| Sunday, January 14 |
| 02:00-09:30 p.m. | Arrival and Registration |
| 06:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 07:15 p.m. | Welcome: Helmut Sies (Heinrich Heine University
Duesseldorf, Germany) |
| 07:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. | Session 1. Carotenoid Genetics |
| Discussion Leader: Gerhard Sandmann, University of Frankfurt, Germany |
| 07:30 p.m.-07:40 p.m. | Discussion Leader, Introduction |
| 07:40 p.m.-08:20 p.m | Strategies for enhancing carotenoid levels in tomato, Peter M Bramley, University of London, UK |
| 08:20 p.m.-08:35 p.m. | Discussion |
| 08:35 p.m.-09:15 p.m. | Genetic engineering of carotenoid composition, Joseph Hirschberg, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel |
| 09:15 p.m.-09:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| Monday, January 15 |
| 07:30 a.m.-08:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 08:40 a.m.-09:00 a.m. | Announcements: Helmut Sies and Harry A.Frank |
| 09:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Session 2. Carotenoids in Disease Prevention I (lycopene, ß-carotene...) |
| Discussion Leader: John Erdman, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL |
| 09:00 a.m.-09:10 a.m. | Discussion Leader, Introduction |
| 09:10 a.m.-09:50 a.m. | Carotenoids and sun protection, Wilhelm Stahl, University of Duesseldorf, Germany |
| 09:50 a.m.-10:05 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:05 a.m.-10:30 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | Serum carotenoids and lung function, Frans Kok, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands |
| 10:55 a.m.-11:05 | Discussion |
| 11:05 a.m.-11:25 a.m. | Conference Photo |
| 11:25 a.m.-12:10 p.m. | Retinoids and carotenoids in chemoprevention of mouth, throat and lung cancers, Susan Mayne, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| 12:10 p.m.-12:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 05:00 p.m.-06:00 p.m. | Poster Session I: |
| 06:00 p.m.-07:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 07:30 p.m.-09:30 p.m. | Session 3. Carotenoid Chemistry |
| Discussion Leader: GeorgeTruscott, Keele University, Staffordshire, U.K. |
| 07:30 p.m.-07:35 p.m. | Discussion Leader, Introduction |
| 07:35 p.m.-08:00 p.m. | Reactivity of ß-carotene towards peroxyl radicals, Leif Skibsted, KVL University, Frederiksberg, Denmark |
| 08:00 p.m. -08:10 p.m. | Discussion |
| 08:10 p.m. -08:35 p.m. | Antioxidant/prooxidant properties of carotenoids, Andrew Young and Gordon Lowe, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, U.K. |
| 08:35 p.m.-08:50 p.m. | Discussion |
| 08:50 p.m.-09:05 p.m | Supramolecular enzyme mimic for ß-carotene scission, Wolf-D. Woggon, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 09:05 p.m. -09:10 p.m. | Discussion |
| 09:10 p.m. -09:25 p.m. | The xanthophyll cycle pigments, Krishna Niyogi, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
| 09:25 p.m. -09:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| Tuesday, January 16 |
| 07:30 a.m.-08:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 09:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m | Session 4. Carotenoids in Disease Prevention II (lutein, zeaxanthin...) |
| Discussion Leader: John Landrum, Florida International University, Miami, FL |
| 9:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m. | Discussion Leader, Introduction |
| 09:10 a.m. -09:50 a.m. | Lutein and zeaxanthin in age-related macular degeneration, Erik van Kuijk, University of Texas, Galveston, TX |
| 09:50 a.m. -10:05 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:05 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:35 a.m. 11:20 a.m. | Visual sensitivity: association with macular pigment density, Billy Hammond, University of Georgia, Athens, GA |
| 11:20 a.m. -11:35 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:35 a.m.- 12:15 p.m | Retinoid isomerization in retinal pigment epithelium, Michael Redmond, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
| 12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 12:30 p.m.-01:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 05:00 p.m.-06:00 p.m. | Poster Session I: |
| 06:00 p.m.-07:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 07:20 p.m.-09:45 p.m. | Session 5. Cleavage of ß-Carotene to Retinal |
| Discussion Leader: Norman Krinsky, Tufts University, Boston, MA |
| 07:20 p.m.-07:40 p.m. | Poster Group I Awards, 5 min Presentations from 4 Posters |
| 07:40 p.m.-07:45 p.m. | Discussion Leader, Introduction |
| 07:45 p.m. -08:15 p.m. | Filling a gap in vitamin A research: Drosophila and vertebrates, Johannes von Lintig, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 08:15 p.m. -08:25 p.m. | Discussion |
