Joanne graduated from the University of Abertay, Dundee (Scotland) with a BSc (Hons) in Animal and Plant Cell Biotechnology. She worked in a commercial sequencing and genotyping lab before moving into research at the University of Edinburgh where she used her molecular biology skills in the fields of developmental biology, DNA repair, and neuroscience.
Joining Professor Gemmell’s group in April 2009, Joanne is the Manager of the Genetic Analysis Service at Otago University, responsible for the processing of samples for Sanger sequencing and genotyping using the ABI 3730xl DNA Analyzer.
Joanne also manages the Gemmell lab space and provides technical support to other members of the research group as well as external collaborators. Some of the key projects that she has been involved in are; the development of a Real-Time PCR assay to detect the marine bioinvasive, Styela clava, in the coastal waters of New Zealand (with the Cawthron Institute), investigation into the impact of age on male fertility (with Dr Sheri Johnson), the NZ-wide collaborative Envirolink project, “Stocking Aotearoa New Zealand’s molecular library for eDNA monitoring”, and the description of a new species of sunfish, Mola tecta (in association with researchers from the University of Western Australia and Te Papa in Wellington).
Contact Details
Telephone: +64 (03)556 5320
Email: joanne.gillum@otago.ac.nz
Publications
M. Nyegaard, E. Sawai, N. Gemmell, J. Gillum, N. R. Loneragan, Y. Yamanoue, A. L. Stewart (2018). Hiding in broad daylight: molecular and morphological data reveal a new ocean sunfish species (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) that has eluded recognition, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 182, Issue 3, Pages 631–658, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx040
S. L. Johnson, S. Zellhuber-McMillan, J. Gillum, J. Dunleavy, J. P. Evans, S. Nakagawa, N. J. Gemmell (2018) .Evidence that fertility trades off with early offspring fitness as males age. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285: 20172174.DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.217
Gillum, J. E. ; Jimenez, L. ; White, D. J. ; Goldstien, S. J. ; Gemmell, N. J. (2014) Development and application of a quantitative real-time PCR assay for the globally invasive tunicate Styela clava. Management of Biological Invasions, Vol.5 No.2 pp.133-142 ref.28. DOI : 10.3391/mbi.2014.5.2.06
J. H. Fowler, J. Gillum, C. Smith, K. Horsburgh (2008). P2-229: The effect of in vivo focal cerebral ischemia on amyloid precursor protein processing and amyloid deposition in mutant APP (J9a) mice. Alzheimer’s and Dementia, 4(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2008.05.1304
J. Gillum, F. Darakhshan,K. Robertson,Y. Bisset, M. Mekky, J. L. Rees, V. Doherty, G. Kavanagh, N. Anderson, H. Campbell, R. M. MacKie, D. W. Melton (2007). DNA repair gene polymorphisms and genetic predisposition to cutaneous melanoma, Carcinogenesis 28(5):1087-93. DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgl257
C. Paul, J. Gillum, N. J. Lawrence, J. Selfridge, D. W. Melton, P. T. K. Saunders (2007). Deletion of Genes Implicated in Protecting the Integrity of Male Germ Cells Has Differential Effects on the Incidence of DNA Breaks and Germ Cell Loss. PLoS ONE 2(10):e989. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0000989