PRESENTATIONS
* denotes UA students; _denotes presenters.
60. Khondoker Adeba Ferdous and Han-A Park. Fucoxanthin as a potential regulator of mitochondrial permeability transition during excitotoxicity. Neuroscience, Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL (October 2024)
59. Khondoker Adeba Ferdous, Rebecca Bloch, Kristi M. Crowe-White, Amy C. Ellis, Han-A Park. Is Fucoxanthin a Potential Regulator of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore? Nutrition 2024, American Society for Nutrition. Chicago, IL (June 2024)
58. Katelyn E. Senkus, Janie C. DiNatale, Arlin Blood, Han-A Park, Khondoker Adeba Ferdous, Rebecca Bloch, Kristi M. Crowe-White.Maternal Nitrate Supplementation during an Obese Pregnancy Beneficially Impacts Cardiometabolic Measures in Offspring. Nutrition 2024, American Society for Nutrition. Chicago, IL (June 2024)
57. DiNatale JC, Correll RN, Park H, Azrad M, Yao Y, Crowe-White KM. Maternal Nitrate Supplementation as Adjuvant Therapy During a Hypertensive Pregnancy: Influences on Body Composition and Oxidative Stress. Nutrition 2024, American Society for Nutrition. Chicago, IL (June 2024)
56. DiNatale JC, Shookri M, Correll RN, Park H, Azrad M, Yao Y, Blood AB, Crowe-White KM. Dietary Nitrate as an Adjuvant Therapy for Hypertensive Pregnancies and a Nutritional Modifier of Cardiovascular Programming in Offspring. Nutrition 2024, American Society for Nutrition. Chicago, IL (June 2024)
55. Eliana Pray, Khondoker Adeba Ferdous, and Han-A Park, Diet, Microbiome, and Brain Health: Neuroprotective Properties of a Gut Metabolite, Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL (Mar 2024)
54. Alex Benoit, Khondoker Adeba Ferdous, Emma Amjad, and Han-A Park, Red Wine and Brain Health: Resveratrol Prevents Excitotoxicity-mediated Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Primary Hippocampal Neurons, Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL (Mar 2024)
53. Han-A Park, Emma Amjad*, Garrett Burnett*, Khondoker Adeba Ferdous*, Madison Scott*, Joseph Jansen*, Sydni Bannerman*, Megan Scott*, Robert N. Correll, Lukasz Ciesla, and Amy Ellis. Neuroprotective Potential of Fucoxanthin in Middle Aged Sprague-Dawley Rats, Neuroscience, Washington DC (November 2023)
52. S. SUBRAMANIAN1, S. SACCHETTI2, S. WATANABE3, H.-A. PARK4, P. LICZNERSKI1, C. PAN1, M. HARDWICK3, V. GRIBKOFF1, E. A. JONAS, The role of Bcl-xL in regulating presynaptic vesicle pools, Neuroscience, Washington DC (November 2023)
51. L. SHEN, J. KIM, I.-H. PARK, H. BLUMBERG, E. JONAS. A Novel Mitochondrial Target as a Therapeutic Approach to Bipolar Disorder
Neuroscience, Washington DC (November 2023)
50. Han-A Park, Kristi M. Crowe-White, Lukasz Ciesla, Sydni Bannerman*, Madison Scott*, Abigail U. Davis*, Bishnu Adhikari*, Garrett Burnett*, Katheryn Broman*, Khondoker Adeba Ferdous*, Kimberly H. Lackey, Pawel Licznerski, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. Alpha-Tocotrienol: A Nutritional Regulator of Bcl-xL in Neurons. Nutrition, Boston MA (July 2023)
49. Khondoker Adeba Ferdous*, Garett Burnett*, Madison Scott*, Emma Amjad*, Sydni Bannerman*, and Han-A Park. Does Fucoxanthin Help in the Fight Against Aging-Associated Oxidative Stress in the Brain? Nutrition, Boston MA (July 2023)
48. Joseph Jansen*, Spenser R. Brown*, Tracie Dunn*, Madison Scott*, Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Elizabeth A. Jonas, Han-A Park and Yonghyun Kim. Fluid Shear Stress Enhances Proliferation of Breast Cancer Cells via Mitochondrial Remodeling. Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL (April 2023)
47. Khondoker Adeba Ferdous*, Garett Burnett*, Madison Scott*, Emma Amjad*, Sydni Bannerman*, and Han-A Park. Fucoxanthin: A Potential Dietary Neuroprotectant against Brain Aging. Southeastern Universities Graduate Research Symposium, virtual (April 2023)
46. Khondoker Adeba Ferdous*, Garett Burnett*, Madison Scott*, Emma Amjad*, Sydni Bannerman*, and Han-A Park. Effects of Fucoxanthin in Aging-Associated Oxidative Stress in the Brain. UAB Nathan Shock Center Symposium, Birmingham, AL (Feb 2023)
