Dr Joanna Sundstrom
Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Joanna Sundstrom is located at The University of Adelaide's Waite campus where she has been based since 2006, initially as a PhD student in the field of plant salinity tolerance and currently as a postdoctoral research fellow. Since 2010, Dr Sundstrom has worked in the Department of Wine and Food Science in the Wine Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology (WMMB) Group, led by Professor Vladimir Jiranek and Associate Professor Paul Grbin.
Dr Sundstrom has worked on a number of projects in the WMMB group that aim to better understand how yeast and bacteria, that are used in the production of wine, are able to tolerate the stressful wine making environment. Information from these research projects helps guide other work within the group to develop new strains of yeast and bacteria useful to the wine industry. Dr Sundstrom also works on an Australian Research Council funded project aimed at investigating how yeast cells communicate with each other during over-crowding and nutrient limitation, with a focus on the impact this has during fermentation.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2010 Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Adelaide 2007 - 2008 Practical demonstrator, Get into Genes University of Adelaide 2007 - 2008 Practical demonstrator, Genes & Inheritance II University of Adelaide 2006 - 2007 Practical demonstrator, Genetics III University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2011 Recognition Dean’s Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence University of Adelaide Australia — -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2006 - 2011 University of Adelaide Australia PhD 2005 - 2005 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Science Honours (Genetics) 2002 - 2004 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Biotechnology -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2019 Essential Project Management Skills University of Adelaide Australia 2016 Communication Science 7020 University of Adelaide Australia 2011 Floor Warden Training Chubb Fire & Security Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Conference Papers
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2017 Bartle, L., Sundstrom, J., Sumby, K., Mitchell, J., & Jiranek, V. (2017). Compatibility of industrial Saccharomyces uvarum and Saccharomyces cerevisiae with Oenococcus oeni during synthetic red juice fermentation.. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Conference on Yeast Genetics and Molecular Biology (ICYGMB). Prague. 2017 Jiang, J., Sumby, K. M., Sundstrom, J., Grbin, P., & Jiranek, V. (2017). Directed evolution of Oenococcus oeni for enhanced malolactic fermentation.. Poster session presented at the meeting of 12th International Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria. Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands. 2016 Jiang, J., Betteridge, A., Sumby, K. M., Sundstrom, J., Grbin, P., & Jiranek, V. (2016). Oenococcus oeni: can we improve its malolactic fermentation performance?. Poster session presented at the meeting of 16th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference. Adelaide. 2016 Tek, E., Sundstrom, J., Gardner, J., Hesketh, A., Oliver, S., & Jiranek, V. (2016). Formation and regulation of wine yeast biofilms (mats) in nitrogen-limiting conditions. Poster session presented at the meeting of 14th International Congress on Yeasts. Awaji Island, Japan. 2016 Tek, E., Hesketh, A., Sundstrom, J., Gardner, J. M., Oliver, S., & Jiranek, V. (2016). Exploring transcriptional profiles for invasive growth of a <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> wine yeast. Poster session presented at the meeting of BioInfoSummer16 – A symposium in bioinformatics. Adelaide, Australia. 2016 Tek, E. T., Sundstrom, J., Gardner, J., Hesketh, A., Oliver, S. G., & Jiranek, V. (2016). Wine Yeast Biofilms and Quorum Sensing. Poster session presented at the meeting of 16th Australian Wine Industry Technical Conference. Adelaide, Australia. 2015 Tek, E., Sundstrom, J., Gardner, J., Oliver, S., & Jiranek, V. (2015). Wine Yeast Biofilms and Quorum Sensing. Poster session presented at the meeting of 32nd International Specialized Symposium on Yeasts. Perugia, Italy. 2014 Tek, E., Gardner, J., Sundstrom, J., Oliver, S., & Jiranek, V. (2014). Wine Yeast Biofilms and Quorum Sensing. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 6th Australasian Conference on Yeast: Products and Discovery. Adelaide, Australia. 2013 Sundstrom, J. F., Gardner, J., Sumby, K., Oliver, S., & Jiranek, V. (2013). Investigating the effect of quorum signalling molecules on wine yeast strains and their impact on alcoholic fermentation. Poster session presented at the meeting of http://www.ayeastgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/YPD2013-proceedings.pdf. Massey University, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand. 2013 Tek, E., Sundstrom, J., & Jiranek, V. (2013). Halved gene dosage: The impact on alcoholic fermentation. Poster session presented at the meeting of Yeast: Products, Discovery. Auckland, New Zealand. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2017 Walker, M., Sumby, K. M., Gardner, J., Sundstrom, J., Watson, T., Grbin, P., & Jiranek, V. (2017). Fit-for-Purpose Yeast and Bacteria via Directed Evolution. -
Theses
Year Citation 2011 Sundstrom, J. F. (2011). Role and control of HKT in Oryza sativa & Arabidopsis thaliana. (PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide). -
Software
Year Citation — Tam, A., Green, E., Balasuriya, S., Tek, E. L., Gardner, J., Sundstrom, J., . . . Binder, B. (n.d.). Code and Data [Computer Software].
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2020 Co-Supervisor Defining and Exploiting the Indigenous Microflora of Grapes Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Natalia Soledad Caliani -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Identification and Understanding of Saccharomyces and Oenococcus Interactions in Wine Fermentation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Louise Joyce Bartle 2014 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Phenotypic Investigation of Biofilm Formation and Transcriptional Analysis of Invasive Growth of Commercial Wine Saccharomyces cerevisiae Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ee Lin Tek 2013 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Use of Directed Evolution to Generate Multiple-stress Tolerant Oenococcus oeni for Enhanced Malolactic Fermentation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Jiao Jiang -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2018 - 2019 Other Profession Practice in Applied Biology Placement University of Adelaide Bachelor of Applied Biology Other Part Time Robyn Stevenson 2018 - 2019 Co-Supervisor A Special Drop - Characterising Yeast from Traditional Indigenous Australian Fermentation University of Adelaide — Honours Full Time Lucien Alperstein 2017 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Characterisation and Identification of Yeasts Isolated from the Native Environment of Eucalyptus gunnii University of Adelaide Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology with Honours Honours Full Time Jemma McGilton 2013 - 2013 Co-Supervisor Halved Gene Dosage: The Impact on Alcoholic Fermentation University of Adelaide Bachelor of Science with Honours Honours Full Time Ee Lin Tek
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2008 - 2008 Representative School of Agriculture, Food & Wine Postgraduate Committee University of Adelaide — 2007 - 2008 Member Agricultural Postgraduate Students Society (AgPOGS) University of Adelaide Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2013 - ongoing Member Australasian Yeast Group — 2007 - 2014 Member Australian Society of Plant Scientists Australia
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