| 0 | Special Lecture |
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Plenary
Richard Cogdell (University of Glasgow, UK)
How purple photosynthetic bacteria have exploited the photochemical properties of carotenoids to enhance their photosynthesis
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| 1 | Genetics, Biosynthesis and Metabolism |
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Plenary
Norihiko Misawa (Ishikawa Prefectural University, Japan)
E. coli as the tool of functional analysis for carotenogenic genes
Invited
Lourdes Gomez-Gomez (University of Castilla-La, Spain)
Shizue Matsubara (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)
Torbert Rocheford (Purdue University, USA)
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| 2 | New Trends of Carotenoid Science |
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Plenary
Bruno Robert (CEA Saclay, France)
Carotenoids in plants, versatile molecules for many functions
Invited
Laurent Dufossé (University of Réunion Island, France)
Sherry A Tanumihardjo (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
John Erdman (University of Illinois, USA)
Manuel Rodriguez-Concepcion (Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology, Spain)
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| 3 | Astaxanthin Symposium |
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Plenary
Yuji Naito (Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan)
Gut Microbiota and Healthy Longevity - Role of Astaxanthin
Invited
Allah Nawaz (Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, USA)
Wataru Aoi (Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan)
Mark Miller (Kaiviti Consulting, LLC, USA)
Takashi Maoka (Research Institute for Production Development, Japan) |
| 4 | Photochemistry, Photophysics and Photosynthesis |
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Plenary
Jian-Ren Shen (Okayama University, Japan)
Binding patterns and functions of fucoxanthin and related pigments in photosynthesis
Invited
Tomáš Polívka (University of South Bohemia, Czech)
Daisuke Kosumi (Kumamoto University, Japan)
Jian-Ping Zhang (Renmin University of China)
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| 5 | Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment |
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Plenary
Xiang-Dong Wang(Tufts University, USA)
Mechanistic Understanding of Carotenoid Benefits Against Metabolic Diseases
Invited
Jaume Amengual (University of Illinois, USA)
Tatsuya Sugawara (Kyoto University, Japan)
Luisa Bonet (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)
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| 6 | Carotenoid Metabolism and Function |
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Plenary
Johannes Von Lintig (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
Molecular components affecting arotenoid homeostasis in mammalian cells and tissues
Invited
Loredana Quadro (Rutgers University, USA)
T. Michael Redmond (NIH Eye Institute, USA)
Philip Kiser (UC Irvine, USA)
Jessica Cooperstone (Ohio State University, USA)
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| 7 | Chemistry and Analysis |
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Plenary
Richard Sliwka (NTNU Trondheim, Norway)
Carotenoids – an account of arbitrary exclusion and subjective inclusion
Invited
Takashi Maoka (Research Institute for Production Development, Japan)
Kazutoshi Shindo (Japan Women's University, Japan)
Daniele Giuffrida (Università degli Studi di Messina, Italy)
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| 8 | Plant Carotenoids |
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Plenary
Salim Al-babili (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia)
Plant Apocarotenoid Formation: Destruction for Construction
Invited
Patricia Leon-Mejia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)
Claudia Stange Klein (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
Giovanni Giuliano (ENEA, Casaccia Research Center, Italy)
Barry Pogson (Australian National University, Australia)
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| 9 | Food, Nutrition and Epidemiology |
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Invited
Antonio J. Meléndez-Martínez (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
Torsten Bohn (Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg)
Volker Böhm (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany)
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| 10 | Carotenoids in the Eye and Brain |
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Plenary
Elizabeth Johnson (Tufts University, USA)
Lutein and cognitive function throughout the lifespan: an update
Invited
Paul Bernstein (University of Utah School of Medicine, USA)
John Nolan (Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland)
Akira Obana (Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Japan)
Billy R. Hammond (University of Georgia, USA)
Matthew Toomey (University of Tulsa, USA)
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| 11 | Biotechnology and Industrial Production |
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Plenary
Paul D Fraser (Royal Holloway University of London, UK)
Plant cell factories for industrial and nutritional carotenoids
Invited
Daichi Kuwahara (ENEOS Corporation, Japan)
Gerhard Sandmann (Frankfurt University, Germany)
Tomohisa Hasunuma (Kobe University, Japan)
Briardo Llorente (Macquarie University, Australia)
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