Scientific Program

as of October 21, 2008

Venue:Wakayama Prefectural Culture Hall

*names are listed in alphabetical order

Saturday, October 25, 2008

    Place
15:00 - 18:00 Registration Lobby

Sunday, October 26, 2008

    Place
8:00 Registration Lobby
8:50 - 9:00 Opening Remarks Main Hall
9:00 - 10:30 Keynote Lecture
9:00 - 9:30
NANJO, Kishio (Wakayama Medical University, Japan)
Genetic background of type 2 diabetes in Asian population
Chair:
IGARASHI, Osamu (Association of Nutrition Improvement Practice & Ochanomizu University)

9:30 - 10:00
NAMAI, Chisho (Koyasan University, Japan)
Food and Religion -From Eastern Point of View-
Chair:
UKEGAWA, Koji (Industrial Technology Center of Wakayama Prefecture)

10:00 - 10:30
DOBERMANN, Achim (International Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
Rice Research for the Future
Chair:
IWAMOTO, Mutsuo (Society for Techno-innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
Main Hall
10:30 - 12:30 Session I: Ferulic Acid & Oryzanol

Speakers: (in alphabetical order by name)
ANSELMI, Cecilia (University of Siena, Italy)
Ferulic Acid and Its Derivatives in Skin Photoprotection: Technologies and Biological Properties
NAKAMURA, Shigenobu (Rakuwakai Kyoto Clinical Research Center, Japan)
Effect of ANM176™ containing ferulic acid on Alzheimer’s disease
OKAJIMA, Kenji (Nagoya City University, Japan)
Major components of rice bran, thiamine, gamma-oryzanol and gamma-aminobutyric acid increase insulin-like growth factor-I production through sensory neuron activation; the molecular mechanism(s) and biological effects
SASAKI, Hideyuki (Wakayama Medical University, Japan)
Ferulic acid prevents pathological and functional abnormalities of the kidney in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty diabetic rats
SONG, Dong-Keun (Hallym University Medical School, Korea)
Protective effects of ferulic acid in Alzheimer’s disease model mice
TSUDA, Hiroyuki (Nagoya City University, Japan)
Inhibition of Colon Carcinogenesis by Rice Bran Components

Chairs:
NISHINO, Hoyoku (Ritsumeikan University & Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine )
TANIGUCHI, Hisaji (Wakayama Industry Promotion Foundation)
Main Hall
12:30 - 14:00 Poster Sessions & Lunch 3F Foyer etc
14:00 - 14:30 Keynote Lecture
SEINO, Yutaka (Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Japan)
Pathophysiology of Japanese type2 diabetes
Chair:
NISHINO, Hoyoku (Ritsumeikan University & Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine )
Main Hall
14:30 - 16:50 Session II: Starch, Edible Fiber, Anthocyanin & Others

Speakers: (in alphabetical order by name)
CHOI, Hae Chune (Korea Rice Technical Working Group, Korea)
Ultrastructure and hygienic function of a high-dietary fiber & high-amylose mutant rice, Goami 2
FITZGERALD, Melissa (International Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
Searching for structures of starch in rice to mitigate the consequences of nutritional diseases.
ICHIYANAGI, Takashi (Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Japan)
Functionality and Biological Behaviors of Anthocyanins from Purple Black Rice
KITAMURA, Shinichi (Osaka Prefecture University, Japan)
Characterization of slowly digested starch of waxy/amylose-extender double-mutant rice
LING, Wenhua (Sun Yat-Sen University, Northern Campus, China)
Supplement Black Rice and Its Pigment Anthocyanidins Reduced Atherosclerotic Formation in Different Animal Models.
OHTSUBO, Ken’ichi1, TSUJI, Keisuke2 (Niigata University1, Kio University2, Japan)
Possibility of diabete prevention by high-amylose rice
YOKOYAMA, Wallace (USDA Agricultural Research Service, USA)
Evaluation of the Nutritional Properties of Pre-Germinated Rice in Hypercholesterolemic Hamster Model

