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23 AIST TODAY 2006-Spring Reconnaissance ﬁeld investigation conducted by our international team revealed the outline of the 65-km-long surface fault rupture associated with Mw 7.6 earthquake in northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005. Among the historically known large earthquakes along the Indian-Eurasian collision zone and elsewhere in the world, this earthquake provided very rare opportunity to study extensive surface rupture of reverse-fault type. More detailed study on this rupture in March 2006 will make great contribution to the evaluation of future earthquakes from active faults of this type. Yasuo Awata Active Fault Research Center E-mail: Heitaro Kaneda Active Fault Research Center E-mail: AIST TODAY Vol.6, No.3 (2006) p.22-23 Like proteins and nucleic acids, glycans, the third class of repeating biopolymers, have essential roles in living organisms. However, tools to synthesize and analyse the glycans have been lacking. Research Center for Glycoscience in AIST has successfully developed three important tools for glycomics research; a glycogene library, a preparation robot for the glycan library, and a rapid and sensitive analyzing system for glycans. Exploring the perplexities of life which cannot be explained with nucleic acids and proteins will be accelerated by using these innovative tools. Hisashi Narimatsu Research Center for Glycoscience E-mail: Akihiko Kameyama Research Center for Glycoscience E-mail: AIST TODAY Vol.6, No.1 (2006) p.18-21 Development of three major tools for research on sugar chains Dramatic advances in sugar chain researches, the key for cancer, immunity, infections and regeneration medicine researches Surface fault rupture of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake Geological Survey and Applied Geoscience Figure : Three major tools for research on sugar chains. Life Science & Technology Figure 2: Photographs of surface faulting. A: Tilting of ground in the town of Balakot. B, C and D: 2-5.5 m high fault scarps across river beds. Figure 1: Surface fault rupture associated with the 2005 Pakistan earthquake occurred along pre- existing active faults. MKI Multi-stage tandem MS (MS n ) Glycan library Glycan structure Shimadzu Spectral DB Glycan MS n MS Spec Analyte Enzyme Cue Synthesis NEDO:Glycogene Project Human Genome 3. Rapid and Sensitive Analyzer 2. Automated Glycan Synthesizer 1. Glycogenes variety of glycosyltransferases 2001～2003

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Page 1: Surface fault rupture of the 2005 Pakistan earthquake surface fault rupture associated with Mw 7.6 earthquake in northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005. ... Active Fault Research Center

22 AIST TODAY 2006-Spring 23AIST TODAY 2006-Spring22 AIST TODAY 2006-Spring 23AIST TODAY 2006-Spring

Reconnaissance field investigation conducted by our international team revealed the outline of the 65-km-long surface fault rupture associated with Mw 7.6 earthquake in northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005. Among the historically known large earthquakes along the Indian-Eurasian collision zone and elsewhere in the world, this earthquake provided very rare opportunity to study extensive surface rupture of reverse-fault type. More detailed study on this rupture in March 2006 will make great contribution to the evaluation of future earthquakes from active faults of this type.

Yasuo AwataActive Fault Research Center

E-mail:

Heitaro Kaneda

Active Fault Research Center

E-mail:

AIST TODAY Vol.6, No.3 (2006)p.22-23

Like proteins and nucleic acids, glycans, the third class of repeating biopolymers, have essential roles in living organisms. However, tools to synthesize and analyse the glycans have been lacking. Research Center for Glycoscience in AIST has successfully developed three important tools for glycomics research; a glycogene library, a preparation robot for the glycan library, and a rapid and sensitive analyzing system for glycans. Exploring the perplexities of life which cannot be explained with nucleic acids and proteins will be accelerated by using these innovative tools.

Hisashi Narimatsu Research Center for

Glycoscience

E-mail:

Akihiko Kameyama

Research Center for Glycoscience

E-mail:

AIST TODAY Vol.6, No.1 (2006)p.18-21

Development of three major tools for research on sugar chainsDramatic advances in sugar chain researches, the key for cancer,immunity, infections and regeneration medicine researches

Surface fault rupture of the 2005 Pakistan earthquakeGeological Survey and Applied Geoscience

Figure : Three major tools for research on sugar chains.

Life Science & Technology

Figure 2: Photographs of surface faulting. A: Tilting of ground in the town of Balakot. B, C and D: 2-5.5 m high fault scarps across river beds.

Figure 1: Surface fault rupture associated with the 2005 Pakistan earthquake occurred along pre-existing active faults.

MKIMulti-stage tandem MS (MSn)

Glycan library

Glycan structureShimadzu

Spectral DBGlycan MSn

MS SpecAnalyte

Enzyme Cue Synthesis

NEDO:Glycogene Project