Jason Herschkowitz
Associate Professor
College of Integrated Health Sciences
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Cancer Research Center
The 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