Paper
New paper in Science Advances
RBMS3 as a metastasis suppressor in breast cancer. Co-first author, March 2026.
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Heather Karner, PhD
Cancer Systems RNA Biologist | Faculty Candidate
Decoding the post-transcriptional regulatory networks that govern mRNA stability and cancer cell fate.
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Position
Research Affiliate
Wrapping up multi-institutional CLIP manuscript at UCSF & Arc Institute.
Status
On the Faculty Market
Seeking tenure-track positions in RNA biology, functional genomics, and cancer biology.
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My research examines how post-transcriptional regulatory networks shape mRNA stability and cancer metastasis. Using SLAM-seq, CLIP-seq, and CRISPRi, I study how RNA-binding proteins control cancer cell fate across diverse models chosen to better reflect the patients most affected by the disease.