GP Biosciences Ltd.

GP Biosciences Ltd. is dedicated to innovating, developing and supplying forward thinking solutions in the field glycomics.

GP Biosciences is a world leader in the area of complex glycan profiling (glycan profiling analysis) using lectin microarrays and washing-free evanescent-field fluorescense excitation scanners. This enabling technology will play a significant role in accelerating the pace of research and development in the burgeoning field of glycomics. Through continued development, our profiling technology will expand out of the lab and into clinical healthcare providing early diagnosis and therapies for various diseases.

We started to deal with Culture Media for Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Please refer to Products page.

Current Offering:
Glycan Profiling Analysis Tools & Services

What's new

2011/10/6
In a new paper published by a joint research group between Scripps and Kyoto university, the effectiveness of Lectin Microarrays on Stem Cell research was clearly explained.
2011/5/10
A new paper entitled Lectin Microarray Profiling of Metastatic Breast Cancers, Glycobiology was published on Glycobiology, April 19, 2011. This paper explains the effectiveness of Lectin Microarrays over LC-MS/MS technology from a view point of discovery phase glycome profiling.
2011/3/23
Because of rotational power outage which is in place in Capital area, we are sorry that this makes it sometimes difficult to get a connection. If you have any problems, please try again later or send an email to info@gpbio.jp.
2010/12/27
A new paper entitled "Lectin microarray analysis of pluripotent and multipotent stem cells" was published on Genes to Cells.
2010/11/08
In this timeAwe have just established Eniwa R&D Center in Eniwa Research Business Park. This center will drive forward development of cutting-edge technologies through cooperation with Keihin Operation Center, Yokohama.
2010/10/19
A new interesting paper entitled "Potential Linkage Between the Inner and Outer Cellular States of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells" was published.link to PDF
2010/7/26
A leaflet for GSR Comprehensive Services has been revised and just uploadedlink to PDF
2010/6/18
A dedicated web-page for stem cell characterization using lectin microarrays"was uploaded.
2010/5/28
GPB will introduce the latest Illumina Scanner iScan and start HumanOmni2.5-Quad and HumanOmniExpress analysis services in Japanese market (in Japanese).
2010/5/18
A technical report about comparative glycan profiling analysis of erythropoietin (EPO)"was uploaded.
2010/1/25
A joint paper with Novartis GNF and Stanford Univ. "Transient expression of an IL-23R extracellular domain Fc fusion protein in CHO vs. HEK cells results in improved plasma exposure"was accepted in Protein Expression and Purification, doi:10.1016/j/pep.2009.12.015.
2010/1/22
The lifetime of LecChip™ was extended from 3 months to 6 months with our continuous improvement activity.
2010/1/15
A new strategy for discovery of cancer glyco-markers written by Dr. H. Narimatsu et al., (AIST) was publised in FEBS Journal.You can understand that how lectin microarray and its antibody-overlay lectin microarray method are used effectively in the glyco-biomarker development pipeline.
2009/12/22
GPB has strengthed it's domestic contract analysis services with the business transfer of PGx Research Center, Moritex Corp.. Hereby, GPB can now offer comprehensive contract services covering not only glycomics but also genomics and proteomics.
2009/12/21
GPB and Euro-Diagnostica AB have agreed on establising a cooperative structure on glyco-biomarker discovery and development.
2009/11/04
A joint paper with Univ. of Maryland and Stanford Univ., and entitled "Chemoenzymatic synthesis and lectin array characterization of a class of N-glycan clusters" was accepted in Journal of the American Chemical Society. In this paper, a chemoenzymatic synthesis of novel-N-glycan clusters using a tandem endoglycosidase-catalyzed transglycosylation was introduced, and those new compounds were evaluated by LecChips.
2009/10/23
In a paper of Dr. G. Kondoh, Kyoto University entitled "Testicular Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme with Different Glycan Modification: Characterization on Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchored Protein Releasing and Dipeptidase Activities, J. Biochem. 2009 145(1)115-121, doi:10.1093/jb/mvn148", it was clearly shown with using lectin microarrays that the GPIase activity is greatly different between CHO-derived and COS7-derived tACE with the difference of glycan structures.
2009/10/20
A joint paper entitled "Survey of glycoantigens in cells from a1-3galactosyltransferase knockout pig using a lectin microarray" was accepted in the journal of Xenotransplantation. The authours are Dr. Shuji Miyagawa (1st author) from Osaka Univ., et al.
2009/10/05
A joint paper entitled "Chemoenzymatic synthesis and lectin array characterization of a class of N-glycan clusters" was submitted to Journal of the American Chemical Society. The authors are Dr. Wei Huang (1st author) and Dr. Lai-X Wang (supervisor) from Univ, of Maryland, Dr. Denong Wang from Stanford Univ., and Dr. M. Yamada from GPB).
2009/10/04
GPB Headquarters moved to a new place. Please refer to Company's homepage section.
2009/08/31
In the coming Bio Japan 2009, which will be held on Oct.7th-9th at Pacifico Yokohama, a joint special session of 4th Glit forum and GPB seminar will be held on Oct. 7th from 13:30 to 16:30. In our GPB seminar, Dr. M. Yamada will introduce outline of glycan profiling technology as a moderator of this session, and Dr. M. Mizogami from Research Center for Hepatitis & Immunology, International Medical Center of Japan will give a talk about expectations for novel glyco-biomarkers of liver disease.
2009/08/13
As a joint R&D result, a paper regarding a potential marker for hepatic progenitor cells has been published.
2009/08/12
Please register from the followingURL, to join GLID in JAIMA Conference. The application deadline is Aug.28th. Presenters are (1) Jun Hirabayashi, AIST, (2)Katsuhiko Ito, HVC, (3)Yasunori Chiba, AIST, (4)Shuichi Nakaya, Shimazu, (5)MasaoYamada, GPB, and (6)Kouichi Kato, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Biosciences.
2009/09/04
In the coming JAIMA Conference, Dr. M. Yamada from GPB and Dr. K. Ito from Hokkaido Venture Capital will give talks about application of glycan profling technology to therapeutic proteins and cells in it's session entitled "unexplored biotechnolgy fields and bio-similar drugs developed by novel glycan analysis technologies (Organizer: GLIT)".
2009/06/26
1st GlycoStation News (GSNews) was issued.
2009/06/03
The development history of GlycoStation has uploaded in NEDO homepage as one of the most successful development examples in NEDO grants. (written only in Japanese)
2009/05/01
The business of Moritex Glycomics Research Lab. has been completely transferred to GP Biosciences on this day.
2009/05/23
52nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Diabetes Society will be held at Osaka International Convention Center, Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka from May 21st to May 24th. A joint development result using GlycoStation and LecChip will be presented on May 23rd from Dr. Kentarou Inoue and Jun Wada et al., School of Medicine, Okayama University.
2009/01/21
Masao Yamada contributed to Chapter 9 "Lectin Microarrays" in "Microarray Methods and Protocols" edited by Robert S. Matson, CRC Press (2009).
2008/08/18
Japan Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology DataBase(JCGGDB) was disclosed.
→Lectin Frontier DataBase(LfDB)

