Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Engineering Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Plastids
Discussion Leader: Maria Lobato Gómez (Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Plantas (IBMCP), Spain)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:20 pm
Ralph Bock (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany)
"Engineering Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Plastids"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Carotenoids in Nature
Discussion Leader: Niklas Steube (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Salvador Torres Montilla (IBMCP, Spain)
"Learning from the Transcriptomic Analysis of Chloroplast-to-chromoplast Transition in Carotenoid-overaccumulating Leaves"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:15 pm
Ana Arruabarrena (INIA Uruguay, Uruguay)
"Early Lycopene Accumulation in Tomato Reduces Chilling Damage During Postharvest Fruit Storage"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Emilio Balbuena (North Carolina State University, United States)
"Carotenoids in Orange Carrots Mitigate Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Progression"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
Sepalika Bandara (Case Western Reserve University, United States)
"Aster Proteins Mediate the Subcellular Distribution of Carotenoids"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Xiongjie Zheng (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
"Installing the Neurospora Carotenoid Pathway in Plants: Cytosolic Provitamin A Formation and Sequestration"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Carotenoids Biology from Bacteria to Mammals
Discussion Leader: Anthony Miller (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Sombir Rao (Cornell university, United States)
"A Moonlight Function of a NUDIX Hydrolase in Regulating Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:45 am
Abdugaffor Ablazov (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia)
"Zaxinone Synthase 2 Regulates Growth and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Rice"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:10 am
Walter Catalan Monroy (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, United States)
"The Low-density Lipoprotein Receptor Drives Carotenoid Tissue Uptake and Fecal Elimination"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:35 am
Tal Makov (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Studying The Roles of Apocarotenoids in Tomato By Genome Editing of the Carotenoid Cleavage Dioxygenase (CCD) Genes"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Rocio Quian-Ulloa (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
"Carotenoid Synthesis in Dark-grown Carrot Taproots Require Phytochrome A (DcPHYA)"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: How a Search for True Retinol Dehydrogenase Led to Discoveries of New Enzymes
Discussion Leader: Marcus Moldenhauer (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 2:15 pm
Natalia Kedishvili (University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States)
"How a Search for True Retinol Dehydrogenase Led to Discoveries of New Enzymes"
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
