Symposium 3     "Advanced Technologies in Cell Engineering "

Organizers:Takeshi Omasa (The University of Tokushima, Japan)
                   Chikashi Hirashima (Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan)
                   Hiroko Tsukamoto (Asahi Glass, Japan)
                   Haruhiko Tsumura (Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Japan)
                   GyunMin Lee (KAIST, Korea)

9:40
   Introduction    Takeshi Omasa (The University ofTokushima, Japan)

9:45

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

   S3-1  Gyun Min Lee (KAIST, Korea)

           "Cellengineering strategies for improved therapeutic protein production
             in CHO cells"

10:15
    Chairperson:Haruhiko Tsumura (Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Japan)

   S3-2  Yoshihiro Kaneko (Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan)

           "Antibody-producing CHO cell stability and the quality of antibodies
            produced during the deathphase of cell culture"

10:45

     Chairperson:Chikashi Hirashima (Chugai Pharmaceutical, Japan)

   S3-3    Hideki Tohda, Alimjan Idiris, K.Nikaido, K. Araki,
                Y. Takahashi and H.Kumagai (Asahi Glass, Japan）

           "ASPEX- Fission yeastSchizosaccharomyces pombeexpression system,
            from lab to pilot scale production"

11:15

     Chairperson:Hiroko Tsukamoto (Asahi Glass, Japan)

   S3-4    Myung-Sam Cho,Hyunjoo Lee,Jongmook Kim and Minseok Chang
                                                             (Celltrion,Korea)

           "Development of a new human cell line, F2N, for proper production of
            recombinant therapeutic proteins"

11:45

     Chairperson:Gyun Min Lee (KAIST, Korea)

   S3-5    Takeshi Omasa (The University ofTokushima, Japan)

           "Chinese hamster ovary cell genome: impact on cell engineering"