With deep sadness, we announce the passing of Professor Hanspeter Pfander on June 10, 2025, at the age of 85. He passed away peacefully of natural causes at the Bürgerspital in Berne, surrounded by his beloved wife Regula.
Until his final days, he remained intellectually engaged, particularly in the fields of politics and science, with a lifelong passion for carotenoids. He looked back on a long and distinguished career in carotenoid research.
Please congratulate Dr. Radtke in receiving a very promising impact score on the prestigious MOSAIC K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the NIH. Dr. Radtke will implement carotenoids as a biomarker for dietary intake in the primary care setting to support health-related behavior change in Food is Medicine interventions. Dr. Radtke (mentee) and Dr. Moran…
On behalf of the Organizing Committee I would like to thank the 126 attendees to our virtual conference who helped make it such a success!
Save the date for ICS Palma 2026 – The 20th International Symposium on Carotenoids: June 14-19, 2026; Hotel Victoria Gran Melia Convention Center (Palma, Spain). The symposium is ascribed to the ICS and is open to the public and scientific communities worldwide.
The Carotenoids GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages.
