Mechanistic Insights Into Dietary Bioactives (Poster Theater Flash Session 8)

Chair(s)

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  Shirin Hooshmand, PhD, RD

  Professor
  School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences
  San Diego State University
  San Diego, California, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Co-Chair(s)

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  Sarah Johnson, PhD, RDN, FASN

  Associate Professor
  Florida State University
  Tallahassee, Florida, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Presenting Author(s)

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  Yujiao Zu, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Research Assistant Professor
  Texas Tech University
  LUBBOCK, Texas, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Rami Najjar, PhD

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Emory University
  Canton, Georgia, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Isabelle Yang, MSc.

  Graduate Assistant
  University of Arkansas
  Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Tatum Walker (she/her/hers)

  Undergraduate Research Assistant
  Texas Tech University
  Lubbock, Texas, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Jessica Danh, PhD, RD (she/her/hers)

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Emory University
  Atlanta, Georgia, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Xiaobo Liu, PhD

  Post Doctorate Research Associate
  Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
  Lubbock, Texas, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Poster Theater Flash Sessions will feature flash talks followed by discussion time by a poster board. Each speaker will have up to 4 minutes (and up to 3 slides) to highlight major findings and other noteworthy or interesting details. After the flash talks, presenters will stand by their poster for dialogue with NUTRITION 2026 attendees. Complete abstract text for each abstract which will be presented at NUTRITION 2026 will be available on July 24.

Presentations:

• 12:30 PM - 12:34 PM ET

  Prebiotic Chitosan Nanoparticles Enhance Tart Cherry Anthocyanin Delivery and Attenuate Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice
  

  Presenting Author: Yujiao Zu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Ashti Morovati, Phd – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Tatum E. Walker (she/her/hers) – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Shane Scoggin, BS – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Naima Moustaid-Moussa, PhD, DFASN, FTOS, FAHA, FNAI – Texas Tech University & Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
• 12:34 PM - 12:38 PM ET

  A Plant-Based Diet Attenuates Hypertension-Induced Renal Dysfunction and Hepatic Injury in Female Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats
  

  Presenting Author: Rami S. Najjar, PhD – Emory University

  Co-Author: Zachery R. Jarrell, PhD – Emory University

  Co-Author: Gahyun Lim – Emory University

  Co-Author: Young-Mi Go, PhD – Emory University

  Co-Author: Thomas R. Ziegler, MD – Emory University

  Co-Author: Richard D. Wainford – Emory University

  Co-Author: Andrew T. Gewirtz, PhD – Georgia State University
• 12:38 PM - 12:42 AM ET

  Impact of In Vitro Digestion on Garlic Scape Bioactive Compounds and Antioxidant Activity
  

  Presenting Author: Isabelle Yang, MSc. – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Oluwatobi Amusat, MSc. – University of Arkansas

  Co-Author: Hye Won Kang, Ph.D. – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

  Co-Author: Sun-Ok Lee, PhD – University of Arkansas
• 12:42 PM - 12:46 PM ET

  Alginate Hydrogel Encapsulation Improves Gastrointestinal Retention and Colon Delivery of Tart Cherry Anthocyanins Nanoparticles
  

  Presenting Author: Tatum E. Walker (she/her/hers) – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Ashti Morovati, Phd – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Shane Scoggin, BS – Texas Tech University

  Co-Author: Naima Moustaid-Moussa, PhD, DFASN, FTOS, FAHA, FNAI – Texas Tech University & Texas Tech Health Sciences Center

  Co-Author: Yujiao Zu, PhD (she/her/hers) – Texas Tech University
• 12:46 PM - 12:50 PM ET

  Temporal Antioxidant Enzyme Alterations in the Distal Colon During Angiotensin II-Induced Hypertension: Modulation by a Mixed-Berry Diet
  

  Presenting Author: Jessica P. Danh, PhD, RD (she/her/hers) – Emory University

  Co-Author: Rafaela G. Feresin, PhD (she/her/hers) – Georgia State University
• 12:50 PM - 12:54 PM ET

  Dietary Açaí Selectively Restores Gut Barrier, Redox Homeostasis, and Microbial Composition Independent of Glycemic Improvement in a Diabetic Neuropathy Model
  

  Presenting Author: Xiaobo Liu, PhD – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  Co-Author: Patrick Q. Pham – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  Co-Author: Moamen M. Elmassry, PhD – Princeton University

  Co-Author: Stacy Cos – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  Co-Author: João Pedro Tôrres Guimarães – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  Co-Author: Rachel L. Babcock – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  Co-Author: Jannette Dufour, PhD – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

  Co-Author: Chwan-Li Shen, PhD – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center