Exhibition Events

2011/9/8
We will have a booth in the upcoming BioEurope 2011, which will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany on Oct.31-Nov.2, 2011.
2011/5/24
In the upcoming 30th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research, we will have a poster presentation entitled "Development of Glycolipid Analysis Protocol using Lectin Microarrays and its application to Colon Cancer".
2011/5/10
We will have an exhibition booth in the upcoming Bio2011 at Washington DC on June 27-30 from JETRO Pavilion.
2011/1/28
We will have an exhibition booth in the upcoming BioEuro 2011, which will be held in Milan Italy, from March 14th to 16th.
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2010/9/7
We will be a sponsor of International Conference on Functional Genomics: Challenges and Prospects, which will be held in Banaras Hindu Univ., Varanasi, India on Oct. 2-4, 2010. Here is our one page advertisement for this conference.
2010/9/7
We will have a booth in The 69th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association, which will be held in Osaka International Convention Center, Rihga Royal Hotel Osaka, on Sept. 22-24, 2010.
2010/8/10
We will be a sponsor of ACS CARB, which will be held in Boston on Aug.22-26, 2010.
2010/6/28
We will have a booth in 25th International Carbohydrate Symposium, which will be held at Makuhari Messe International Convention Complex from Aug. 1st to 6th.
2010/5/18
We will have a booth in 8th Japan Human Proteome Organization Conference, which will be held at Tokyo Bay Hotel Tokyu from July 26th to 27th.
2010/2/4
We will have a booth in BIO-Europe Spring 2010, which will be held in Barcelona from March 8th to 10th.
2009/10/5
A joint poster presentation with Osaka Univ., and entitled "A novel strategy of searching glyco-markers for hepatic progenitor cells by lectin microarray system" was submitted to the coming Glycobiology 2009.
2009/10/1-3
Sceduled at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association, Pacifico Yokohama.
2009/7/8-11
Scheduled at the 7th ISSCR Meeting @Barcelona, Spain.
A joint poster will be presented from NCCHD and AIST, Don't miss it.
Poster Board # 1065,
THE CELL SURFACE CARBOHYDRATES USING THE LECTIN MICROARRAY TECHNOLOGY DISCRIMINATE STEM CELLS,
Masashi Toyoda, Yoko Itakura, Atsushi Kuno, Yoriko Takahashi, Hidenori Akutsu, Hisashi Narimatsu, Jun Hirabayashi, and Akihiro Umezawa
2009/5/12
Poster exhibition at the 3rd GLIT forum focusing on regenerative medicine, AIST Tokyo Waterfront

Updates (J/D, Alliances)

2005/11/18
Glycan Profiling Technology (GlycoStation) was jointly developed with AIST. Please refer to an Annual Report 2004-2005 published by AIST.

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