Email

mariah.berner@bcm.edu

Positions

Graduate Student

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Cancer and Cell Biology
Baylor College of Medicine

Addresses

Echeverria Lab (Lab)

One Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

BA from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

05/2018 - Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Biology, Society, and Environment

BS from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

05/2018 - Minneapolis, Minnesota United States

Psychology

Professional Statement

During my graduate education, I am excited to learn and further develop my skills to ask the difficult questions and uncover the underlying mechanisms to target cancer both efficiently and effectively. My research interests are in studying the mechanisms involved in metastasis and resistance to anticancer drugs.

Selected Publications

• Vélez-Reyes GL, Koes N, Ryu JH, Kaufmann G, Berner M, Weg MT, Wolf NK, Rathe SK, Ratner N, Moriarity BS, Largaespada "Transposon Mutagenesis-Guided CRISPR/Cas9 Screening Strongly Implicates Dysregulation of Hippo/YAP Signaling in Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor Development." Cancers. 2021 Mar 30;13(7) Pubmed PMID: 33808166