SUNDAY, JAN 25
| Registration | 2 - 6 pm and 7 - 9 pm |
| Dinner | 6 - 7 pm |
| WELCOME | John Erdman |
Session 1 (7:30 - 10:00) - Chemistry, characterization, and manufacturing
Discussion leader:
Jim Clark Henkel Fine Chemicals, LaGrange, IL
- Hanspeter Pfander University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
- Chemistry
- Ami Ben Amotz Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Res. Ltd., Haifa, Israel
- Industrial manufacturing of carotenoids in algae
MONDAY, JAN 26th
| Breakfast | 7:30 - 8:30 am |
| Poster Viewing - Group I | 7:30 - 8:30 am
Chair: Helmut Sies |
| Announcements | 8:30 - 9:00 am
John Erdman/Helmut Sies |
Session 2 (9:00 am - Noon) - Absorption, transport, tissue distribution, and metabolism of carotenoids
Discussion Leader:
Robert Russel Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston MA
- Henk van den Berg TNO Nutrition and Food Res. Inst., Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Absorption of xanthophylls, interaction with ß-carotene
- John Landrum Florida International University, Miami, FL
- Action and metabolism of xanthophylls in the human macula
- Xiang-Dong Wang USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA
- Metabolism of ß-carotene into retinoic acid and other oxidative metabolites
- H. Bachmann Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
- The physiology of carotenoids
| Conference Photo | 11:00 am |
| Lunch | 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
| Poster Viewing - Group I | 5:00 - 6:00 pm |
| Dinner | 6:00 - 7:00 pm |
Session 3 (7:30 - 9:30 pm) - Carotenoids in non-mammalian and non-plant systems
Discussion Leader:
Synnove Liaason-Jensen Norwegian Inst. Tech., Trondheim, Norway
- George Britton University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Carotenoid-protein interaction in maritime organisms
- May Berenbaum University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
- Metabolic roles of carotenoids in insects
TUESDAY, JAN 27
| Breakfast | 7:30 - 8:30 am |
| Poster Viewing - Group I | 7:30 - 9:00 am |
Session 4 (9:00 - Noon) - Photosynthetic and model systems: Structure and Photochemistry
Discussion Leader:
Harry Frank University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
- Roger Hiller Australia
- Structure and reconstitution of peridinin-chlorophyll a proteins (PCPs)
- Wieslaw Gruszecki Marie Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland
- Carotenoid actions in membranes
- Ana Moore Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
- Proposed mechanisms of action of carotenoids in plants explored in artificial systems
- Richard Cogdell University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- Carotenoids as light harvesting pigments
| Lunch | 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
| Poster Viewing - Group I | 5:00 - 6:00 pm |
| Dinner | 6:00 - 7:00 pm |
Session 5 (7:30 - 9:45 pm) - Carotenoid biosynthesis and the xanthophyll cycle
Discussion Leader:
Harry Yamamoto University of Hawaii, Hoholulu, HI
- Poster Awards: 5 minute presentations from Poster Group I (7:30 - 8:00)
- Yossi Hirschberg The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Carotenoid biosynthesis: lessons from gene cloning
- Andrew Young John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
- The xanthophyll cycle
WEDNESDAY, JAN 28
| Breakfast | 7:30 - 8:30 am |
| Poster Viewing - Group II | 7:30 - 9:00 am
Chair: Norman Krinsky |
Session 6 (9:00 - noon) - Biological effects of carotenoids
Discussion Leader:
John Bertram University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
- Wilhelm Stahl Heinrich Heine University, Dusseldorf, Germany
- Possible biological targets of carotenoids, carotenoid metabolites, and oxidation products
- Yoav Sharoni Beer-Sheva, Israe
- Mechanisms for carotenoid inhibition of cancer cell proliferation
- Pierre Astorg Dijon, France
- Carotenoids as inducers or inhibitors of cytochrome P-450 enzymes
- Carmen Socaciu University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Romania
- Carotenoid actions on cellular activity by different signal molecules
- Discussant: Yoshihiro Shidoji Gifu University, Gifu, Japan
| Lunch | 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
| Poster Viewing - Group II | 5:00 - 6:00 pm |
| Dinner | 6:00 - 7:00 pm |
Session 7 (7:30 - 9:30 pm) - Anti- and Pro-oxidation
Discussion Leader:
George Truscott Keele University, England, UK
- Daniel Liebler University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- Prooxidant and antioxidant interactions of ß-carotene with cigarette smoke
- Junji Terao Natioanl Food Research Institute, Japan
- Role of carotenoids in dietary antioxidants from plant foods
THURSDAY, JAN 29
| Breakfast | 7:30 - 8:30 am |
| Poster Viewing - Group II | 7:30 - 9:00 am |
Session 8 - Carotenoids and chronic disease risk
Discussion leader:
Phyllis Bowen University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
- Susan Mayne Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Sorting it all out: Antioxidant protection or prooxidant stimulation from carotenoid supplements
- Stephen Clinton Dana Farber Cancer Inst., Boston, MA
- Lycopene and prostate cancer
- Julie Buring Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard University
- Carotenoids and CVD: the epidemiologic evidence
- Simin Meydani Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA
- Carotenoids and immunity
| Lunch | 12:30 - 1:30 pm |
| Business Meeting | 1:30 - 2:30 pm |
| Reception | 5:00 - 6:00 pm |
| Conference Dinner | 6:00 - 7:30 pm |
Session 9 (7:30 - 9:30) - Keynote Lecture
Discussion leader:
John Erdman University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
- Poster Awards: 5 minute presentations from Poster Group II (7:30 - 8:00)
- James Olson Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- Carotenoids through the millennium: Sights for sore eyes
- Closing Remarks: John Erdman and Helmut Sies
