Scientific Program
The Conference will consist of morning and afternoon sessions. The scientific program will include presentations and discussions of important aspects of natural pigments, including in-, chemistry, biology, industry and applications. The scientific program is composed of oral presentations, a poster session, and a workshop. Contributions are highly welcome. Please, send abstracts until February 17th, 2010
Ample time will be provided for discussions to further interactions among scientists at all levels.
The topics to be covered in this conference are:
- Biodiversity and natural pigment resources
- Physical chemistry of natural pigments
- Pigment molecular biology and biotechnology
- Medicinal uses of natural pigments
- Chlorophyll technology
- Carotenoid in palm oil
- Natural colorants in industry
Language
The official language of the conference is English.
Workshop for pigment analysis will be held on Friday, March 19th, 2010 in Ma Chung Research Center for Photosynthetic Pigments (MRCPP), Ma Chung University.