Sunday, July 22 |
2:00 - 11:00 p.m. | Arrival and Registration |
6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
7:20 - 7:30 p.m. | Charles Buchanan, Welcome and Opening Comments |
Session 1: | Sustainable and Renewable Resources: Nature's Supply of Polysaccharides |
| Discussion Leader: Steve Kelley (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) |
7:30 - 8:20 p.m. | James Bemiller (Purdue Universisty) "Commercial Polysaccharides: History and Structure - Functional Property Relationships" |
8:20 - 8:30 p.m. | Discussion |
8:30 - 9:20 p.m. | Paul Gatenholm (Chalmers University) "Xylans - From Biomass to Biomaterials" |
9:20 - 9:30 p.m. | Discussion |
9:30 - 11:00 p.m. | Opening Reception |
Monday, July 23 |
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. | Conference Photo (Tenative) |
Session 2: | Advances in the Structural Analysis of Polysaccharides |
| Discussion Leader: John Blackwell (Case Western Reserve University) |
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. | Lennart Kenne (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) "Some Modern Methods in Studies of Polysaccharides" |
9:50 - 10:00 a.m. | Discussion |
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:30 - 11:20 a.m. | J.F.G. Vliegenthart (Ultrecht University) "Structural Studies on Exopolysaccharides from Lactobacilli" |
11:20 - 11:30 a.m. | Discussion |
11:30 - 12:20 p.m. | Tetsuo Kondo (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute) "Bacterial Recognition of the Surface Structure of Cellulose: Biomacromolecular Rail" |
12:20 - 12:30 p.m. | Discussion |
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Free Of All Formal Activity |
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. | Poster Session 1: Structure-Property Relationships of Polysaccharides |
6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
Session 3: | Structure-Property Relationships of Polysaccharides |
| Discussion Leader: Stephen McCarthy (U. Massachusetts at Lowell) |
7:30 - 8:20 p.m. | Steve Kelley (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) "Structure/Property Relationships in Polysaccharide Derivatives" |
8:20 - 8:30 p.m. | Discussion |
8:30 - 9:20 p.m. | Maria Stella Scandola (University of Bologna) "Cellulose Fibers as Polymer Composite Refinforcements" |
9:20 - 9:30 p.m. | Discussion |
Tuesday, July 24 |
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
Session 4: | Synthesis of Cellulose Derivatives |
| Discussion Leader: Kevin Edgar (Eastman Chemical Company) |
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. | Thomas Heinze (Friedrich-Schiller Universitat Jena) "Modification of Cellulose" |
9:50 - 10:00 a.m. | Discussion |
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:30 - 11:20 a.m. | Dieter O. Klemm (Friedrich-Schiller Universitat Jena) "Biotechnological Synthesis of Cellulosic Biomaterials" |
11:20 - 11:30 a.m. | Discussion |
11:30 - 12:20 p.m. | Charles Buchanan (Eastman Chemical Company) "An Enzymatic-Chemical Process for the Isolation of Arabinoxylan and Cellulose from Corn Fiber and Their Conversion to Advanced Derivatives" |
12:20 - 12:30 p.m. | Discussion |
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Free Of All Formal Activity |
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. | Poster Session 2: Synthesis of Novel Polysaccharide Derivatives Self-Assembly and Composites of Polysaccharides |
6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
Session 5: | Self-Assembly of Polysaccharides |
| Discussion Leader: Wolfgang Glasser (Virginia Tech) |
7:30-8:20 p.m. | Bjorn Lindman (Lund University) "Self-Assembly in Polysaccharide-Surfactant Systems" |
8:20 - 8:30 p.m. | Discussion |
8:30 - 9:20 p.m. | Derek Gray (McGill University) "Self-Assembly of Cellulose and Cellulose Derivatives" |
9:20 - 9:30 p.m. | Discussion |
Wednesday, July 25 |
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
Session 6: | Biosynthesis of Polysaccharides |
| Discussion Leader: Badal Saha |
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. | Malcom Brown (The University of Texas at Austin) "Biosynthesis of Cellulose" |
9:50 - 10:00 a.m. | Discussion |
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:30 - 11:20 a.m. | Debra Mohnen (Carbohydrate Research Center) "Biosynthesis of Pectin: A Family of Complex Plant Polysaccharides" |
11:20 - 11:30 a.m. | Discussion |
11:30-12:20 p.m. | David Kaplan (Tufts University) "Biological Strategies to Influence Polysaccharide Structure and Function" |
12:20 - 12:30 p.m. | Discussion |
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Free Of All Formal Activity |
4:30 - 6:00 p.m. | Poster Session 3: Biosynthesis and Biotransformation of Polysaccharides, Polysaccharides as Therapeutic Agents |
6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
Session 7: | Biotransformations of Polysaccharides |
| Discussion Leader: Debra Mohnen (Carbohydrate Research Center) |
7:30 - 8:20 p.m. | Arland Hotchkiss (USDA) "Biotransformation of Pectin: Enzymatic Modification of Structure and Function" |
8:20 - 8:30 p.m. | Discussion |
8:30 - 9:20 p.m. | Badal Saha (USDA) "Use of Enzymes in Bioconversion of Polysaccharides to Fuels and Advanced Chemicals" |
9:20 - 9:30 p.m. | Discussion |
Thursday, July 26 |
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
Session 8: | Polysaccharides as Therapeutic Agents |
| Discussion Leader: Zbigniew Witczak (Wilkes University) |
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. | Gudmund Skjak-Barek (Norwegian University for Science and Technology) "Alginates - A Family of Polymers Suitable for Polysaccharide Engineering" |
9:50 - 10:00 a.m. | Discussion |
10:00-10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:30-11:20 a.m. | Emo Chiellini (University of Piza) "Polyhydroxylated Cyclodextrins in the Formulation of Conventional and Peptide Drug Release Systems" |
11:20 - 11:30 a.m. | Discussion |
11:30-12:20 p.m. | David Baker (University of Tennessee) "Antimetastatic Oligosaccharides from Hyaluronic Acid: Natural Compounds and Design of Stabilized Mimetics" |
12:20 - 12:30 p.m. | Discussion |
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30 - 4:00 p.m. | Free Of All Formal Activity |
6:00 p.m. | Dinner |
Session 9: | Synthesis of Novel Polysaccharide Derivatives |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Marchessault (McGill University) |
7:30-8:20 p.m. | Robert J.Linhardt (University of Iowa) "Heparin and Related Sulfated Polysaccharides of Biological Importance: Structure, Function and Preparation" |
8:20 - 8:30 p.m. | Discussion |
8:30-9:20 p.m. | David Williams (Quillen College of Medicine) "The Chemistry and Biology of (1-3)-b-D-glucan: A Fungal Cell Wall Polysaccharide" |
9:20 - 9:30 p.m. | Discussion |
9:30 - 12:00 p.m. | Closing Reception |
Friday, July 27 |
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. | Depart |