Curriculum vitae - Denis R. Joanisse
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Current position - Poste courant
Professeur associé (adjunct professor), Laval University. Studies on muscle metabolism in obesity, diabetes, and hypertension.

Professeur associé, Université Laval. Nos travaux portent sur le métabolisme musculaire et les effets de l'obésité, le diabète et l'hypertension.

Division of Kinesiology
0223 PEPS
Laval University
Sainte-Foy, Québec G1K 7P4
Canada
Tel: (418) 656-7874
Fax: (418) 656-2441

Education - Éducation

Ph.D. Biology. Metabolism during overwintering in two species of cold-hardy goldenrod gall insects. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. June 1995.
B.Sc. (Honours) Biochemistry. Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. 1989.

Awards and Scholarships - Prix et Bourses
 
  • 1996-98 NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellowship
  • 1994-95 Ontario Graduate Scholarship
  • 1992 NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship (PGS 4)
  • 1991 NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship (PGS 3)
  • 1989 Dean's Honour List, Carleton University

Publications:


Refereed publications:

  1. Imbeault, P., A. Tremblay, J.-A. Simoneau and Denis R. Joanisse. Increase in plasma pollutant levels in response to weight loss is associated with a reduction in markers of the oxidative capacity in human skeletal muscle. Am. J. Physiol., in press.
  2. Sun, G., O. Ukkola, T. Rankinen, D. R. Joanisse, and C. Bouchard. Skeletal muscle characteristics predict body fat gain following overfeeding in never-obese young men. Metabolism, in press.
  3. Larson-Meyer, D.E., B.R. Newcomer, G.R. Hunter, D.R. Joanisse, R.L. Weinsier, and M.M. Bamman. Relation between in-vivo and in-vitro measurements of skeletal muscle oxidative metabolism. Muscle & Nerve, in press.
  4. Malenfant, P., D.R. Joanisse, R. Thériault, B.H. Goodpaster, D.E. Kelley, and J-A. Simoneau (2001). Fat content in individual muscle fibers of lean and obese subjects. Int. J. Obes., 25:1316-1321.
  5. Malenfant, P., A. Tremblay, É. Doucet, P. Imbeault, J.-A. Simoneau and D.R. Joanisse (2001). Elevated intramyocellular lipid concentration in obese subjects is not reduced after diet and exercise training. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 280:E632-E639.
  6. St-Onge, J, D.R. Joanisse, and J.-A. Simoneau (2001). The stimulation-induced increase in skeletal muscle glycogen synthase content is impaired in carriers of the glycogen synthase XbaI gene polymorphism. Diabetes, 50:195-198.
  7. Joanisse, D.R., S. Michaud, Y. Inaguma, and R.M. Tanguay (1999). The small heat shock proteins of Drosophila: Developmental expression and functions. J. Biosciences 23:369-376.
  8. Joanisse, D.R., Y. Inaguma, and R.M. Tanguay (1998). Cloning and developmental expression of a nuclear ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (DmUbc9) that interacts with small heat shock proteins in Drosophila melanogaster. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 244:102-109.
  9. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1998) Oxidative stress and antioxidants in stress and recovery of cold-hardy insects. Insect Biochem. Mol. Biol. 28:23-30.
  10. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1996) Oxidative damage and antioxidants in Rana sylvatica, the freeze tolerant wood frog. Am. J. Physiol. 271 (Regulatory Integrative Comp. Physiol. 40): R545-R553.
  11. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1996) Oxidative stress and antioxidants in overwintering larvae of cold-hardy goldenrod gall insects. J. Exp. Biol. 199:1483-1491.
  12. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1996) Fatty acid content and enzymes of fatty acid metabolism in overwintering cold-hardy gall insects. Physiol. Zool. 69:1079-1095.
  13. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1995) Temperature acclimation and seasonal responses by enzymes in cold-hardy gall insects. Arch. Insect Biochem. Biophys. 28:339-349.
  14. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1994) Enzyme activity profiles in an overwintering population of freeze avoiding gall moth larvae, Epiblema scudderiana. Can. J. Zool., 72:1079-1086.
  15. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1994) Enzyme activity profiles in an overwintering population of freeze tolerant larvae of the gall fly, Eurosta solidaginis. J. Comp. Physiol. B 164:247-255.
  16. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1994) Mitochondrial enzymes during overwintering in two species of cold hardy gall insects. Insect Biochem. Molec. Biol. 24(2):145-150.
  17. Storey, K.B., T.A. Churchill, and D.R. Joanisse (1993) Freeze tolerance in hermit flower beetle (Osmoderma eremicola) larvae. J. Insect Physiol. 39(9):737-742.