45. Amy Ellis, Han-A Park, Deniz Azarmanesh, Christine Ferguson*, Sydni Bannerman*, Mary Margaret Hayden*, Marian Yurchishin*. Habitual Diet Quality Was Not Associated with Self-Reported Symptoms of Young Adults with Sars-CoV-2 Infection During the First Pandemic Wave, Virtual, Nutrition 2022 (June 14, 2022)
44. Han-A Park, Kristi M. Crowe-White, Lukasz Ciesla, Sydni Bannerman*, Madison Scott*, Abigail U. Davis*, Bishnu Adhikari*, Garrett Burnett*, Katheryn Broman*, Khondoker Adeba Ferdous*, Kimberly H. Lackey, Pawel Licznerski, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. The role of alpha-tocotrienol during development of primary hippocampal neurons. Virtual, Nutrition 2022 (June 14, 2022)
43. Khondoker Adeba Ferdous*, Garett Burnett*, Madison Scott*, Emma Amjad*, Sydni Bannerman*, and Han-A Park. Neuroprotective function of fucoxanthin in oxidative stress-mediated mitochondrial dysfunction. Virtual, Nutrition 2022 (June 14, 2022)
42. Joseph Jansen*, Madison Scott*, Emma Amjad*, Allison Stumpf*, Kimberly H. Lackey, Kim A. Caldwell, and Han-A Park. Bcl-xL is required by primary hippocampal neurons for mitochondrial motility and proper neurite development. Virtual, Nutrition 2022 (June 14, 2022)
41. Madison Scott*, Joseph Jansen*, Tricie Dunn*, Katheryn Broman*, and Han-A Park. Dietary antioxidant lycopene enhances neurite complexity protecting primary hippocampal neurons against excitotoxicity. Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference (April 4, 2022) Awarded
40. Joseph Jansen*, Madison Scott*, Emma Amjad*, Allison Stumpf*, Kimberly H. Lackey, Kim A. Caldwell, and Han-A Park. Bcl-xL is required for mitochondrial motility and proper neurite development. Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference (April 4, 2022)
39. Mary Margaret Hayden*, Sydni Bannerman*, Christine Ferguson*, Marian Yurchishin*, Han-A Park, and Amy Ellis. Lifestyle Factors Influencing COVID-19 Severity. Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference (April 4, 2022)
38. Han-A Park, Kristi M. Crowe-White, Abigail U. Davis*, Sydni Bannerman*, Garret Burnett*, Madison Scott*, Katheryn Broman*, Kimberly H. Lackey, Pawel Licznerski, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. Vitamin E Improves Neurite Complexity by Enhancing Mitochondrial Function. Virtual, Nutrition 2021
37. Madison Scott*, Joseph Jansen*, Tracie Dunn*, Katheryn Broman*, and Han-A Park. Roles of Lycopene During Neurite Development of Primary Hippocampal Neuron. Virtual, Nutrition 2021
36. Tracie Dunn*, Nelli Mnatsakanyan*, Spenser Brown*, Joseph Jansen*, Mary Margaret Hayden*, Elizabeth A. Jonas, Yonghyun Kim, and Han-A Park. Alteration of the F1Fo ATP Synthase Causes Metabolic Remodeling in Breast Cancer Cells. Virtual, Nutrition 2021
35. Joseph Jansen*, Emma Amjad*, Madison Scott*, Allison Stumpf*, Kimberly H. Lackey, and Han-A Park. Depletion of Bcl-xL Impairs Mitochondrial Motility in Primary Hippocampal Neurons. Virtual, Nutrition 2021
34. Madison Scott*, Joseph Jansen*, Tracie Dunn*, Katheryn Broman*, and Han-A Park. Primary Hippocampal Neuron Development Improved by Dietary Antioxidant Lycopene. Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference (Mar 31, 2021)
33. Tracie Dunn*, Nelli Mnatsakanyan*, Spenser Brown*, Joseph Jansen*, Mary Margaret Hayden*, Elizabeth A. Jonas, Yonghyun Kim, and Han-A Park. Oxidative stress alters the F1Fo ATP Synthase in circulating breast cancer cell. Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference (Mar 31, 2021)
32. Joseph Jansen*, Emma Amjad*, Madison Scott*, Allison Stumpf*, Kimberly H. Lackey, Kim A. Caldwell, and Han-A Park. Bcl-xL Supports Neurite Branching and Energy Retention in Primary Hippocampal Neurons. Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference, Virtual (Mar 31, 2021)
31. Tracie Dunn*, Spenser Brown*, Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Elizabeth A. Jonas, Yonghyun Kim, and Han-A Park. Cellular Mechanisms of Metabolic Remodeling during Fluid Shear Stress-induced Metastasis. Nutrition 2020, Virtual (Jun 2020)
