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Origin of the Society
Historically, the carotenoid field evolved from a specialized area of plant natural product chemistry. More recently, however, the importance of carotenoids as food colorants and as essential micronutrients has led to the influx of many new workers into the carotenoid field, and the diversification of carotenoid research into new areas, especially nutrition and medicine.
This greatly increased and broadened interest, and the ever-increasing participation in the International Symposia on Carotenoids prompted discussion about the foundation of an International Society dedicated to the carotenoid field. Ideas for this were discussed and a proposal was put before the 11th International Symposium on Carotenoids in Leiden, The Netherlands, in August, 1996. After due debate, the proposal was accepted and The International Carotenoid Society was established.
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Upcoming Conferences
The next Conference on Food Pigments will be held in Budapest, 20-24 June, 2010.
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Macular Carotenoids & AMD, 2011
A conference for macular carotenoid researchers, exploring up-to-date and evidence-based hypotheses and the supporting research data into the role of the macular carotenoids in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Downing College, University of Cambridge, UK 12 – 15 July 2011. Click to visit the conference website: http://suzy-howes.co.uk/macularcarotenoids/index.html
The 16th International Symposium on Carotenoids will be held in July 2011 in the World Heritage city of Krakow, Poland. Professor Kazimierz Strzalka at the Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University will be hosting this Symposium. Professor Strzalka and the local organizing committee will be creating a web site dedicated to the 2011 Symposium in the upcoming months
