Rate My Professor Joelle Coumans-Moens

Coumans-Moens maintains a strong research focus on expression proteomics, which involves studying the regulation of protein expression in response to cell activity, external stimuli, and diseases. Her research interests also include cell biology, mycology, cancer research with emphasis on profilin and cofilin in cancer aggressiveness, rurality, ageing, and innovation in teaching and learning. Key publications encompass 'Cofilin and profilin: partners in cancer aggressiveness' (2018), 'Proteomic and Microscopic Strategies towards the Analysis of the Cytoskeletal Networks in Major Neuropsychiatric Disorders' (2016), 'Profilin-1 Overexpression in MDA-MB-231 Breast Cancer Cells Is Associated with Alterations in Proteomics Biomarkers of Cell Proliferation, Survival, and Motility as Revealed by Global Proteomics Analyses' (2014), 'Cellular Responses during Morphological Transformation in Azospirillum brasilense and Its flcA Knockout Mutant' (2014), and 'Plant-extract-induced changes in the proteome of the soil-borne pathogenic fungus Thielaviopsis basicola' (2010). Her work has accumulated over 520 citations according to Google Scholar. She is a member of the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO), associate editor for the Journal of Integrated OMICS, reviewer for several proteomics journals, secretary of the International Workshop on Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Microscopy in Biological and Biomedical Research (2004, 2006, 2009, 2012), and was on the organizing committee of the Minds Matter Conference (2013). Consultancy areas include protein dynamics and proteome analysis by electrophoresis and mass spectrometry.