SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:35 pm - 9:30 pm | PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Krisha Nyogi (University of California Berkeley, USA) |
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm | Roberto Bassi (University of Verona, Italy)
"The function of individual xanthophyll species in light harvesting and photoprotection of the chloroplast" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm | Peter Walla (Technische Universität Braunschweig / Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany)
"Shedding light on carotenoid dark states by two-photon spectroscopy" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm | Diana Kirilovsky (CNRS, CEA, France)
"A carotenoid as a photoresponsive chromophore in a photoactive protein involved in photoprotection in cyanobacteria" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BIOSYNTHESIS AND REGULATION IN PLANTS |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Giovanni Giuliano (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment, Italy) |
9:15 am - 9:35 am | Joseph Hirschberg (Hebrew University, Israel)
"Missing links in the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in plants" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:05 am | Yu Chen (Lehman College, CUNY, USA)
"New gene tools for metabolic engineering of plant carotenoids" |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
10:15 am - 11:00 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Christopher Cazzonelli (Australian National University, Australia)
"Regulation of carotenoid composition and plant development by a chromatin modifying histone methyltransferase, SDG8" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Manual Rodriguez-Concepcion (Centre for Research on Agricultural Genomics, Spain)
"Transcription factors involved in the regulation of phytoene synthase gene expression and carotenoid biosynthesis by light" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CAROTENOID TRANSPORT AND METABOLISM |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: William Blaner (Columbia University, USA) |
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm | Earl H. Harrison (Ohio State University, USA)
"Mechanisms involved in the intestinal absorption of dietary carotenoids" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm | T. Michael Redmond (National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Role of carbocation intermediates in the mechanisms of carotenoid oxygenases: Evidence from beta-carotene oxygenase 1 and RPE65" |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm | Georg Lietz (Newcastle University, UK)
"Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the beta-carotene monoxygenase and their metabolic effects" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | GENOMICS AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Patricia Leon (UNAM, Mexico) |
9:15 am - 9:35 am | Donald Bryant (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"The biochemical basis for structural diversity in the carotenoids of chlorophototrophs" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:05 am | Jacobo Arango (University of Freiburg, Germany)
"Towards 'Golden cassava': Biosynthesis of carotenoids in cassava roots" |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Asaph Aharoni (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"TAGL1 and ORR impinge on ripening and carotenoid accumulation in tomato fruit" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | James Giovannoni (Cornell University, USA)
"A genomics strategy toward isolation of tomato genes impacting fruit ripening and carotenoid accumulation" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 1 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CAROTENOIDS IN EYE HEALTH |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Julie Mares (University of Wisconsin, USA) |
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm | B. Randy Hammond (University of Georgia, USA)
"The effects of lutein and zeaxanthin on selected visual functions: glare disability, photostress, contrast enhancement, and temporal vision" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm | John Nolan (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)
"Changes in serum and macular carotenoids in response to weight loss" |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm | Martha Neuringer (Oregon Health and Science University, USA)
"Macular pigment in infant eye development: Effects of lutein supplementation" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF CAROTENOIDS/APOCAROTENOIDS |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: J. Von Lintig (Case Western Reserve University, USA) |
9:15 am - 9:35 am | Lewis Rubin (University of South Florida College of Medicine, USA)
"CMO2: gene regulation and novel biological actions" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:05 am | Harro Bouwmeester (Wageningen University, the Netherlands)
"Biosynthesis of strigolactones: apocarotenoid signalling molecules with diverse activities" |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Fuzhi Lian (Tufts University, USA)
"The biological activities of apo-lycopenoic acid" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Kazuo Miyashita (Hokkaido University, Japan)
"Nutrigenomic study on the anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects of allenic carotenoid, fucoxanthin" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CAROTENOIDS AND CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: John Erdman (University of Illinois, USA) |
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm | Stephanie Scarmo (Yale School of Public Health, USA)
"Noninvasive measurement of dermal carotenoids by resonance Raman spectroscopy in adults and children" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm | Steven Clinton (Ohio State University, USA)
"Carotenoids and Prostate Cancer" |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm | Elizabeth Johnson (Tufts University, USA)
"Carotenoids and cognition" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF CAROTENOIDS FOR HUMAN HEALTH |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Richard Sayre (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA) |
9:15 am - 9:35 am | Steven Schwartz (Ohio State University, USA)
"Food components affecting carotenoid uptake and presence of metabolites" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:05 am | Paul Chavarriaga-Aguirre (International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia)
"Transgenics and Conventional Breeding to Improve the Carotene Content of Cassava Roots" |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Paul Christou (University of Lleida, Spain)
"Multi-gene and multi-pathway engineering for the nutritional improvement of staple crops" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Dean DellaPenna (Michigan State University, USA)
"Genetic approaches to understanding and manipulating carotenoid content in plants" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session 2 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | KEYNOTE / INVITED SHORT TALKS |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Tribute to Norman Krinsky: George Britton (University of Liverpool, UK) |
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | Recognition of student poster awardees / invited short talks |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Keynote Presentation: Paul Bernstein (University of Utah School of Medicine, USA)
"Carotenoid-Binding Proteins in the Human Eye and their Potential Roles in Age-Related Macular Degeneration" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |