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Dr Josephine Wright is a Senior Research Fellow in the Gut Cancer group. She has been developing a translational network of labs, hospitals and clinics to enable validation of new approaches to prevent and treat colorectal and gastric cancer. Her key focus is studying human tumour organoids to better personalise therapy in cancer.
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Science (Honours), University of Adelaide
Award Date: 27 Nov 1998
PhD, Mechanisms of embryonic stem cell division and differentiation, University of Adelaide
2000 → 2004
Keywords
- organoids
- colorectal cancer
- gastric cancer
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Discovery of WEE1 Kinase Inhibitors with Potent Activity against Patient-Derived, Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Organoids
Syphers, J. L., Wright, J. A., Liu, S., Gee, Y. S., Gao, F., Mudududdla, R., Che, D. Q., Chang, A., Sloan, E. K., Narasimhan, V., Heriot, A., Ramsay, R. G., de Nys, R., Silva, T. N., Vrbanac, L., Sammour, T., Lawrence, M. J., Tin, T., Maddern, G. J. & Fenix, K. & 15 others, , 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of medicinal chemistry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evolutionary adaptation of probiotics in the gut: selection pressures, optimization strategies, and regulatory challenges
Leeflang, J., Wright, J. A., Worthley, D. L., Din, M. O. & Woods, S. L., Dec 2025, In: npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 11, 1, 96.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-Term Survival Following Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) for Pseudomyxoma Peritonei: A 22-Year Single Institution Experience
Kaur, H., Litinas, M. C., Lauder, C., Da Silva, N., Bradshaw, E. L., Price, T., Trochsler, M., Wright, J., Woods, S. L. & Hewett, P., Oct 2025, In: ANZ Journal of Surgery. 95, 10, p. 2112-2122 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Precision Medicine for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis—Current Advances in Organoid Drug Testing and Clinical Applicability
Kaur, H., Wright, J. A., Worthley, D. L., Murphy, E. & Woods, S. L., Mar 2025, In: Organoids. 4, 1, 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Engineering tumor-colonizing E. coli Nissle 1917 for detection and treatment of colorectal neoplasia
Gurbatri, C. R., Radford, G. A., Vrbanac, L., Im, J., Thomas, E. M., Coker, C., Taylor, S. R., Jang, Y. U., Sivan, A., Rhee, K., Saleh, A. A., Chien, T., Zandkarimi, F., Lia, I., Lannagan, T. R. M., Wang, T., Wright, J. A., Kobayashi, H., Ng, J. Q. & Lawrence, M. & 17 others, , Dec 2024, In: Nature Communications. 15, 1, 646.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access116 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)