| 08:25 p.m. - 08:55 p.m. | Avian ß,ß'-carotene 15,15'-dioxygenase, Adrian Wyss, Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland |
| 08:55 p.m. -09:05 p.m. | Discussion |
| 09:05 p.m. -09:35 p.m. | Conversion of ß-carotene to vitamin A: double-tracer methodology, Andrew Clifford, University of California, Davis, CA |
| 09:35 p.m. -09:45 p.m. | Discussion |
| Wednesday, January 17 |
| 07:30 a.m.-08:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 09:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m | Session 6. Biological Effects of Carotenoids: Signaling |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Russell, Tufts University, Boston, MA |
| 09:00 a.m.-9:05 a.m. | Discussion Leader, Introduction |
| 09:05 a.m. -09:40 a.m. | Nuclear RAR-ß in bronchial epithelium: effects of cigarette smoke and ß-carotene, Reuben Lotan, University of Texas, Houston, TX |
| 09:40 a.m. -09:55 a.m. | Discussion |
| 09:55 a.m. -10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 a.m. -11:00 a.m. | Interaction of carotenoids with retinoic acid signaling pathways, Xiang-Dong Wang, Tufts University, Boston, MA |
| 11:00 a.m. -11:10 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m | UVA induction of heme oxygenase-1: effects of ß-carotene in skin, Hans Biesalski, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany |
| 11:40 a.m. -11:50 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m | Lycopene interference with the insulin-like growth factor system, Joseph Levy, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel |
| 12:20 p.m. -12:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 05:00 p.m.-06:00 p.m. | Poster Session II: |
| 06:00 p.m.-07:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 07:30 p.m.-09:30 p.m. | Session 7. Carotenoids in Nutrition: Bioavailability |
| Discussion Leaders: Robert Parker, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and Synnove Liaaen-Jensen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway |
| 07:30 p.m. -07:35 p.m. | Discussion Leader, Introduction |
| 07:35 p.m. -08:00 p.m | Bioavailability of lutein and zeaxanthin: interaction with other carotenoids, Karin van het Hof, Van den Bergh Co., Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 08:00 p.m. -08:10 p.m. | Discussion |
| 08:10 p.m. -08.40 p.m. | Carotenoids: bioequivalence in foods, Guangwen Tang, Tufts University, Boston, MA |
| 08:40 p.m. -08:50 p.m. | Discussion |
| 08:50 p.m. -09:00 p.m. | Discussion Leader, Introduction |
| 09:00 p.m. -09:20 p.m | Selective accumulation of astaxanthin isomers in fish, Bjorn Bjerkeng, Institute of Aquaculture Research, Sunndalora, Norway |
| 09:20 p.m. -09:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| Thursday, January 18
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| 07:30 a.m.-08:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 08:00 a.m. - 09:00 a.m. | Poster Session II: Chair, Norman Krinsky |
| 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m | Session 8. Carotenoids in Photosynthesis |
| Discussion Leader: Ana Moore, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| 09:00 a.m.-09:05 a.m. | Discussion Leader, Introduction |
| 09:05 a.m.-09:40 a.m. | Biochemistry of carotenoids in higher plants, Roberto Bassi, University of Verona, Italy |
| 09:40 a.m.-09:55 a.m. | Discussion |
| 09:55 a.m.-10:30 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. | Carotenoid to chlorophyll energy transfer, Alfred Holzwarth, Max-Planck Institute for Radiation Chemistry, Muelheim, Germany |
| 11:00 a.m-11:10 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:10 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | Carotenoids: electron donors in photosystem II, Gary Brudvig, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
| 11:40 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:50 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | Function of Synthetic Carotenoid Pigments in Artificial Photosynthetic Reaction Centers, Tom Moore, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ |
| 12:20 p.m.-12:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 12:30 p.m.-01:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 01:30 p.m.-02:30 p.m. | Business Meeting |
| 05:00 p.m.-06:00 p.m. | Reception |
| 06:00 p.m.-07:00 p.m. | Dinner |
| 07:30 p.m.-09:30 p.m. | Session 9. Farewell Session |
| Discussion Leader: Harry A. Frank, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT |
| 07:30 p.m.-07:50 p.m. | Poster Group II Awards, 5 min Presentations from 4 Posters |
| 08:00 p.m.-08:10 p.m. | Introduction, Harry Frank |
| 08:10 p.m. -09:10 p.m. | Banquet Speaker: Richard Cogdell, University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. |
| 09:10 p.m. - 09:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks: Helmut Sies and Harry A.Frank |
| Friday, January 19 |
| Departure |
