Publications/Presentations

Publications and Presentations

Journal Publications

Characterizing the Impacts of a novel Environmental Contributor on ROS hormesis and Aging in C. elegans. In preparation

Fanning S, Cirka H, Thies JL, Jeong J, Niemi SM, Yoon J, Ho GPH, Pacheco JA, Dettmer U, Liu L, Clish CB, Hodgetts KJ, Hutchinson JN, Muratore CR, Caldwell GA, Caldwell KA, Selkoe D. Lipase regulation of cellular fatty acid homeostasis as a Parkinson's disease therapeutic strategy. NPJ Parkinsons Dis. 2022 Jun 9;8(1):74. doi: 10.1038/s41531-022-00335-6. PMID: 35680956; PMCID: PMC9184586.

Caldwell, KA, Thies, JL, Caldwell, GA. 2018. No Country for Old Worms: A Systematic Review of the Application of C. elegans to Investigate a Bacterial Source of Environmental Neurotoxicity in Parkinson’s Disease. Metabolites 8. pii: E70. doi: 10.3390/metabo8040070.

Thies J, Neutzler V, O’Leary F, Liu H. 2016. Differential Effects of TRPA and TRPV Channels on Behaviors of Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Experimental Neuroscience. 10:71-75. doi:10.4137/JEN.S32837.

Poster Presentations

Jennifer Thies, Hanna Kim, Guy A. Caldwell and Kim A. Caldwell. Exposure to an Environmental Contributor of Parkinson’s Disease: S. venezuelae impacts daf-16 signaling and lifespan in C. elegans. Center for Neuroscience Retreat. Auburn University – Auburn, AL.

Awarded: Honorable Mention - Overall Poster Session

Jennifer Thies, Hanna Kim, Guy A. Caldwell and Kim A. Caldwell. Exposure to an Environmental Contributor of Parkinson’s Disease: S. venezuelae impacts lifespan and mitochondrial dynamics in C. elegans. UAB Nathan Shock Aging Symposium. The University of Alabama – Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

October 9th, 2019

Jennifer Thies, Hanna Kim, Guy A. Caldwell and Kim A. Caldwell. Investigating the Role of ER-Mitochondrial Contact Sites Following Exposure to a Neurodegenerative Bacterial Metabolite. Alabama Biofest. The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

September 27th, 2019

Jennifer Thies, Hanna Kim, Guy A. Caldwell and Kim A. Caldwell. Investigating the Role of ER-Mitochondrial Contact Sites Following Exposure to a Neurodegenerative Bacterial Metabolite. The 22nd Annual International Worm Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

June 20-24th, 2019

Jennifer Thies, Hanna Kim, Guy A. Caldwell and Kim A. Caldwell. Investigating the Role of Mitochondrial Calcium Homeostasis in an Environmental Contributor of Parkinson’s Disease: S. venezuelae in C. elegans.

The University of Alabama School of Medicine Comprehensive Neuroscience Retreat, Birmingham, AL.

October 18, 2018

BioFest, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.

September 28, 2018

Awarded: 3rd place Biofest. Overall Poster