Oral Presentations-2011:

1. Justin McNally^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah; Characterization of Several L-Ferritin Mutants that Cause Neuroferritinopathy. Presented at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Ithaca College, NY, April 2, 2011 (NCUR Booklet, P. 108, Sat 9:10-9:30 a.m.)
2. Tyson Terpstra^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah; Iron Binding and Oxidation at the Trinuclear Ferroxidase Center of E. coli Bacterial Ferritin (EcFtnA), 2^nd Annual Chemistry Research Symposium, Northern New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society, April 16, 2011, SUNY Potsdam

Poster Presentations-2011:

1. Tyson Terpstra^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah; Human Serum Transferrin Interaction with the Soluble Portion of the Receptor: An Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Study. Presented at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Ithaca College, NY, March 31, 2011 (NCUR Booklet, P. 130, Tripod 18A)
2. Tyson Terpstra^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah; SUNY Potsdam; New Insights into the Odd Iron Oxidation Stoichiometry and the Role of the C-Site in E. Coli Bacterial Ferritin (EcFtnA). Presented at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Ithaca College, NY, March 31, 2011 (NCUR Booklet, P. 127, Tripod 20C)
3. Justin McNally^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah; Rapid Release of Iron from Ferritin by BHT Chelate Ligands. Presented at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Ithaca College, NY, March 31, 2011 (NCUR Booklet, P. 131, Tripod 22A)
4. Brenna Cooper^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah; Characterization of Iron Oxidation and Mineral Core Formation in Recombinant Heteropolymer Ferritins. Presented at the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Ithaca College, NY, April 1, 2011 (NCUR Booklet, P. 156, Tripod 15C)

Papers presented at the 2^nd Annual Chemistry Research Symposium, Northern New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society, April 16, 2011, SUNY Potsdam

1. Terpstra Tyson^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah SUNY Potsdam; New Insights into the Odd Iron Oxidation  Stoichiometry and the Role of the C-Site in E. Coli Bacterial Ferritin (EcFtnA).
2. Tyson Terpstra^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah; Human Serum Transferrin Interaction with the Soluble Portion of the Receptor: An Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Study.
3. Justin McNally^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah; Rapid Release of Iron from Ferritin by BHT Chelate Ligands.
4. Justin McNally^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah; Characterization of Several L-Ferritin Mutants that Cause Neuroferritinopathy.
5. Brenna Cooper^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah; Characterization of Iron Oxidation and Mineral Core Formation in Recombinant Heteropolymer Ferritins.

Poster Presentations-2010:
(36) Justin McNally^*, Xing Xin Liu, Artem Melman, and Fadi Bou-Abdallah.  Oxygen Catalyzed Mobilization of Iron from Ferritin by Chelate Ligands. Poster presented at NERM2010, SUNY Potsdam, June 2-5, 2010
(35) Brenna Cooper^*, Paolo Santambrogio, Sonia Levi, N. Dennis Chasteen, and Fadi Bou-Abdallah. The Iron Oxidation Mechanism in Recombinant Heteropolymer Ferritins. Poster presented at NERM2010, SUNY Potsdam, June 2-5, 2010
(34) Banu Kandemir^*, Ashley N. Steere, Anne B. Mason, N. Dennis Chasteen, and Fadi Bou-Abdallah.  Interaction of the Human Serum Transferrin with its Receptor.  Poster presented at NERM2010, SUNY Potsdam, June 2-5, 2010
(33) Adeola Awomolo^*, Huidong Yang^*, Mark Woodhall, Simon C. Andrews, N. Dennis Chasteen, and Fadi Bou-Abdallah.  “Iron Oxidation and Mineral Core Formation in the Non-Heme Escherichia coli Ferritin, EcFtnA”.  Poster presented at NERM2010, SUNY Potsdam, June 2-5, 2010
(32) Justin McNally^*, Huidong Yang^*, Mohan Rajasekaran, Kim Watson, Simon Andrews, and Fadi Bou-Abdallah.  Characterization of Metal Binding to EfeO, an Iron Transport Protein from Escherichia coli.  Poster presented at NERM2010, SUNY Potsdam, June 2-5, 2010
(31) Fadi Bou-Abdallah, Justin McNally, Xing Xin Liu, Artem Melman. Iron chelation and oxidative stress: a controversial relationship. Paper presented at NERM2010, SUNY Potsdam, June 2-5, 2010
(30) Fadi Bou-Abdallah chaired a Symposium at NERM2010. Symposium Title: Metal Ions and Metalloproteins”; June 2-5, 2010.
(29) Justin McNally^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah.  A look Into Our Iron Reserves: The Story of Ferritin and the Mechanism of Iron Uptake and Release.  Poster presented at the Legislative Office Building in Albany New York, April 13, 2010.  Justin McNally was one of two students who represented SUNY Potsdam at the “SUNY Undergraduates Shaping New York’s Future: A Showcase of Scholarly Posters” conference in Albany, NY.

