Heloisa Zaccaron Milioli
Senior Research Officer · University-wide researcher directory · University of New South Wales
Quick answer: Heloisa Zaccaron Milioli is Senior Research Officer at University of New South Wales. Heloisa Zaccaron Milioli shows an active PhD hiring signal as of 2026-09-17.
⭐ Contact Dr Heloisa Zaccaron Milioli about research supervision opportunities: h.milioli@garvan.org.au
Project 1 - Cancer Cell Translatome: The Machinery Fuelling Chemotherapy Resistance
Chemotherapy resistance remains one of the most significant unresolved challenges in oncology. Although many cancers initially respond to treatment, a subset of cells can survive by activating stress-adaptation p
Research interests
Dr Heloisa Milioli is a Senior Research Officer in Christine Chaffer’s Laboratory at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. She integrates molecular biology and computational approaches to investigate the complex mechanisms driving breast cancer development, progression and metastasis. Her research focuses on non-genetic mechanisms governing cell state plasticity and therapy resistance. Her work has been supported by Cancer Institute NSW (2018–2020, Early Career Fellowship), Cancer Council NSW (2023–2026), Tour de Cure (2024) and others. Her research on the context-dependent role of the androgen receptor (AR) in both primary and resistant breast cancer—published in Nature Medicine, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology and MedRxiv—has helped shape ongoing clinical trials (NCT02463032, NCT04947189), underscoring her commitment to improving outcomes for cancer patients in Australia and worldwide.
* Eligible to supervise Honours, Master and PhD students.
breast cancer, molecular biology, bioinformatics, next generation sequencing, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, plasticity, phenotypic plasticity, metastasis, cancer metastasis, chemoresistance, clinical
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Project 1 - Cancer Cell Translatome: The Machinery Fuelling Chemotherapy Resistance
Chemotherapy.
What does Heloisa Zaccaron Milioli research?
Dr Heloisa Milioli is a Senior Research Officer in Christine Chaffer’s Laboratory at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. She integrates molecular biology and computational approaches to investigate the complex mechanisms driving breast cancer development, progression and metastasis. Her resear
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