30. Tracie Dunn*, Spenser Brown*, Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Elizabeth A. Jonas, Yonghyun Kim, and Han-A Park. Is the c-subunit of F1Fo ATP Synthase an Important Target in Circulating Cancer Cells? Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Conference, Virtual (April 2020)
29. Tracie Dunn*, Spenser Brown*, Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Elizabeth A. Jonas, Yonghyun Kim, and Han-A Park. Alteration of energy metabolism in circulating cancer cells. Alabama Dietetic Association, Montgomery, AL (Feb 28, 2020)
28. Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Han-A Park, Jing Wu, Marc C Llaguno, Besnik Murtishi, Maria Latta, Ellie Davis, Paige Miranda, Youshan Yang, Fred Sigworth, Elizabeth A Jonas. Mitochondrial Megachannel Resides in Monomeric ATP Synthase. Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Diego, CA (Feb, 2019)
27. Han-A Park Roles of Bcl-xL in mitochondrial function and neuronal survival. Department of Biology Seminar, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (Nov 8, 2019)
26. Pawel Licznerski, Han-A Park, Paige Miranda, Rongmin Chen, Morven Graham, Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Jing Wu, N. Cruz-Reyes, N. Mehta, S. Sohail, J. Salcedo, Valentin Gribkoff, Besnik Murtishi, Harshvardhan Rolyan, Richard Levy, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. Mitochondrial inefficiency linked to abnormal metabolism, synaptic immaturity and behavioral deficits in fragile X syndrome. Neuroscience, Chicago, IL (Oct, 2019)
25. Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Han-A Park, Jing Wu, Marc C Llaguno, Besnik Murtishi, Paige Miranda, Fred Sigworth, Elizabeth A Jonas. Excitotoxic neuronal death inducing megachannel resides in monomeric F1FOATP synthase. Neuroscience, Chicago, IL (Oct, 2019)
24. Harshvardhan Rolyan, Paige Miranda, Han-A Park, Silvio Sacchetti, Kambiz Alavian, Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Pawel Licznerski, H. Imamura, H. Noji, J. Shepherd, A. Chavez, Suzanne Zukin, and Elizabeth A Jonas. Mitochondria dependent metabolic programming drives long term potentiation and synaptic maturation. Neuroscience, Chicago, IL (Oct, 2019)
23. Han-A Park, Abigail U. Davis*, Allison Stumpf*, Jordan May*, Katheryn Broman*, and Kim Lackey. Vitamin E promotes neurite outgrowth via Bcl-xL upregulation. Neuroscience, Chicago, IL (Oct 20, 2019)
22. Allison Stumpf*, Katheryn Broman*, Katelyn E. Senkus*, Libo Tan, Kristi Crowe-White, and Han-A Park. Lycopene Protects Cortical Neurons via Oxidative Stress-mediated ∆N-Bcl-xL formation. Nutrition, Baltimore, MD (Jun 10, 2019)
Allison Stumpf* : Awarded with the Conference and Research Fund
21. Han-A Park, Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Katheryn Broman*, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. Vitamin E Prevents ΔN-Bcl-xL-associate Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Primary Hippocampal Neurons. Nutrition, Baltimore, MD (Jun 10, 2019)
20. Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Han-A Park, Jing Wu, Marc C Llaguno, Besnik Murtishi, Maria Latta, Ellie Davis, Paige Miranda, Youshan Yang, Fred Sigworth, Elizabeth A Jonas. Mitochondrial Megachannel Resides in Monomeric ATP synthase. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD (Feb, 2019)
19. Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Han-A Park, Jing Wu, Besnik Murtishi, Paige Miranda, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. Excitotoxic cell death inducing megachannel within the ATP synthase: Mitochondrial permeability transition pore? Neuroscience, San Diego, CA (2018)
18. Pawel Licznerski, Han-A Park, Paige Miranda, Valentin Gribkoff, Rongmin Chen, Morven Graham, Richard Levy, and Elizabeth A. Jonas.Enhancement of mitochondrial efficiency causes synaptic metabolic maturation, reversing the abnormal protein translation in Fragile X syndrome. Neuroscience, San Diego, CA (2018)
17. Rongmin Chen, Han-A Park, Nelli Mnatsakanyan,Yulong Niu, Pawel Licznerski, Jing Wu, Paige Miranda, Morven Graham, Wim Mandmakers, Vincenzo Bonifati, Kambiz Alavian, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. DJ1 deficiency disrupts mitochondrial inner membrane coupling to cause neuronal dysfunction in familial Parkinson’s disease. Neuroscience, San Diego, CA (2018)
16. Han-A Park, Nelli Mnatsakanyan, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. Neuroprotective properties of α-tocotrienol via regulation of oxidative stress-mediated ∆N-Bcl-xL formation. Nutrition, Boston, MA (2018)
15. Han-A Park and Elizabeth A. Jonas α-Tocotrienol protects primary hippocampal neurons against oxidative stress-mediated ΔN-Bcl-xL formation in the mitochondria. Experimental Biology, Chicago, IL (2017)
14. Han-A Park, Pawel Licznerski, Yulong Niu, Nelli Mnatsakanyan, Paige Miranda, Jing Wu, Silvio Sacchetti, Brian M. Polster, Kambiz N. Alavian, Elizabeth A. Jonas. Metabolic Control of Cell Death : The Role of Bcl-xL. Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA (2016)
Finalist at the ASN Emerging Leaders in Nutrition Science Poster Competition
13. Han-A Park, Pawel Licznerski, Paige Miranda, Yulong Niu, Silvio Sacchetti, Kambiz N. Alavian, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. Regulation of neuronal death and survival by interaction of pro and anti-death versions of Bcl-xL with the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, Neuroscience, Chicago, IL (2015)
12. Han-A Park, Pawel Licznerski, Yulong Niu, Kambiz N. Alavian, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. ABT-737 Inhibits Full Length And Cleaved Pro-Apoptotic Bcl-xL, Resulting in Differential Effects on Death And Survival. Experimental Biology, Boston, MA (2015)
Young Scientist Travel Award
11. Han-A Park, Pawel Licznerski, Kambiz N. Alavian, Marya Shanabrough, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. Inhibition of Bcl-xL arrests neurite outgrowth. Neuroscience, Washington, DC (2014)
10. Han-A Park, Kambiz N. Alavian, Silvio Sacchetti, and Elizabeth A. Jonas. Dual role of Bcl-xL inhibitor ABT-737 in neuronal death and survival. Neuroscience, San Diego, CA (2013)
9. Han-A Park, Natalia Kubicki, Surya Gnyawali, Yuk Cheung Chan, Sashwati Roy, Savita Khanna, and Chandan K. Sen. Natural vitamin E α-tocotrienol Protects against stroke by induction of multidrug resistance-associated protein 1. 4th annual Translational to Clinical (T2C) Wound Care Conference. Columbus. OH (2011)
Resident/Fellow Poster Award
8. Han-A Park, Natalia Kubicki, Surya Gnyawali, Yuk Cheung Chan, Sashwati Roy, Savita Khanna, and Chandan K. Sen. Natural vitamin E α-tocotrienol Protects against stroke by induction of multidrug resistance-associated protein 1. Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute Research Day. Columbus. OH (2010)
7. Han-A Park, Savita Khanna, Cameron Rink, Surya Gnyawali, Natalia Kubicki, Sashwati Roy, and Chandan K. Sen. Glutathione disulfide as a cell death signal. 9th annual OSU Medical Center Research Day, Columbus, OH (2010)
Travel Award
6. Han-A Park, Savita Khanna, Cameron Rink, Surya Gnyawali, Natalia Kubicki, Sashwati Roy, and Chandan K. Sen. Glutathione disulfide as a cell death signal. Oxygen Club of California, Santa Barbara, CA (2010)
5. Han-A Park, Savita Khanna, Cameron Rink, Surya Gnyawali, Sashwati Roy, and Chandan K. Sen. Intracellular glutathione disulfide as neural cell death signal: regulation by alpha-tocotrienol. Neuroscience, Chicago, IL (2009)
4. Han-A Park, Savita Khanna, Cameron Rink, Surya Gnyawali, Sashwati Roy, and Chandan K. Sen. Glutathione disulfide induces neural cell death via 12-lipoxygenase pathway. 14th Annual Department of Surgery Research Conference. Columbus, OH (2009)
3. Han-A Park, Savita Khanna, Sashwati Roy, and Chandan K. Sen. GSSG: A Novel Cell Death Signal. Russell Klein Memorial Nutrition Research Symposium, Columbus, OH (2008)
Basic Research Award
2. Han-A Park, Savita Khanna, Sashwati Roy, and Chandan K. Sen. GSSG: A Novel Cell Death Signal. 13th Annual Department of Surgery Research Conference, Columbus, OH (2008)
13th Annual Surgery Research Conference Award