| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | STRUCTURE OF PROTEIN-BOUND CAROTENOIDS |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Chair: Richard Cogdell (University of Glasgow) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | John R. Helliwell (University of Manchester)
"The Molecular Basis of the Bathochromic Shift in Crustacyanin" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Cheryl A. Kerfeld (University of California, Los Angeles)
"The Structure and Function of the Water-Soluble Cyanobacterial Carotenoid Protein" |
| 9:00 pm | Mixer |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CHEMISTRY, RADICALS AND INTERACTIONS |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Chair: Norman Krinsky (Tufts University) |
| 9:15 am - 9:45 am | David McGarvey (Keele University)
"Laser Flash Photolysis Studies of the Reactions of Acylperoxyl Radicals with Carotenoids: Do Carotenoid Addition Radicals React with Oxygen?" |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Lowell Kispert (University of Alabama)
"Carotenoid Radical Cations and Dications: EPR and Spectroscopic Studies" |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:15 am | Photo Session |
| 11:15 am - 11:45 am | Alan Mortensen (Chr. Hansen)
"Carotenoids and Peroxyl Radicals" |
| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
"Recent studies on charged carotenoid species" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion: George Truscott (Keele University) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CAROTENOIDS IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Chair: Hideki Hashimoto (Osaka City University) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Ronald Christensen (Bowdoin College)
"Optical Spectroscopy of Short and Long Polyenes: Implications for Carotenoids" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Krishna Niyogi (University of California, Berkeley)
"Xanthophylls and regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting" |
| 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Alison Telfer (Imperial College)
"Carotenoid Photooxidation in Photosynthesis" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion: Richard Cogdell (University of Glasgow) |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CAROTENOIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE I |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Chair: Julie Mares-Perleman (University of Wisconsin)
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| 9:15 am - 9:45 am | Yoav Sharoni (Ben-Gurion University)
"Carotenoids and Gene Regulation by the Anti-oxidant Response Element" |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Paola Palozza (Catholic University)
"Redox Regulation of Cell Growth by Carotenoids" |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Leonard Cohen (Institute for Cancer Prevention)
"Tomato Carotenoids, Lycopene and Cancer: Preclinical Studies in Animal Models" |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Karin Wertz (Roche Vitamins Ltd.)
"Lycopene and Vitamin E Interfere with Autocrine/Paracrine Loops in the Dunning Prostate Cancer Model" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion: Regina Goralczyk (Roche Vitamins Ltd.) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CAROTENOIDS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE II |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Chair: Max Snodderly (Medical College of Georgia) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Martha Neuringer (Oregon Health and Science University)
"Dietary Lutein and Zeaxanthin Supplementation in Xanthophyll-free Rhesus Monkeys: Reflectometry, Biochemistry and Retinal morphology." |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Emily Chew (National Eye Institute)
"The Results of the Randomized Trial of Dietary Supplements in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (AREDS)" |
| 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Steven Beatty (Waterford Regional Hospital)
"The Relationship between Macular Pigment and the Dietary and Serum Levels of its Constituent Carotenoids" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion: John Landrum (Florida International University) |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NUTRITION, BIOAVAILABILITY AND METABOLISM |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Chair: Klaus Kraemer (BASF) |
| 9:15 am - 9:45 am | Alexandrine During (ARS-USDA)
"Intestinal Absorption and Metabolism of Carotenoids: Insights from Cell Culture Studies" |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Mark Failla (Ohio State University)
"Accessibility and Absorption of Carotenoids" |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Andrew Clifford (University of California, Davis)
"Absorption and Metabolism of Carotenoids: Insights from Isotope Tracer Studies in Humans" |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Machteld Van Lieshout (Wageningen Agricultural University)
"Bioavailability and bioconversion of beta-carotene in oil and mixed plant foods" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion: Fred Khachik (University of Maryland) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Business Meeting
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| 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm | BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CAROTENOIDS |
| 7:45 pm - 8:00 pm | Chair: Robert Russell (Tufts University) |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Kyung-Jin Yeum (Tufts University)
"Synergistic antioxidant actions of carotenoids" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | John Bertram (University of Hawaii)
"Mechanism and Biological Significance of Carotenoid Up-regulated Expression of Connexin43 in Human Cancer Cells" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Jonathan Blount (University of Glasgow)
"Carotenoids and the Costs of Reproduction: Perspectives from Evolutionary Ecology" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CAROTENOIDS AND GENE EXPRESSION |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Chair: Francis Cunningham (University of Maryland) |
| 9:15 am - 9:45 am | Joseph Hirschberg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
"Role of Gene Expression in the Regulation of Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Plants" |
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Bilal Camara (Université Louis Pasteur)
"Biosynthesis and Remodeling of Chromoplast Carotenoids"
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| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Christine Shewmaker (BluGoose Consulting)
"Use of Plant Biotechnology to Modify Carotenoid Content in Seeds" |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Barry Pogson (Australian National University)
"Carotenoid Biosynthesis and Plant Development" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion: Barry Pogson (Australian National University) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Notable Young Investigator Presentations |
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| 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | GENOMICS, GENETICS, PLANT METABOLISM AND HUMAN HEALTH |
| 8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion Leader: George Britton (University of Liverpool) |
| 8:15 pm - 9:00 pm | Dean DellaPenna (Michigan State University)
"It's been fun figuring out carotenoid synthesis in plants; could it now be
time for plant and animal researchers to converge?" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
