Dr Arthur Morley-Bunker

2026

Journal - Research Article

Morley-Bunker, A., Turner, G., Beardsley, B., Morrin, H., Pearson, J., Walker, L. C., & Currie, M. (2026). Detection of human cytomegalovirus lncRNA4.9 in breast tumor tissue using RNA in situ hybridization. Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1369/00221554261474562

2025

Journal - Research Article

Davidson, A., Morley-Bunker, A., Wiggins, G., Walker, L., Harris, G., Mukundan, R., & kConFab Investigators. (2025). Deep learning segmentation of chromogenic dye RNAscope from breast cancer tissue. Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine, 38, 1704-1721. doi: 10.1007/s10278-024-01301-9

2024

Journal - Research Other

Thompson, N., Morley-Bunker, A., McLauchlan, J., Glyn, T., & Eglinton, T. (2024). Use of artificial intelligence for the prediction of lymph node metastases in early-stage colorectal cancer: Systematic review. BJS Open, 8(2), zrae033. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae033

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Ahuja, A., Morley-Bunker, A., & Mukundan, R. (2024). Deep learning classification of microsatellite status in colorectal cancer whole slide images. In R. Clare, J. Chen & L. Yang (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2024 39th International Conference on Image and Vision Computing New Zealand (IVCNZ). (pp. 13-18). IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IVCNZ64857.2024.10794480

Davidson, A., Morley-Bunker, A., Wiggins, G., Walker, L., Harris, G., Mukundan, R., & kConFab Investigators. (2024). Grey level texture features for segmentation of chromogenic dye RNAscope from breast cancer tissue. In R. Su, Y.-D. Zhang & A. F. Frangi (Eds.), International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Aided Diagnosis (MICAD 2023): Lecture notes in electrical engineering (Vol. 1166). (pp. 72-82). Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-1335-6_7

Other Research Output

Morley-Bunker, A. (2024, September). Pixels to prognosis: Computational pathology for cancer diagnostics. UOC Biomedical Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].

2023

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Morley-Bunker, A., Currie, M., Pearson, J., Mukundan, R., Gavruskin, A., Hemmings, C., Eglinton, T., & Walker, L. (2023, August). Utilisation of digital pathology and AI methods for the detection of MSI status in colorectal cancer. Verbal presentation at the 33rd Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting (QMB), Queenstown, New Zealand.

2021

Journal - Research Article

Ward, Z., Schmeier, S., Saddic, L., Sigurdsson, M. I., Cameron, V. A., Pearson, J., Miller, A., Morley-Bunker, A., … Pilbrow, A. P. (2021). Novel and annotated long noncoding RNAs associated with ischemia in the human heart. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22, 11324. doi: 10.3390/ijms222111324

Morley-Bunker, A. E., Wiggins, G. A. R., Currie, M. J., Morrin, H. R., Whitehead, M. R., Eglinton, T., Pearson, J., & Walker, L. C. (2021). RNAscope compatibility with image analysis platforms for the quantification of tissue-based colorectal cancer biomarkers in archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue. Acta Histochemica, 123, 151765. doi: 10.1016/j.acthis.2021.151765

Wiggins, G. A. R., Black, M. A., Dunbier, A., Morley-Bunker, A. E., kConFab Investigators, Pearson, J. F., & Walker, L. C. (2021). Increased gene expression variability in BRCA1-associated and basal-like breast tumours. Breast Cancer Research & Treatment, 189, 363-375. doi: 10.1007/s10549-021-06328-y

2020

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Morley-Bunker, A. E. (2020). Scoping for RNA biomarkers in colorectal cancer (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/9885

2019

Journal - Research Article

Morley-Bunker, A., Pearson, J., Currie, M. J., Morrin, H., Whitehead, M. R., Eglinton, T., & Walker, L. C. (2019). Assessment of intra-tumoural colorectal cancer prognostic biomarkers using RNA in situ hybridisation. Oncotarget, 10(14), 1425-1439. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.26675

Lattimore, V. L., Pearson, J. F., Morley-Bunker, A. E., kConFab Investigators, Spurdle, A. B., Robinson, B. A., Currie, M. J., & Walker, L. C. (2019). Quantifying BRCA1 and BRCA2 mRNA isoform expression levels in single cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(3), 693. doi: 10.3390/ijms20030693

2018

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Morley-Bunker, A., Pearson, J., Currie, M., Morrin, H., Whitehead, M., Eglinton, T., & Walker, L. (2018). Intratumoural assessment of candidate colorectal cancer prognostic markers using RNA in situ hybridization. Proceedings of the New Zealand Society for Oncology (NZSO) Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nzsoncology.org.nz/

2016

Journal - Research Article

Morley-Bunker, A., Walker, L. C., Currie, M. J., Pearson, J., & Eglinton, T. (2016). Translating colorectal cancer genetics into clinically useful biomarkers. Colorectal Disease, 18(8), 749-762. doi: 10.1111/codi.13334

2010

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Morley-Bunker, A., Miller, A., & Neal, H. (2010). Validation of the BD FocalPoint^TM GS Imaging System for cervical screening by Canterbury Health Laboratories, New Zealand. Acta Cytologica, 54(3, Suppl.), (pp. 481-482). [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Morley-Bunker, A., Miller, A., & Neal, H. (2010, May). Validation of the BD FocalPoint^TM GS Imaging System for cervical screening by Canterbury Health Laboratories, New Zealand. Poster session presented at the 17^th International Congress of Cytology, Edinburgh, Scotland.