Reviews and Book Chapters

  1. Tanguay, R.M., D.R. Joanisse, Y. Inaguma, and S. Michaud (1999) Small heat shock proteins: in search of functions in vivo. In: Environmental Stress and Gene Regulation. K.B. Storey, ed. Bios Publishing, pp. 125-138.
  2. Michaud, S., D.R. Joanisse, and R.M. Tanguay (1997). The small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) of Drosophila melanogaster. In: Guidebook to molecular chaperones and protein folding catalysis. M.J. Gething, ed. Oxford University Press. p. 280-283.

Communications Presented at Scientific Meetings

  1. Joanisse, D.R., J. St-Onge, S. J. Weisnagel, J. Doré, and A. Marette (2001) Relationships between intramyocellular lipids, muscle fiber irrigated by capillaries, and the potential for aerobic metabolism in skeletal muscle of women. NAASO 2001, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 7-11.
  2. Sun, G., O. Ukkola, T. Rankinen, D.R. Joanisse, and C. Bouchard (2001) Skeletal muscle characteristics predict body fat gain following overfeeding in never-obese young men. NAASO 2001, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 7-11.
  3. Bossé, Y., E. Couillard de Lespinay, S. Gagnon, M. R. Boulay, J. Gagnon, L. Pérusse and D. R. Joanisse (2001) Le métabolisme énergétique du muscle squelettique n'est pas un facteur limitatif du phénotype de la performance aérobie chez les rats sédentaires. Journée de la recherche de le Faculté de médecine de l'Université Laval. Québec, June 4.
  4. Couillard de Lespinay, E., Y. Bossé, S. Gagnon, M. R. Boulay, J. Gagnon, L. Pérusse and D. R. Joanisse (2001) Le contenu en glycogène musculaire est associé à la performance en endurance aérobie chez deux souches de rats. Journée de la recherche de le Faculté de médecine de l'Université Laval. Québec, June 4.
  5. Rhéaume, C., P.H. Waib, D.R. Joanisse, J.-A. Simoneau, A. Nadeau, P. Waib, Y. Lacourcière, and J. Cléroux (2001) Effects of intense and prolonged exercise on glycogen metabolism, insulin sensitivity and regional blood flow in hypertensive patients. International 16th Puijo Symposium, June 26-29, Kuopio, Finland.
  6. Joanisse, D.R., J. St-Onge, A.-M. Bricault, O. Gavrilova, and M.L. Reitman (2000) Skeletal muscle metabolic profile in white adipose tissue-lacking A-ZIP/F-1 mice. NAASO 2000, Long Beach, California, Oct. 29-Nov. 2.
  7. Chagnon, Y.C., M. Larose, A. Marette, and D.R. Joanisse (2000) Gene expression analysis in skeletal muscle between obese and normal weight women using micro-array. NAASO 2000, Long Beach, California, Oct. 29-Nov. 2.
  8. Williams, K.V., J.C. Price, D.R. Joanisse, and D.E. Kelley (2000) Positron emission tomography (PET) of skeletal muscle insulin resistance (SM IR) in Type 2 DM: detrminants of variance. American Diabetes Association 60th Scientific Sessions, San Antonio, Texas, June 9-13.
  9. Rhéaume, C., D.R. Joanisse, J.-A. Simoneau, A. Nadeau, P. Waib, Y. Lacourcière, and J. Cléroux (2000) Insulin sensitivity, calf blood flow and glycogen metabolism after exhausting exercise in hypertension. Tenth European Meeting on Hypertension. Göteborg, Sweden, May 29-June 3.
  10. Joanisse, D.R. (2000) Perturbations du métabolisme des lipides dans le muscle squelettique des obèses. Journé de la recherche de le Faculté de médecine de l'Université Laval. Québec, May 30.
  11. Rhéaume, C., D.R. Joanisse, J.-A. Simoneau, A. Nadeau, P. Waib, Y. Lacourcière, and J. Cléroux (2000) Sensibilité à l'insuline, débit sanguin au mollet, utilisation du glycogène musculaire après un exercice prolongé chez des sujets hypertendus. 8e Réunion Scientifique Annuelle de La Société Québécoise d'Hypertension Artérielle, January 13-15. médecine/sciences Suppl. 1, 16:21.
  12. Joanisse, D.R., C.H. Warden, D.E. Kelley, A. Tremblay, and J.-A. Simoneau (1999) UCP3 protein content in skeletal muscle of normal weight control, endurance-trained, obese, and obese-diabetic men. CSEP '99 (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology), Toronto, Ontario, Oct. 13-16.
  13. Tanguay, R.M., D.R. Joanisse, Y. Inaguma, and G. Morrow (1998) Interaction of small heat shock proteins with a ubiquitin conjugating enzyme, Ubc9. Molecular Cell Biology of the Heat Shock Response, Frankfurt, Oct. 15-18.
  14. Joanisse, D.R., Y. Inaguma, and R.M. Tanguay (1998) A nuclear ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (DmUbc9) interacts with small heat shock proteins in Drosophila melanogaster. Molecular Chaperones and the Heat Shock Response, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York. May 6-10.
  15. Joanisse, D.R., Y. Inaguma, and R.M. Tanguay (1998) Interaction netre les petites protéines de choc thermique de Drosophila melanogaster et une protéine impliquée dans la protéolyse, UBC9. 66e Congrès de l'ACFAS, Université Laval, Québec. May 11-15.
  16. Joanisse, D.R., Y. Inaguma, and R.M. Tanguay (1998) Cloning and developmental expression of a nuclear ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (DmUbc9) that interacts with small heat shock proteins in Drosophila melanogaster. The Wilhelm Bernhard Workshop, 15th International Workshop on the Cell Nucleus, Manoir du Lac Delage, Québec. Feb. 12-17.
  17. Tanguay, R.M., S. Michaud, D.R. Joanisse, and Y. Inaguma, Y. (1997) Small heat shock proteins: In search of functions during development. 5th Meeting of the International Federation Teratology Soc., Sydney, Australia. Nov. 16-19.
  18. Tanguay, R.M., S. Michaud, D.R. Joanisse, and Y. Inaguma, Y. (1997) The small Hsps: Developmental expression and functions. Molecular Biology of Stress Response, Varnasi, India. Oct. 14-17.
  19. Joanisse, D.R., Y. Inaguma, and R.M. Tanguay (1997) A proteolytic system protein interacts with small heat shock proteins. Northeast Regional Heat Shock Meeting, Manoir du Lac Delage, Québec. June 17.
  20. Joanisse, D.R., Y. Inaguma, and R.M. Tanguay (1996) In search of intracellular partners for the small heat shock proteins of Drosophila . 2nd Northeast Regional Heat Shock Meeting, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario. August 19.
  21. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1994) Antioxidant systems and oxidative damage during freezing and thawing in the freeze tolerant frog Rana sylvatica. Presented at the 37th meeting of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies.
  22. Joanisse, D.R., T.A. Churchill, and K.B. Storey (1992) Freeze tolerance in Osmoderma eremicola. Presented at the 29th meeting of the Society for Cryobiology. Cryobiology 29(6):752.
  23. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1991) Enzyme activity profile during overwintering in two cold hardy gall insects. Presented at the 34th meeting of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies.
  24. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1990) Winter profile of enzymatic activities in freeze tolerant and freeze avoiding gall insects. Presented at the 27th meeting of the Society for Cryobiology. Cryobiology 27(6):672.

