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Awards
TREVOR GOODWIN AWARD. For achievement in research on carotenoid biochemistry and a lifetime of dedicated service to the carotenoid field:

At the 2008 International Carotenoid Symposium in Okinawa, Japan, the award was presented to Professor Johannes von Lintig, Case Western Reserve University,
Pharmacology Department,
Cleveland, Ohio, USA

At the 2005 International Carotenoid Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland, the award was presented to the Late Professor Emeritus Norman I. Krinsky, Department of Biochemistry & Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA, Tufts University School of Medicine at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

OTTO ISLER AWARD. For a lifetime of achievement in research on carotenoid chemistry and of dedicated service to the carotenoid field:

At the 2008 International Carotenoid Symposium in Okinawa, Japan, the award was presented to Professor Emeritus Masayoshi Ito, Kobe Women's College of Pharmacy, Kobe, Japan

At the 2005 International Carotenoid Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland, the award was presented to Professor Emeritus Synnøve Liaaen-Jensen, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

PRESIDENT’S OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD. In appreciation for exceptional service and dedication to the principles and scholarship of the International Carotenoid Society:

At the 2005 International Carotenoid Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland, the award was presented to Professor Emeritus George Britton, Department of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Recipients of poster awards at the 7th Gordon Research Conference on Carotenoids, Ventura, California, USA, Jan 17 – 22, 2010:

Je Min Lee, Ph.D., Postdoctoral associate, Cornell University, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Tower Road, Ithaca, New York, USA
Project title: “Elucidating transcriptome-carotenoid networks to reveal novel regulatory components in tomato fruit”

Jonathan R. Mein, Tufts University, Mentor: Xiang-Dong Wang USDA JMHNRC, Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Project title: “b-cryptoxanthin metabolism by ferret carotene-9',10'-oxygenase (CMO2)"

Dr. Matt Johnson, Queen Mary University of London, School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, London, UK
Project title: “Control of photosynthetic efficiency by xanthophyll structure”

Younkyung Kim, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Department of Food Science, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Project title: "the role of b-carotene and CMOI during mouse embryonic development"

Karin Linnewiel Hermoni, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
Project title: "Carotenoid derivative prevent cancer and improve bone health by inhibition of NFkB and induction of Nrf2 transcription systems"

Members News
Poster prizes were awarded to the following young scientists at 6th Gordon Research Conference on Carotenoids held at Ventura (7-12 Jan 2007).

* Ms. Erin Marasco, University of Minnesota
* Ms. Gesa Albert, University of Wuerzburg
* Ms. Marina Khanin, Ben-Gurion University
* Ms. Phoi Tran, University of California, Berkeley

News
Carotenoid News - Published twice a year, in February and August by CAROTENOID RESEARCH INTERACTIVE GROUP (CARIG)

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Carotenoids and Health: The Public Debate

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