Dr Zoë S Walters BSc (hons), PhD, FHEA
Lecturer in Translational Epigenomics
Dr Zoë Walters is a lecturer in translational epigenomics and is a Module Lead on the MSc Genomics within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton.
Dr Zoë Walters was appointed Lecturer in Translational Epigenomics within the Faculty of Medicine in 2017. In 2015 Zoë was awarded a Children with Cancer UK Fellowship to study the role of an epigenetic protein, EZH2, in a soft tissue sarcoma known as rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS). Zoë’s research team at Southampton focuses on aberrant epigenetic mechanisms that contribute to the pathogenesis of diseases including cancer. Zoë is also part of the Senior Management Team and is Co-Lead for the Genomics Guided Treatment and Dissertation modules for the MSc in Genomics.
Zoë gained a BSc in Molecular Genetics at the University of Sussex where she also obtained her PhD working on signal transduction mechanisms in the formation of the wing and leg structures in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. From there she went to Cardiff University where she undertook research using the model organism Xenopus to uncover novel genes involved in Wnt signalling that might provide insights into tumorigenesis. Here she discovered a solute carrier involved in embryonic patterning in the frog that is linked to Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) signalling. In 2008, Zoë joined Prof. Janet Shipley’s team at the Institute of Cancer Research where she investigated novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of RMS.
Qualifications
PhD, Developmental Genetics, University of Sussex (2006)
BSc (Hons), Molecular Genetics in Biotechnology, University of Sussex (2002)
FHEA
Appointments held
Dissertation Module Lead, MSc Genomic Medicine, University of Southampton (2017-)
Genomics Guided Treatment Module Lead, MSc Genomic Medicine, University of Southampton (2020-)
Programme Lead, MSc Genomic Medicine, University of Southampton (2018-2020)
Children with Cancer UK Fellow (2015-2021)
Dissertation Module Lead, MSc Genomic Medicine, University of Southampton (2017-2018)
Module Lead, MSc Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research (2014-2017)
Research Fellow: Histone Demethylase Target Validation in Cancer (2012-2014)
Research Fellow: The relationship between PAX3-FKHR and MYCN expression in high-risk childhood rhabdomyosarcomas and potential for therapeutic intervention (2008-2012)
Research Fellow: Isolation of modifiers of Wnt and p53 pathways in Xenopus embryos (2006-2007)