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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7868
Email
donghui.zou@otago.ac.nz
Position
Scientific Officer
Department
Department of Biochemistry
Qualifications
PhD
Research summary
Cancer Genetics

Research

Donghui works in the Cancer Genetics Laboratory. Her research interests include breast and colorectal cancer and more recently has focuses on single cell RNA profiling for the early detection of urological cancer.

Publications

Decourtye-Espiard, L., Schulpen, E., McElroy, K., Charlton, A., van der Post, R. S., Godwin, T., Bougen-Zhukov, N., … Chen, A., Zou, D., Vaessen, C., Black, M., … Guilford, P. (2026). E-cadherin loss in Cd44-positive gastric cells initiates diffuse gastric cancer in a murine model. Gut. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2025-336182 Journal - Research Article

Fitzgerald, S., Blenkiron, C., Somers-Edgar, T., Rolfe, G., Rykers, A., Stephens, R., … Jackson, C., Cocadiz, J. A., Zou, D., Eccles, M., Day, R., Guilford, P., … Print, C. (2022, August). Evolving genomic complexity unveiled in ctDNA analysis of melanoma patients. Verbal presentation at the Cancer Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Zou, D., Day, R., Cocadiz, J. A., Parackal, S., Mitchell, W., Black, M. A., … Jackson, C., & Guilford, P. (2020). Circulating tumor DNA is a sensitive marker for routine monitoring of treatment response in advanced colorectal cancer. Carcinogenesis, 41(11), 1507-1517. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgaa102 Journal - Research Article

Parackal, S., Zou, D., Day, R., Black, M., & Guilford, P. (2019). Comparison of Roche Cell-Free DNA collection Tubes® to Streck Cell-Free DNA BCT®s for sample stability using healthy volunteers. Practical Laboratory Medicine, 16, e00125. doi: 10.1016/j.plabm.2019.e00125 Journal - Research Article

Parackal, S., Zou, D., Day, R., & Guilford, P. (2017). Blood will tell: Circulating tumor DNA as a clinical diagnostic and surveillance tool for cancer patients in New Zealand. Proceedings of the University of Otago Student Research Symposium: Te Wānaka Rakahau: Ākoka. (pp. 68-69). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/graduate-research/scholarships/otago643219.html Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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