Dr Joëlle Coumans-Moens
Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Science and Technology
Lecturer (PBL tutor year 1), School of Rural Medicine
Qualifications
BAppSc, MSc (UCL), PhD (USyd)
Contact
| Email: | jmoensco@une.edu.au |
| Room: | McClymont Building (W34) 301 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2942 (or +61 2 6773 2942 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3267 |
My interest for research began during my Bachelor in clinical laboratory and developed during my Master in biomedical technology (1991) at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium). During that time, I was introduced to the important function carried by proteins in the Alzheimer disease. My interest for protein analysis further developed during my PhD at the University of Sydney (1998) where my supervisor, Professor Cris dos Remedios and co-supervisor Dr Ian Humphery-Smith introduced me to the challenging and amazing world of proteome analysis in muscle tissues. In 1998, to deepen my knowledge in proteomics, I took a postdoctoral position in the institute of biochemistry and cellular genetic in Bordeaux (France), where I studied the proteomic changes associated with yeast fermentation. In 2001, I continued my research career at the University of Hawaii, learning molecular biology techniques. I joined UNE in 2004, and established proteome analysis in the laboratory of Dr Lily Pereg.
Research interests
I have a continued interest in the understanding of the proteome changes associated with biological process, how it differs in various cells and how it's altered in disease states.
Currently, my research focuses on the understanding of a compatible plant-pathogen interaction with the aim to establish control measures for the black root rot disease in cotton.
Teaching
Human biology
Proteomics
Selected publications
J.V.F. Coumans, A. Poljak, M. J. Raftery, D. Backhouse and L. Pereg-Gerk, Analysis of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) root proteomes during a compatible interaction with the black root rot fungus Thielaviopsis basicola, Proteomics, 9, pp. 335-349, 2009.
J.V.F. Coumans and C.G. dos Remedios, Actin-binding proteins in mouse C2 myoblasts and myotubes: A combination of affinity chromatography and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 19, pp. 826-833, 1998.
J.V.F. Coumans, I. Humphery-Smith and C.G. dos Remedios, 2-D Gel Electrophoresis of Actin-Binding Proteins Isolated by Affinity Chromatography from Human Skeletal Muscle, Electrophoresis, 18, pp. 1079-1085, 1997.
J.V.F. Coumans, T. Yeoh, R. Seeto, A. Keogh, V. Chang, P. Gunning, E. Hardeman and C. G. dos Remedios, Variations in the relative mRNA levels of actins and myosin heavy chains do not produce corresponding differences in their proteins in the adult human heart, J. Mol. Cel. Cardiol., 29, pp. 895-905, 1997.
C. G. dos Remedios, D. A. Berry, J. V. F. Coumans, M. Y. Heinke, P. C. Kiessling, R. K. Seeto, T. Thorvaldson, T. Trahair, T. Yeoh, M. Yao, P. W. Gunning, E. Hardeman, I. Humphery-Smith, D. Naidoo and A. Keogh, Different Electrophoretic Techniques Produce Conflicting Data in the Analysis of Myocardial Samples from Dilated Cardiomyopathy Patients - Protein Levels Do Not Necessarily Reflect mRNA Levels, Electrophoresis, 17, pp. 235-238, 1996.