Chairs:
OHTSUBO, Ken’ichi (Niigata University)
OSAWA, Toshihiko (Nagoya University)
Main Hall
16:50 - 17:00 Coffee Break  
17:00 - 18:30 Session III: Protein, Peptides and Amino Acids

Speakers
: (in alphabetical order by name)
ASAKURA, Tomiko (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Novel protease occurring in cereals - functional analysis and application
MASUMURA, Takehiro (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Structure and function of rice seed protein
MORITA, Noafumi (Toyo College of Food Technology, Japan)
Gamma-amino-butyric acid and functional materials in brown rice, buckwheat and pseudo-cereals during germination and their applications to food processing
OURA, Shin (Research Institute of Gekkeikan Sake Co. Ltd, Japan)
Antihypertensive peptides derived from sake lees

Chairs:
KADOWAKI, Motoni (Niigata University)
MASUMURA, Takehiro (Kyoto Prefectural University)
Main Hall
19:00 - Welcome Reception Hotel Avalorm Kino-kuni

Monday, October 27, 2008

    Place
8:30 Registration Lobby
9:00 - 10:00 Keynote Lecture
9:00 - 9:30
SASAKI, Takuji (National Institute of Agrobiological Science, Japan)
Understanding the rice plant as an assemblage of genetic code
Chair:
OHTSUBO, Ken'ichi (Niigata University)

9:30 - 10:00
KAGAWA, Yoshiko (Kagawa Nutrition University, Japan)
Japanese Food Habits
Chair:
INOUE, Masako (Japan Medical & Nutrition Center)
Main Hall
10:00 - 12:20 Session IV: Inositol &IP6

Speakers: (in alphabetical order by name)
DILWORTH, Lowell (University of the West Indies, Mona Campas, Jamaica)
Metabolic Effects of IP6 in Rat Models
DONG, Zigang (University of Minnesota, USA)
Molecular Mechanisms of Cancer Preventing Effect of IP6
GRASES, Felix (University of Balearic Islands, Spain)
Phytate and Biological Calcification: from Renal Calculi to Cardiovascular Calcification and Osteoporosis.
MAEBA, Ryouta1, HARA, Hiroshi2
(Teikyo University School of Medicine1, Hokkaido University2, Japan)
Myo-inositol treatment increases serum plasmalogens and decreases small dense LDL in hyperlipidemic subjects
SZABO, Eva (U.S. National Institutes of Health, USA)
Myo-inositol and the prevention of lung cancer
VUCENIK, Ivana (University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA)
IP6 and Inositol in Cancer Prevention and Therapy

Chairs:
OGAWA, Seiichiro (Keio University)
WATANABE, Yutaka (Ehime University)
Main Hall
12:20 - 13:50 Poster Sessions & Lunch 3F Foyer etc
13:50 - 14:20 Keynote Lecture
OSAWA, Toshihiko (Nagoya University, Japan)
Protective role of rice antioxidative components on obesity-related disorders
Chair:
SAKAI, Toshiyuki (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine)
Main Hall
14:20 - 16:30 Session V: Fat and Fat-Soluble Components

Speakers: (in alphabetical order by name)
NICOLOSI, Robert (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)
Biological Effects of Rice Bran Oil Unsaponifiable Ingredients in Pre-Clinical and Clinical Studies: Their role in nanoemulsion delivery systems.
CHEN, Jiun-Rong (Taipei Medical University, Taiwan)
Alleviation of oxidative damage in diabetic rats by rice resistant starch and bran oil supplementation
IKEDA, Ikuo (Tohoku University, Japan)
Rice plant sterols and health prevention
ISMAIL, Maznah (University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia)
Cardioprotective and antioxidant properties of rice bran oil and bioactives in human
MIYAZAWA, Teruo (Tohoku University, Japan)
Physiological function of Rice Bran Oil and Tocotrienols
TSUJI, Etsuko
(Hyogo University, Japan)
Characteristics of rice bran oil in the regulation of blood cholesterol level

Chairs:
MIYAZAWA, Teruo (Tohoku University, Japan)
SUGANO, Michihiro (Kyushu University & Prefectural University of Kumamoto)
Main Hall
16:30 - 17:00 Closing Ceremony Main Hall

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