - Industrial aspects of starch processing IL11 - Carsten Andersen (Bagsvaerd, Denmark) - TBA IL12 - Pauline Teunissen (The Netherlands) - Granular starch hydrolysis enzymes: potential in the fermentation industry OC16 - Hideki Kajiura (Osaka, Japan) A novel method for in vitro synthesis of glycogen: the structure, properties, and physiological function Closing Lecture IL13 - Marc J.E.C. van der Maarel (Groningen, The Netherlands) - It’s all in the family