SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | BREEDING FOR HUMAN HEALTH |
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | Discussion Leader: Joseph Hirschberg (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) |
7:55 pm - 8:15 pm | Gerard Barry (International Rice Research Institute, Philippines)
"The challenge of turning a scientific breakthrough into a product: the experiences and processes for Golden Rice"
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8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm | Giovanni Guiliano (ENEA, Italy)
"Manipulating carotenoid composition in tomato and potato"
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8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm | Kobi Tadmor (Newe Yaar Research Center, ARO, Israel)
"Regulating carotenoid content and composition in melon fruit"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | REGULATION OF CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Discussion Leader: Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion (Centre for Research on Agricultural Genomics, Spain) |
9:05 am - 9:25 am | Jerilyn Timlin (Sandia National Labs, USA)
"Spatial-temporal dynamics of carotenoids in living cells with hyperspectral confocal raman microscopy"
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9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 9:50 am | Maria Shumskaya (Lehman College, CUNY, USA)
"The carotenoid biosynthetic pathway: thinking in all dimensions" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Li Li (USDA-ARS, Ithaca, USA)
"Carotenoid accumulation and chromoplast development"
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10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:35 am | Barry Pogson (Australian National University, Australia)
"Investigating the epigenetic regulation and function of cis-carotenes in plants"
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11:35 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Asaph Aharoni (Weizmann Institute, Israel)
"Linking carotenoid metabolism to the regulatory network controlling tomato fruit ripening"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
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 AND HEALTH- EPIDEMIOLOGY & ANIMAL STUDIES |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Susan T. Mayne (Yale University, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Nancy Engelmann Moran (The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, USA)
"13C-biolabeled lycopene for metabolism and absorption studies in humans"
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8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Lisa Jahns (Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA-ARS, USA)
"Utilization of a dermal carotenoid detection to quantify changes in fruit and vegetable intake"
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8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Chun Liu (Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, USA)
"Beta-cryptoxanthin and lung cancer"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | APOCAROTENOID BIOGENESIS |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Earl Harrison (Ohio State University, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Salim Al-Babili (University of Freiburg, Germany)
"Carlactones make a long story short"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Loredana Quadro (Rutgers University, USA)
"β-carotene metabolism in the developing mammalian tissues"
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10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:35 am | William S. Blaner (Columbia University, USA)
"Role of carotenoid cleavage enzymes in the mammalian liver"
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11:35 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Glenn Lobo (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
"Molecular components affecting carotenoid homeostasis in mammals"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
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 AND HEALTH - MOLECULAR MECHANISMS |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Loredana Quadro (Rutgers University, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | John Erdman (University of Illinois, USA)
"Are tomato carotenoids responsible for reduced risk of prostate cancer?"
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8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Patrick Borel (INRA 1260/ Aix-Marseille University, France)
"Effect of genetic polymorphisms on bioavailability of carotenoids"
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8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Ralph Rühl (University of Debrecen, Hungary)
"RAR and RXR mediated signaling by novel lycopene-metabolites"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | APOCAROTENOID SIGNALING |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Harry Klee (University of Florida, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Enrico Martinoia (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
"ABC transporters involved in apocarotenoid transport"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Peter McCourt (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Systems and chemical genetics approaches to apocarotenoid signaling"
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10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:35 am | Catherine Rameau (INRA Versailles and Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, France)
"Strigolactones and derived compounds: apocarotenoids with multiple functions in land plants"
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11:35 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Ouliana Ziouzenkova (Ohio State University, USA)
"Retinoid signaling in B cell development"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 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 | CAROTENOID AND APOCAROTENOID FUNCTIONS IN DIVERSE ORGANISMS |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Asaph Aharoni (Weizmann Institute, Israel) |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Sean Cuttler (University of California-Riverside, USA)
"Chemical and genetic dissection of abscisic acid signaling"
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8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Josep Bassaganya-Riera (Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, USA)
"Mechanisms of regulation of inflammation and immunity by abscisic acid"
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8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Kevin J. McGraw (Arizona State University, USA)
"Carotenoid mechanisms and functions in wild birds"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND PHOTOCHEMISTRY |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leader: Harry Frank (University of Connecticut, USA) |
9:10 am - 9:40 am | Krishna Niyogi (HHMI/UC Berkeley/ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA)
"Regulation of photosynthetic light harvesting in algae"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Michel Havaux (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, France)
"Nonenzymatic carotenoid oxidation and singlet oxygen signaling in plants"
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10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:35 am | Ana Moore (Arizona State University, USA)
"Carotenoids in artificial photosynthesis and energy transduction"
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11:35 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Michael Tauber (University of California-San Diego, USA)
"Dynamics of photoexcited carotenoid aggregates: insights from spectroscopy and applications to solar energy conversion"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
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 | APOCAROTENOIDS IN VISION |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Discussion Leader: Paul Bernstein (University of Utah School of Medicine, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Kris Palczewski (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
"Retinoid isomerization and the retinoid cycle"
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8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Rosalie Crouch (Medical University of South Carolina, USA)
"Spatial Imaging of bis-retinoids in the human eye"
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8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Achim Stocker (University of Bern, Switzerland)
"Combined in-situ spectroscopic, X-ray crystallographic and QM/MM studies highlight alternate retinal binding modes in human CRALBP"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |