People ANJ – Department of Pathobiology

Jensen, A. N. and Jensen, L. T. (2015) Manganese transport, trafficking and function in invertebrates. Manganese in Health
and Disease. pp. 1-27, eds. Aschner, M. and Costa, L. G., Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Oral Presentations

9th International Congress on Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome, Texas, USA (2018)
Decreased accumulation of superoxide dismutase 2 within mitochondria in the yeast model of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome

8th International Congress on Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome, Verona, Italy (2016) Deletion of mitochondrial porin
alleviates stress sensitivity in the yeast model of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome

Mahidol University, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand (2015) Yeast as a model for
studying human genetic disease and drug development

Chulalongkorn University, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand (2011)
Yeast as a model for studying human genetic disease: the case of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome

Gordon Graduate Research Seminar on Bioinorganic Chemistry: Ventura California, U.S.A (2008) Effect of differential
metal bioavailability on activity of superoxide dismutase enzymes

Johns Hopkins University Yeast Genetics Meeting, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. (2008) Effect of mitochondrial iron on manganese
superoxide dismutase

Mahidol University, Department of Pathobiology, Bangkok, Thailand (2007) Mitochondrial iron overload and activity of
superoxide dismutase enzymes

Poster Presentations

TRF research annual meeting (2014), Chonburi, Thailand Improper protein trafficking contributes to artemisinin sensitivity in cells lacking the lysine deacetylase Rpd3p

FASEB Summer Research Conference: Trace Element Metabolism (2008), Snowmass, CO, U.S.A The role of the Fe-S cluster scaffold Isu in iron inactivation of Sod2p.

Gordon Research Conference: Cell Biology of Metals (2007), Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A Effect of differential metal bioavailability on activity of superoxide dismutase enzymes.

Third International Friedreich’s Ataxia Scientific Conference (2006), Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A Inactivation of manganese superoxide dismutase by mitochondrial iron: a new aspect of iron toxicity.

FASEB Summer Research Conference: Trace Element Metabolism (2006), Snowmass, CO, U.S.A Inactivation of manganese superoxide dismutase by mitochondrial iron: a new aspect of iron toxicity.

Research Grants

2020 – present

New Discovery and Frontier Research Grant, Mahidol University Identifying the causes and cellular impacts of iron overload and vacuolar fragmentation in the yeast model of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (Principle Investigator)

2019 – present

Research Career Development from Thailand Research Fund (TRF) Identification of human tankyrase 1 inhibitors as potential anti-cancer agents using a humanized yeast cell-based bioassay (Principle Investigator)

2015 – 2017

Research Grant for New Scholar from Thailand Research Fund (TRF) Investigation of the roles of mitochondrion and ER to Golgi protein trafficking in the molecular mechanisms of artemisinin sensitivity (Principle Investigator)

2015 – 2017

Research Grant from Faculty of Science, Mahidol University Investigation of mechanisms underlying mitochondrial damage and potential therapeutic strategies using the yeast model of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (Principle Investigator)

2012 – 2014

Research Grant for New Scholar from Thailand Research Fund (TRF) Investigation of Molecular Basis of Artemisinin Actions and Resistance (Principle Investigator)

2012 – 2013

Research Grant for Junior Staff from Faculty of Science, Mahidol University Investigation of the mechanisms causing increased stress sensitivity in yeast model of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (Principle Investigator)

2010 – 2011

Research Grant for Junior Staff from Mahidol University Characterization of the gene for Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (Principle Investigator)

Honors

2018

Quinlan Kohn Scholarship awarded from 9th International Congress on Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome, USA

2014

Best Poster Presentation Award from Thailand Research Fund (TRF)

2012

Thesis Award from the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)

2002 – 2007

Royal Thai Government Scholar in Biological Sciences

Other Activities

2018 – present

Program Secretary for Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy Programs in Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

2015 – present

Program Director for Master of Science Program in Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

2011

Organizing Committee, 37th Congress of Science and Technology of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand

2010 – 2012

Faculty Senate Committee, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University

2009 – 2012

Organizing Committee, MUSC Graduate Research Exposition, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University