HUM-MOLGEN events: Symposium on Functions and Actions of Retinoids and Carotenoids: Building on the Vision of James Allen Olson

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Symposium on Functions and Actions of Retinoids and Carotenoids: Building on the Vision of James Allen Olson

December 19, 2000

Iowa State University, Scheman Center at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
June 21-24, 2001

Tentative Program
Thursday, June 21
1:00-4:00 Registration (2nd floor lobby, Scheman Building)
2:00-4:00 Reception (2nd floor lobby)

Plenary Session I

4:00-4:15 Welcome and Introduction
4:15-5:00 Barbara Underwood: International efforts to eliminate vitamin A deficiency
5:00-5:45 Rob Russell: Bioavailability and absorption of carotenoids
5:45-7:00 Dinner (Stagedoor Cafe, Scheman Building)
(Dining area open for conversation until 11:00)

Friday, June 22
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast (1st floor lobby)

Plenary Session II

9:00-9:30 A. Nagao: Cleavage of carotenoids to vitamin A
9:30-10:00 R. Lakshman: Cleavage of carotenoids to vitamin A
10:00-10:30 A. C. Ross: Metabolism
10:30-11:00 William Blaner: Metabolism
11:00-11:30 Break with refreshments (1st floor lobby)
11:30-1:00 Presented papers - Session I
1:00-2:00 Lunch (Stagedoor Cafe)

Plenary Session III
2:00-2:45 Lorraine Gudas: Control of gene expression by retinoids and carotenoids
2:45-3:30 Michael H. Green: In vivo kinetics of retinoids and carotenoids
3:30-4:30 Poster session I

Plenary Session IV
4:30-5:15 Arun Barua: Retinoid glucuronides
5:15-6:00 G Genchi: Retinoylation of proteins
6:00-7:30 Dinner (Stagedoor Cafe)
7:30-9:00 Dessert Party (1111 N. Hyland)

Saturday, June 23
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast (1st floor lobby)

Plenary Session V
8:30-9:00 Susan T. Mayne: Carotenoids in human health and disease: Epidemiology and Intervention
9:00-9:30 Dale A. Cooper: Carotenoids in human health and disease: Public Health Recommendations, Health Claims and Food Policy
9:30-10:00 Adrianne Bendich: Retinoids in human health and disease
10:00-10:30 Break with refreshments (1st floor lobby)
10:30-11:15 Norman Krinsky: Antioxidant activity of carotenoids and vitamin A
11:15-12:30 Presented papers - Session II
12:30-1:30 Lunch (Stagedoor Cafe)
1:30-3:00 Poster session II

Plenary Session VI
3:00-3:45 Boon Chew: Immune functions of carotenoids and retinoids
3:45-4:30 John Voorhees: Retinoids and skin
4:30-5:00 Break
5:00-5:45 Richard D. Zachman: Retinoids and lung development
5:45-6:30 Harold C. Furr: Analytical techniques for retinoids and carotenoids
6:30-8:00 Dinner (Stagedoor Cafe)
(Dining area open for conversation until 11:00)

Sunday, June 24

8:15-9:00 Continental Breakfast (1st floor lobby)

Plenary Session VII
8:30-9:15 Sherry Tanumihardjo: Assessment of human vitamin A status: RDR, MRDR and isotope dilution
9:15-9:45 Emorn Udomskamalee: Assessment of vitamin A status
9:45-10:30 John Erdman: Dietary recommendations for carotenoids and vitamin A
10:30-11:00 Break with refreshments (1st floor lobby)
11:00-11:45 Symposium summary; Tribute to James Olson

12:00-12:30 Buses leave for airport

Organized by:

GFST Conferences

Invited Speakers:

Barbara Underwood, Food and Nutrition Board
Robert Russell, Tufts University
Akihiko Nagao, National Food Research Institute, Japan
A. Catherine Ross, The Pennsylvania State University
William Blaner, Columbia University
Lorraine Gudas, Cornell University Medical College
Michael Green, The Pennsylvania State University
Arun B. Barua, Iowa State University
G. Genchi, Universita della Cabria, Italy
Adrianne Bendich, SmithKline Beecham Consumer Healthcare
Norman Krinsky, Tufts University
Richard Zachman, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Harold Furr, University of Connecticut
Sherry Tanumihardjo, University of Wisconsin-Madison
John Erdman, University of Illinois
Susan Mayne, Yale University
John Voorhees, University of Michigan
Dale Cooper, Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati
R. Lakshman, VA Medical Center, Washington, DC
Ermon U. Wasantwisut, Mahidol University, Thailand

Deadline for Abstracts:

April 16, 2001

Registration:

Registration fee: $150
Registration deadline: May 23, 2001

E-mail:

gfst@iastate.edu

Posted by:

Arun B. Barua

Host:

haaland.bb.iastate.edu