Symposium 2     "Animal Cell Technology in Asian Countries"

Organizers:Mutsumi Takagi (Hokkaido University, Japan)
                                   TakeshiOmasa (The University of Tokushima, Japan)
                                   Hideki Yamaji (Kobe University, Japan)

15:40
   Introduction    Mutsumi Takagi (Hokkaido University, Japan)

15:50
   Chairperson:Mutsumi Takagi (Hokkaido University, Japan)

   S2-1    Ashok Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology, India)

           ;"Cell culture engineering using new design of biomaterials
              - an Indian perspective"

16:15
   S2-2  Kanokwan Poomputsa
                                (King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi,Thailand)

           "Animal cellculture technology in Thailand"

16:40

            Chairperson:Hideki Yamaji (Kobe University, Japan)

  S2-3    Tey Beng Ti (Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)

           "Statusof animal cell technology in Malaysia"

17:05
   S2-4  Say Kong Ng (Bioprocessing Technology Institute,Singapore)

          "Ofmanufacturing plants and animal cells : the Singapore story"

17:30

           Chairperson:Takeshi Omasa (The University of Tokushima, Japan)

   S2-5    Duk Jae Oh (Sejong University, Korea)

          "Animalcell technology in Korea: R&D and industry"

17:55
   S2-6    Li Fan, Liang Zhao andWen-Song Tan
                           (East China University of Science andTechnology, China)

           "A high-yielding fed-batch process for humanized antibody production of
            Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells"

18:20
   Closing    Takeshi Omasa (The University of Tokushima,Japan)