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Email

matthew.wakefield@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Principal Research Fellow
Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
Education
PhD
La Trobe University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-6624-4698

A/Prof Matthew Wakefield

Principal Research Fellow
Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health

154 Scholarly works
3 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    BRCA1 secondary splice-site mutations drive exon-skipping and PARP inhibitor resistance
    DOI: 10.1186/s12943-024-02048-1
  • 2020

    Research Contracts

    Sal Contribution - Matthew Wakefield 20/21 - (Wehi)
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Methylation of all BRCA1 copies predicts response to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib in ovarian carcinoma
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05564-z
  • 2018

    Journal article

    DNA repair processes are critical mediators of p53-dependent tumor suppression letter
    DOI: 10.1038/s41591-018-0043-5
  • 2017

    Journal article

    Secondary somatic mutations restoring RAD51C and RAD51D associated with acquired resistance to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib in high-grade ovarian carcinoma
    DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-17-0419
  • 2016

    Conference Proceedings

    Secondary mutations in RAD51C and RAD51D are associated with acquired resistance to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib in patients with high-grade ovarian cancer
    DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(16)32627-2
  • 2015

    Journal article

    AmpliVar: Mutation detection in high-throughput sequence from amplicon-based libraries
    DOI: 10.1002/humu.22763
Matthew Wakefield

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    High-throughput drug screening identifies EGFR/MAPK pathway targeting sensitivities in organoid models of ovarian carcinosarcoma
    DOI: 10.1186/s13046-025-03629-8
  • 2026

    Journal article

    CountESS: a flexible, graphical pipeline tool for deep mutational scanning analysis.
    DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.27.721230
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Olaparib in HR-deficient, metastatic triple-negative breast and platinum-sensitive relapsed ovarian cancers without germline mutations in BRCA1/2: phase 2 EMBRACE trial
    DOI: 10.1038/s41416-026-03535-6
  • 2025

    Journal article

    MaveDB 2024: a curated community database with over seven million variant effects from multiplexed functional assays
    DOI: 10.1186/s13059-025-03476-y
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Olaparib, durvalumab, and cyclophosphamide, and a prognostic blood signature in platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer: the randomized phase 2 SOLACE2 trial
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64130-6
  • 2025

    Other

    Table 2 from Gene-Expression Profiling of Mucinous Ovarian Tumors and Comparison with Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Tumors Identifies Markers Associated with Adverse Outcomes
    DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.30706335
  • 2025

    Other

    Supplementary Tables S1-S11 from Gene-Expression Profiling of Mucinous Ovarian Tumors and Comparison with Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Tumors Identifies Markers Associated with Adverse Outcomes
    DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.30706347
  • 2025

    Other

    Figure 2 from Gene-Expression Profiling of Mucinous Ovarian Tumors and Comparison with Upper and Lower Gastrointestinal Tumors Identifies Markers Associated with Adverse Outcomes
    DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.30706368

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