Carotenoids and Retinoids (CARIG) Symposium and GEM Forum - Mind Your Matrix: Translating Carotenoid Content into Biological Effect

Chair(s)

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  Michael Dzakovich, PhD

  Research Plant Physiologist
  USDA-ARS/Children's Nutrition Research Center
  Houston, Texas, United States

  Disclosure information not submitted.

Speaker(s)

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  Mario Ferruzzi, PhD

  Dean and Professor
  Virginia Tech
  Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

  Disclosure information not submitted.
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  Michael Gore, PhD

  Plant Breeding and Genetics Section Head and Professor, School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section
  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
  Cornell University
  Ithaca, New York, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Massimo Iorizzo, PhD

  Professor
  Department of Horticultural Science
  Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Research Campus
  Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Lingyan Kong, Ph.D.

  Assistant Professor
  University of Alabama
  Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

  Disclosure information not submitted.
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  Li Li, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Adjunct Professor (Cornell University); Research Molecular Biologist (USDA-ARS)
  Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, School of Integrative Plant Science (Cornell University); Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health (USDA-ARS)
  Cornell University; USDA-ARS
  Ithaca, New York, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Rae McDowell, MS

  PhD Candidate
  Colorado State University
  Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Wendy White, PhD

  Associate Professor
  Food Science and Human Nutrition
  Iowa State University
  Ames, Iowa, United States

  Disclosure information not submitted.

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM ET

  Welcome and Introductions - Carotenoids and Retinoids (CARIG) Symposium and GEM Forum - Mind Your Matrix: Translating Carotenoid Content into Biological Effect
  

  Chair: Michael P. Dzakovich, PhD – USDA-ARS/Children's Nutrition Research Center
• 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM ET

  James A. Olson Award Lecture - Translating Plant and Food Matrix Insights into Enhanced Carotenoid Bioavailability for Nutrition Impact
  

  Speaker: Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD – Virginia Tech
• 3:00 PM - 3:25 PM ET

  Carotenoid Enrichment in Maize and Cassava: Genetic Insights and Breeding Opportunities
  

  Speaker: Michael Gore, PhD – Cornell University
• 3:25 PM - 3:50 PM ET

  Molecular Approaches for Provitamin A Biofortification
  

  Speaker: Li Li, PhD (she/her/hers) – Cornell University; USDA-ARS
• 3:50 PM - 4:15 PM ET

  Carotenoid Biosynthesis and Bioaccessibility: New Insights and Future Opportunities
  

  Speaker: Massimo Iorizzo, PhD – Plants for Human Health Institute, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Research Campus
• 4:15 PM - 4:30 PM ET

  Break - Carotenoids and Retinoids (CARIG) Symposium and GEM Forum - Mind Your Matrix: Translating Carotenoid Content into Biological Effect
  
• 4:30 PM - 4:55 PM ET

  Developing a Genomics Strategy for Bioaccessible Provitamin a Biofortification in Sorghum
  

  Speaker: Rae McDowell, MS – Colorado State University
• 4:55 PM - 5:20 PM ET

  Vitamin A Equivalence of the Provitamin a Carotenoids in Biofortified Banana Fruit Consumed by Women
  

  Speaker: Wendy S. White, PhD – Iowa State University
• 5:20 PM - 5:45 PM ET

  Encapsulation and Delivery of Lutein by Bio Based Polymers
  

  Speaker: Lingyan Kong, Ph.D. – University of Alabama
• 5:45 PM - 5:50 PM ET

  James A. Olson Award Presentation
  

  Chair: Michael P. Dzakovich, PhD – USDA-ARS/Children's Nutrition Research Center