Fiona Zhou

Fiona Zhou

South Australian Immunogenomics Cancer Institute

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences


Fiona Zhou obtained her PhD at University of Adelaide studying the inflammatory response to growth plate injury which results in bony formation. After completion of her PhD, she conducted post-doctoral research in cartilage biology in the US followed by research in liver injury and neuroscience in Adelaide. During the past 3 years Fiona joined the Connie Johnson breast cancer research lab at the Garvan Institute in Sydney to begin her research in testing therapies to combat drug resistant Estrogen Receptor-positive breast cancer using in vitro and in vivo models. In 2025 Fiona has joined Dr Joanna Achinger-Kawecka in the 3D Chromatin Organisation Laboratory at SAiGENCI to continue her interests in cancer research using in vitro and in vivo cancer models of drug resistance to study what roles 3D chromatin alterations may play and identify potential therapeutic targets to test.

  • Appointments

    Date Position Institution name
    2015 - ongoing Post doctoral Research officer University of Adelaide
  • Education

    Date Institution name Country Title
    2002 - 2007 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
    1998 - 2002 Flinders University, Adelaide Australia BBiotech (Hon)

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