Researcher biography
Dr Zoe West is a Research Fellow at The University of Queensland's Frazer Institute, within the Queensland Centre for Gynaecological Cancer Research group. Her research focuses on vulvar cancer, with the goal of improving treatment outcomes and expanding therapeutic options through more personalised approaches to care. Her work integrates multi-omics and translational research to better understand the biological drivers of vulvar cancer and support the development of improved patient-centred treatments.
Journal Articles
Baxter, Eva, Nair, Soumyalekshmi, West, Zoe, Salomon, Carlos and Obermair, Andreas (2025). Extracellular vesicles as biomarkers for endometrial cancer – a systematic review. Translational Oncology, 62 102543, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2025.102543
Davie, Stacey, Obermair, Andreas and West, Zoe Elizabeth (2025). Patterns of care for vulval cancer treatment: the Queensland experience. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, 35 (7) 101956, 101956-101956. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgc.2025.101956
Kanatani, Shigeaki, Kreutzmann, Judith C., Li, Yue, West, Zoe, Larsen, Lea Lydolph, Nikou, Danai Vougesi, Eidhof, Ilse, Walton, Abigail, Zhang, Songbai, Rodríguez-Kirby, Leslie Rubio, Skytte, Jacob Lercke, Salinas, Casper Gravesen, Takamatsu, Kimiharu, Li, Xiaofei, Tanaka, Daisuke H., Kaczynska, Dagmara, Fukumoto, Keishiro, Karamzadeh, Razieh, Xiang, Yujiao, Uesaka, Naofumi, Tanabe, Tsutomu, Adner, Mikael, Hartman, Johan, Miyakawa, Ayako, Sundström, Erik, Castelo-Branco, Gonçalo, Roostalu, Urmas, Hecksher-Sørensen, Jacob and Uhlén, Per (2024). Whole-brain spatial transcriptional analysis at cellular resolution. Science, 386 (6724), 907-915. doi: 10.1126/science.adn9947
Fukumoto, Keishiro, Kanatani, Shigeaki, Jaremko, Georg, West, Zoe, Li, Yue, Takamatsu, Kimiharu, Al Rayyes, Ibrahim, Mikami, Shuji, Niwa, Naoya, Axelsson, Tomas Andri, Tanaka, Nobuyuki, Oya, Mototsugu, Miyakawa, Ayako, Brehmer, Marianne and Uhlén, Per (2024). Three-dimensional imaging of upper tract urothelial carcinoma improves diagnostic yield and accuracy. JCI Insight, 9 (14) e175751. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.175751
Smedler, Erik, Louhivuori, Lauri, Romanov, Roman A., Masini, Débora, Dehnisch Ellström, Ivar, Wang, Chungliang, Caramia, Martino, West, Zoe, Zhang, Songbai, Rebellato, Paola, Malmersjö, Seth, Brusini, Irene, Kanatani, Shigeaki, Fisone, Gilberto, Harkany, Tibor and Uhlén, Per (2022). Disrupted
Cacna1c
gene expression perturbs spontaneous Ca
2+
activity causing abnormal brain development and increased anxiety. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (7) e2108768119. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2108768119
West, Zoe Elizabeth, Aitcheson, Savannah Margaret, Semmler, Annalese Barbara Trudy and Murray, Rachael Zoe (2021). The trans-SNARE complex VAMP4/Stx6/Stx7/Vti1b is a key regulator of Golgi to late endosome MT1-MMP transport in macrophages. Traffic, 22 (11), 368-376. doi: 10.1111/tra.12813
Murray, Rachael Zoe, West, Zoe Elizabeth, Cowin, Allison June and Farrugia, Brooke Louise (2019). Development and use of biomaterials as wound healing therapies. Burns & Trauma, 7, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s41038-018-0139-7
Röhl, Joan, West, Zoe E., Rudolph, Maren, Zaharia, Andreea, Van Lonkhuyzen, Derek, Hickey, Danica K., Semmler, Annalese B. T. and Murray, Rachael Z. (2019). Invasion by activated macrophages requires delivery of nascent membrane-type-1 matrix metalloproteinase through late endosomes/lysosomes to the cell surface. Traffic, 20 (9) tra.12675, 661-673. doi: 10.1111/tra.12675
Sahin, K. B., Hesketh, M., West, Z. E. and Murray, R. Z. (2017). Altered macrophage phenotypes impair wound healing. Wound Practice and Research, 25 (4), 166-171.
Hesketh, Mark, Sahin, Katherine B., West, Zoe E. and Murray, Rachael Z. (2017). Macrophage phenotypes regulate scar formation and chronic wound healing. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 18 (7) 1545, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/ijms18071545
Conference Papers
Donovan, Meg L., Sadeghirad, Habib, Berrell, Naomi, Monkman, James, Naei, Vahid Yaghoubi, Tan, Chin Wee, Yunis, Joseph, West, Zoe, Warkiani, Majid E., Ladwa, Rahul, Hughes, Brett G., Da Gama Duarte, Jessica and Kulasinghe, Arutha (2025). 2D and 3D spatial characterisation of tertiary lymphoid structures in head and neck cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint blockade therapy. AACR Annual Meeting 2025, Chicago, IL United States, 25-30 April 2025. Philadelphia, PA United States: American Association for Cancer Research. doi: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2025-5252
Obermair, Andreas, West, Zoe, Baxter, Eva, Condous, George, Hacker, Neville, Lord, Sally, Mccarthy, Sandie, Janda, Monika, Tuffaha, Haitham, Hayes, Sandi, Disipio, Tracey, Mellon, Anne, Gebski, Val, Mcnally, Orla and Martin, Andrew (2024). EV430/#358 Benefit-harm trade-off for groin node dissection versus groin ultrasound monitoring to reduce the risk of surgery-related morbidity in vulvar cancer – a decision-tree analysis. IGCS 2024 Annual Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 16-18 October 2024. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Group. doi: 10.1136/ijgc-2024-igcs.551