Amornrat Naranuntarat Jensen, PhD
Deputy Head of Department, Associate Professor
E-mail: amornrat.nar@mahidol.ac.th
Tel: +66 02 201 5579, 5553
Education
Work Experience
Publication
Publication
- Enhanced lycopene fortification in eggs using poultry feed containing a carotenoid-oil preparation derived from metabolically engineered baker’s yeast
Scientific Reports / December 2026
- Eugenol from Syzygium aromaticum enhances longevity and proteostasis in aged yeast
Biogerontology / June 2026
- Mitochondrial dysfunction from malathion and chlorpyrifos exposure is associated with degeneration of GABAergic neurons in Caenorhabditis elegans
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology / November 2022
- Chemical-genetic interactions of Bacopa monnieri constituents in cells deficient for the DNA repair endonuclease RAD1 appear linked to vacuolar disruption
Molecules / 1 March 2021
- Disruption in iron homeostasis and impaired activity of iron-sulfur cluster containing proteins in the yeast model of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
Cell and Bioscience / 11 September 2020
- Overexpression of the peroxin Pex34p suppresses impaired acetate utilization in yeast lacking the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier Agc1p
FEMS Yeast Research / 11 November 2019
- Decreased accumulation of superoxide dismutase 2 within mitochondria in the yeast model of Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
Journal of Cellular Biochemistry / August 2019
- Possible role of the Ca2+/Mn2+ P-type ATPase Pmr1p on artemisinin toxicity through an induction of intracellular oxidative stress
Molecules / 29 March 2019
- Interrogation of ethnomedicinal plants for synthetic lethality effects in combination with deficiency in the DNA repair endonuclease RAD1 using a yeast cell-based assay
Journal of Ethnopharmacology / 15 September 2018
- Open Source Drug Discovery with the Malaria Box Compound Collection for Neglected Diseases and Beyond
Plos Pathogens / July 2016
- Deletion of Mitochondrial Porin Alleviates Stress Sensitivity in the Yeast Model of Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome
Journal of Genetics and Genomics / 20 December 2015
- Manganese transport, trafficking and function in invertebrates
Issues in Toxicology / 2015
- Improper protein trafficking contributes to artemisinin sensitivity in cells lacking the KDAC Rpd3p
FEBS Letters / 3 November 2014
- The interaction of mitochondrial iron with manganese superoxide dismutase
Journal of Biological Chemistry / 21 August 2009
- Discovery of Genes Essential for Heme Biosynthesis through Large-Scale Gene Expression Analysis
Cell Metabolism / 6 August 2009
- The overlapping roles of manganese and Cu/Zn SOD in oxidative stress protection
Free Radical Biology and Medicine / 15 January 2009
- The effects of mitochondrial iron homeostasis on cofactor specificity of superoxide dismutase 2
EMBO Journal / 19 April 2006

Patents
- Jensen, Laran. 2025. The process of preparing carotenoids for use as ingredients in animal feed. Thai Patent 2501000135, filed January 01, 2025. Patent pending.
- Jensen, Amornrat. 2024. The process for the production of clove extract for the purpose of skin rejuvenation. Thai Patent 2501000179, filed November 29, 2024. Patent pending.

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

Proceedings
- Kanhachai T and Jensen AN*(2026) Clove extract (Syzygium aromaticum) enhances endoplasmic reticulum stress tolerance in aging Saccharomyces cerevisiae via UPR-independent proteostasis modulation. The 7th International Conference on Informatics, Agriculture, Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Science and Technology (May 8–9, 2026)
- Jinsart N and Jensen AN* (2025) Distinct impact on vacuolar structure between the yeast models for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia and Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome. The 51st Science and Technology Conference of Thailand (November 11-13, 2025)
- Nanayakkara VSK and Jensen AN* (2024) A model of Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome, the SDO1 deletion mutant, exhibits phenotypic differences from mutations in RPS19A or RPS19B implicated in Diamond-Blackfan Anaemia. pp. 79-83, The 16th Annual Conference of the Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology (June 18, 2024)
- Suknanthasak T and Jensen AN* (2025) The effect of clove extracts on mitochondria of aged yeast. pp. 83-94, The 15th National Conference in Toxicology (September 3-4, 2025)

PRESENTATIONS
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.
