Jason Herschkowitz
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Sciences
Cancer Research Center
RNA Institute
Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Postdoctoral training, Baylor College of Medicine
About
Research Interests
- Elucidating the role of long noncoding RNAs in the regulation of progression from ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) to invasive breast cancer
- Studying the role of long noncoding RNAs and RNA modifications in epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) and breast cancer stem cells
- Developing multifunctional RNA aptamers for EMT diagnosis and therapeutic targeting