A/Prof. Estelle Sontag

Biography

After obtaining her PhD in Neuroscience in 1992 from the University Louis-Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, Dr. Estelle Sontag undertook postdoctoral training and was promoted in 2003 to the rank of Associate Professor of Pathology at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, a top-ranked Medical school in the USA. Since 2009, she is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Health, School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. Dr. Sontag is internationally recognized in the field of protein phosphatase 2A and its role in cell transformation and Alzheimer’s disease. Her research has been funded by the NIH in the USA and the NHMRC in Australia. She has published >35 papers in top-ranked journals and is regularly invited as speaker at international meetings. She is also a member of international journal editorial and grant reviewing boards.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy, Louis Pasteur University - Strasbourg, 1992

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Research

Research keywords

• Alzheimer's disease
• Cell adhesion
• Cell transformation
• Folate metabolism
• PP2A
• Signal transduction

Research expertise

• Biochemist and molecular and cell biologist with 20 years expertise in the field of protein phosphatase 2A and its role in signal transduction, cell transformation and Alzheimer’s disease.
• Continuous research funding by the NIH in the USA and the NHMRC in Australia.
• Has published 37 papers in top-ranked journals

Collaboration

Current collaborators:

• Teodoro Bottiglieri, Professor of biomedical studies at Baylor University, and Senior research scientist at the Baylor University Medical Center Institute of Metabolic Disease in Dallas, Texas, USA
• Dr. Russel Nichols, Columbia University, NY, USA
• Dr. Sarah Commerford, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
• Dr. Charles L White III, UT Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA
• Prof. Shelley Halpain, University of California San Diego, CA, USA
• A/Prof Egon Ogris, University of Vienna, Austria
• Dr. Liz Milward, University of Newcastle, Australia

Languages

• English
• French

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
110900	Neurosciences	50
060199	Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified	35
060699	Physiology Not Elsewhere Classified	15

Centres and Groups

Centre

• Hunter Medical Research Institute
• PRC - Priority Research Centre for Bioinformatics, Biomarker Discovery and Information-Based Medicine
• PRC - Priority Research Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health (CTNMH)

Group

• Hunter Medical Research Institute - Information Based Medicine Program

Memberships

Committee/Associations (relevant to research).

• Member - American Society for Cell Biology
• Member - Society for Microbiology
• Member - Australian Neuroscience Society
• Member - Society for Neuroscience

Editorial Board.

• Member - Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

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Administrative

Administrative expertise

School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy Executive Committee

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Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Biochemistry
• Cell biology
• Medical biochemistry
• Neuroscience

Teaching expertise

MEDI1012 Introduction to Medical Science - Lecturer

MEDI1015 Medical Science 1 - Lecturer

MEDI2012 Medical Science 2 - Lecturer

MEDI2014 Medical Science 3 - Lecturer

MEDI3017 Chronic Diseases and Sub-Speciality Clinical Practice 1- Lecturer

MEDI3018 Chronic Diseases and Sub-Speciality Clinical Practice 2- Lecturer

PHAR6123 Human Genomics and Biomolecular Analysis for Pharmacy -Lecturer and Tutor

HUBS2209 Human Molecular Science -Course coordinator and lecturer

HUBS2207 Human Metabolic and Nutritional Biochemistry- Lecturer and tutor

HUBS3403 Neuroscience- Lecturer

HUBS3409 Projects in Biomedical Science- Review of literature projects

Teaching interests

• Endocrine and nervous systems
• Signal transduction
• Cell Biology

Programs

• Medical Science 3