Other publications or presentations

  1. Joanisse, D.R. (1999) Effets de l'obésité, du diabète et de l'entraînement à l'exercice sur le contenu du muscle en UCP3. Les Séminaires du CREME, Université Laval, 20 mai. Joanisse, D.R., and Y. Inaguma (1996) Searching for function: Small heat shock proteins and the two-hybrid system. La Journée Post-Doctorale, Pav. C-E. Marchand, Université Laval.
  2. Joanisse, D.R. (1996) Animal cold-hardiness: Meeting the challenge of winter. Invited lecture, Institute of Human Technology, Tsukuba, Japan.
  3. Joanisse, D.R. (1995) Frozen and alive: Nature's surprising answer to the cold. La Journée Post-Doctorale, Pav. C-E. Marchand, Université Laval.
  4. Joanisse, D.R. (1995) Insects, the cold, and biochemistry. Carleton University, Biological Eclectic Chat series.
  5. Joanisse, D.R. (1995) How do insects survive the winter cold? Carleton University Science News 11.
  6. Joanisse, D.R. (1994) Out Cold: Cold-Hardiness in Insects. Winning poster (2nd place) presented in the Science Faculty Graduate Student Poster Competition, Carleton University.
  7. Joanisse, D.R., and K.B. Storey (1993) Freezing frogs and oxygen damage. Poster presented in the Science Faculty Graduate Student Poster Competition, Carleton University.
  8. Joanisse, D.R. (1992) Osmoderma eremicola as an example of freeze tolerance in insects. Carleton University, Biological Eclectic Chat series.

Interviews and appearances

  1. Les Débrouillards (1994 season). Québec young viewers program, interviewed on freezing frogs and cryopreservation.
  2. OMNI SCIENCE (1992-93 season), Radio-Québec science television program, interviewed on freezing tolerance and organ cryopreservation.

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