Poster Presentations-2009:

(28) Banu Kandemir^*, Shaina Byrne, Anne B. Mason, N. Dennis Chasteen and Fadi Bou-Abdallah: “Isothermal Titration Calorimetry of Human Serum Transferrin Interaction with the Soluble Portion of the Receptor”.  Poster presented at the 238th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, August 16-20, 2009
(27) Adeola Awomolo^*, Mark Woodhall, Simon Andrews, Dennis Chasteen and Fadi Bou-Abdallah: “Insights into the Role(s) of the Unique Third C-site in Bacterial Ferritin EcFTnA”. Poster presented at the Northern New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society, 1^st Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Research Symposium, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, April 4^th, 2009
(26) Banu Kandemir^*, Shaina Byrne, Anne B. Mason, N. Dennis Chasteen and Fadi Bou-Abdallah: “Isothermal Titration Calorimetry of Human Serum Transferrin Interaction with the Soluble Portion of the Receptor”.  Talk and poster presented at the Northern New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society, 1^st Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Research Symposium, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, April 4^th, 2009
(25) Gustavo Gonzales^*, Paolo Santambrogio, Sonia Levi and Fadi Bou-Abdallah:“Mechanism of Iron Deposition and Oxidation in Recombinant Heteropolymer Ferritin”. Poster presented at the Northern New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society, 1^st Undergraduate and Graduate Chemistry Research Symposium, SUNY Potsdam, Potsdam, NY, April 4^th, 2009

Poster Presentations-2008:

(24) B. Kandemir* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah: "Insights into the Thermodynamics of human transferrin interaction with its receptor". Poster presented at the 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 17-21, 2008 
(23) Roy P. Planalp, Joon Cho and Fadi Bou-Abdallah: “Iron Coordination Chemistry of Curcumin and metabolites” Paper presented at the 236th ACS National Meeting,  Philadelphia, PA, August 17-21, 2008
(22) Roy P. Planalp, Joon Cho and Fadi Bou-Abdallah: “Iron Coordination Chemistry of Curcumin and metabolites” Paper presented at the Northeast Regional Meeting (NERM), University of Vermont, VT, June 29 - July 2, 2008
(21) Banu Kandemir^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah:  “Thermodynamic analysis of human transferrin interaction with its receptor.  An isothermal titration calorimetry study”. Poster presented at the North East Regional Sigma Xi Conference, April 19^th, 2008, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
(20) Adeola Awomolo^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah:  “Iron binding and oxidation at the trinuclear ferroxidase center of /E. Coli bacterial ferritin (EcFtnA)”. Poster presented at the North East Regional Sigma Xi Conference, April 19^th, 2008, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
(19) Hiba Iqteit^* and Fadi Bou-Abdallah: “Characterization of iron oxidation, hydrolysis, and mineralization in heteropolymer ferritin of various H to L ratios”. Poster presented at the North East Regional Sigma Xi Conference, April 19^th, 2008, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
(18) Joon Cho, Daniel P. Kennedy, Fadi Bou-Abdallah, N. Dennis Chasteen, Roy P. Planalp: “Iron Coordination and Redox Chemistry of Curcuminoids” Poster presented at the 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008
(17) Fadi Bou-Abdallah and N. Dennis Chasteen: “Ferritins and Dps Proteins: Different Strategies for Iron Storage and Detoxification”. Poster presented at the Gordon conference: Oxygen Radicals, February 3-8, 2008, Ventura Beach Marriott, Ventura, CA

Poster Presentations-prior to 2008:

(16) Joon Cho, Daniel P. Kennedy, Fadi Bou-Abdallah, N. Dennis Chasteen and Roy P. Planalp “Iron Coordination Chemistry of Curcumin” Poster presented at the Boston Regional Inorganic Colloquium (BRIC-14), University of Connecticut, July 28, 2007
(15) Bou-Abdallah, F. “Molecular Characterization and Structure-Activity Relationship of Metal Ion-Protein and Protein-Protein Interactions Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry and Rapid Kinetics, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, 01 June 2006
(14) Bou-Abdallah, F. “Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC): Thermodynamic Characterization of “Metal Ion-Protein” and “Protein-Protein” Interactions”.  Seminar presented at the University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, 07 April 2006, Burlington, VT, USA
(13) Bou-Abdallah, F. “Application of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) to Study Metal Ions Binding to Proteins”. Two seminars presented at the departments of Chemistry at SUNY Potsdam, NY, and St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, USA, 05 April 2005
(12) Bou-Abdallah, F. “East Cost Iron Club meeting (ECIC)”. A round table discussion. 05 November 2004, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
(11) Bou-Abdallah, F. “Unique Iron Binding and Oxidation Properties of Human Mitochondrial Ferritin.  A Comparative Analysis with Human H-Chain ferritin” Seminar presented at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Chemistry and Biochemistry department, 03 November 2004, Dartmouth, MA, USA
(10) Bou-Abdallah, F., Adinolfi, S., Pastore, A., Laue, T. M., and Chasteen, N. D. “The Iron Chemistry of Bacterial Frataxin (CyaY)” Poster and short talk presented at the Gordon Conference "Metals in Medicine", 13-18 June 2004, Colby College, Waterville, ME, USA
(9) Bou-Abdallah, F., Levi, S., Arosio, P., Santambrogio, P., and Chasteen, N. D. “Unusual Iron Oxidation And Hydrolysis Chemistry of Human Mitochondrial Ferritin (MtF)” Poster presented at the Gordon Conference "Metals in Medicine", 13-18 June 2004, Colby College, Waterville, ME, USA

(8) Six posters presented at the “International BioIron Society, World Congress an Iron Metabolism”, 4-9 May 2003, Natcher Building, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA:
a) Bou-Abdallah, F., Woodhall, M. R., Andrews, S. C., and Chasteen, N. D. “Exploring The  Role of The C-Site in E. Coli Bacterial Ferritin (EcFtnA)”
b) Chasteen, N. D., Bou-Abdallah, F., Arosio, P., Levi, S., and Janus-Chandler, C. “Defining The Sites of Zn(II) And Tb(III) Binding And Inhibition of Iron Uptake by Human Ferritins Using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry”
c) Bou-Abdallah, F., Adinolfi, S., Pastore, A., Laue, T. M., and Chasteen, N. D. “The Iron Chemistry of Bacterial Frataxin (CyaY)”
d) Bou-Abdallah, F., Levi, S., Arosio, P., Santambrogio, P., and Chasteen, N. D. “Unusual Iron Oxidation And Hydrolysis Chemistry of Human Mitochondrial Ferritin (MtF)”
e) Chasteen, N. D., Zhao, G., Arosio, P., Levi, S., Janus-Chandler, C., and Bou-Abdallah, F. “A New Pathway For Mineral Core Formation in Mammalian Apoferritin. The Role of Hydrogen Peroxide”
f) Chasteen, N. D., Zhao, G., Arosio, P., Mayne, H. R., and Bou-Abdallah, F. “Origin of The Unusual Stopped-Flow Kinetics Profile of The Peroxodiferric Complex of Human H-Chain Ferritin”

(7) Bou-Abdallah, F., Zhao, G., Arosio, P., Levi, S., Janus-Chandler, C., and Chasteen, N. D. (2003) "A New Pathway For Mineral Core Formation in Mammalian Apoferritin. The Role of H2O2". Paper presented at the “International BioIron Society, World Congress an Iron Metabolism”, 4-9 May 2003, Natcher Building, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
(6) Bou-Abdallah, F., “Application of Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC) to Metal Ions Binding to Proteins”.  Seminar presented at the University of New Hampshire, department of Chemistry, 24 April 2003, Durham, NH, USA
(5) Bou-Abdallah, F., Arosio, P., Santambrogio, P., Yang, X., Janus-Chandler, C., and Chasteen, N. D. "Ferrous Ion Binding to Recombinant Human H-Chain Ferritin. An Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Study". Poster presented at the Gordon Conference "Metals in Medicine", 21-26 July 2002, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, USA.
(4) Bou-Abdallah, F., Yang, X., Arosio, P., and Chasteen, N. D. "Isothermal Titration Calorimetry Measurements of Fe(II) and Zn(II) Binding to Recombinant H-Chain Apoferritins". Poster presented at “The 30th American Chemical Society Northeast Regional Meeting”, 24-27 June 2001, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
(3) Bou-Abdallah, F., El Hage Chahine, J. M., and Chasteen, N. D. "Iron Uptake and Release by Transferrins". Poster presented at the "Inorganic Biochemistry Summer Workshop", 29 July – 9 August 2000, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
(2) Bou-Abdallah, F., and El Hage Chahine, J. M. (1999) "The Mechanism of Iron Release from Lactoferrin". Paper presented at the "Premières rencontres du G.D.R. 1879" 26-29 September 1999, Saint Jorioz, France. (1) El Hage Chahine, J. M., Pakdaman, R., and Bou-Abdallah, F. "The in-vitro Mechanism of Iron Uptake by Transferrins". Poster presented at the "Iron in Medicine and Biology workshop",European Iron-Club, (1998), Utrecht, Holland.