i. About

I work at the intersection of cancer biology, molecular medicine, and clinical care — bridging mechanism with the questions clinicians actually ask.

I am an MD candidate at the University of Münster, pursuing additional research training in Experimental Medicine alongside the medical curriculum.

From 2022 to 2023 I was a Visiting Student Researcher in Hani Goodarzi's lab at UCSF, supported by the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds MD fellowship. I studied RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) in breast cancer and designed and ran CRISPR-based functional screens related to metastasis biology — work that is now the basis of my doctoral thesis. My methods have been primarily wet-lab: cell culture, molecular cloning, PCR, single-cell RNA-seq, and RNA-seq library preparation.

I am drawn to research that connects molecular mechanisms to disease progression — and ultimately to patient care.

ii. Currently

  • Finishing the final clinical year of medical school in Münster (Praktisches Jahr).
  • Writing up my doctoral thesis on RNA-binding proteins in breast cancer metastasis.
  • Pursuing additional research training in Experimental Medicine.
  • Looking ahead to residency and continued translational research.

iii. Publications

  1. Integrative analysis of mRNA stability regulation uncovers a metastasis-suppressive program in breast cancer
    H. Karner†, T. C. Mittmann†, et al.
    Science Advances 2026 · peer reviewed · † co-first authors
  2. A generative framework for enhanced cell-type specificity in rationally designed mRNAs
    M. Khoroshkin, A. Zinkevich, E. Aristova, H. Yousefi, S. B. Lee, T. Mittmann, K. Manegold, D. Penzar, D. R. Raleigh, I. V. Kulakovskiy, H. Goodarzi
    bioRxiv 2024 · preprint

iv. Education & experience

  1. 2019
    2027
    University of Münster
    Doctor of Medicine — State Exam in Medicine
    • First State Exam (M1, 2021): grade 1, top 1% of students.
    • Second State Exam (M2, 2025): grade 1, top 1% of students.
    • USMLE Step 1: pass (2024). USMLE Step 2 CK: 273.
    • Currently in the final clinical year (Praktisches Jahr).
  2. 2022
    2023
    UCSF — Goodarzi Lab
    Visiting Student Researcher · San Francisco
    • RNA-binding proteins in breast cancer progression and metastasis.
    • Designed and executed multiple CRISPRi functional screens.
    • Cell culture, molecular cloning, PCR, scRNA-seq, RNA-seq library prep.
    • Funded by the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds MD fellowship.
  3. 2020
    2022
    University of Münster — Teaching
    Course tutor & instructional support
    • Biochemistry Laboratory Course Tutor (2021).
    • Anatomy & Imaging Course Tutor (2020, 2022).
    • MeDocs IT support for online lectures (2020 — 2021).

v. Fellowships & honors

  • 2023
    2026
    Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
    Fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation — three-year award.
  • 2022
    2023
    Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds MD Fellowship
    Seventeen-month fellowship supporting research at the Goodarzi Lab, UCSF.
  • 2021
    2025
    First & Second State Exam in Medicine — grade 1
    Both passed within the top 1% of students.

vi. Languages

  • Germannative
  • Englishfluent — TOEFL 115
  • Frenchfluent — DELF B2

vii. Contact

The fastest way to reach me is by email. I'm also on LinkedIn.