Madison Wicker
Postdoctoral Fellow
Education
2019 B.S. in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, University of Michigan-Flint
2020 - 2025, Graduate Student, Cancer Research Graduate Program (CRGP), Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2026 - present, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Contact:
Tel: (313) 578-4337
E-mail: wickerm@karmanos.org
Madison joined our group in April of 2021. She studies the biology of triple-negative mammary cancer models.
Madison was supported by the NCI-funded Wayne State University Training Program in the Biology of Cancer (T32, CA009531).
She defended her dissertation on March 2, 2026, and was promoted in May to postdoctoral fellow.
Publications
Dennaoui, R; M.N Wicker; C. Moen; M. Schlederer; K. Vistisen; A.A. Triplett; T. Rülicke; H. Rui; L. Kenner; E. Casanova and K.-U. Wagner (2026): STAT-independent functions of Janus kinases 1 and 2 are obligatory for the postnatal development of mammary epithelial ducts.
Cell Reports 45 (1): 116703
Dennaoui, R.; P.D. Rädler; M.N. Wicker; K. Vistisen; R.‑M. Ferraiuolo; A.A. Triplett; H. Shrestha; T.A. Liner; K.C. Manthey; H. Rui; R.D. Cardiff; T.M. Gunn; C.M. Perou and K.-U. Wagner* (2025): Overexpression of TSG101 causes the development of adenosquamous mammary carcinoma.
Breast Cancer Research 27 (1): 126
Shrestha, H.; P.D. Rädler; R. Dennaoui; M.N. Wicker; N. Rajbhandari; Y. Sun; A.R. Peck; K. Vistisen; A.A. Triplett; R. Beydoun; E. Sterneck; D. Saur; H. Rui and K.-U. Wagner (2024): The Janus kinase 1 is critical for pancreatic cancer initiation and progression.
Cell Reports 43 (5): 114202
Wicker, M.N.and K.-U. Wagner (2023): Cellular plasticity in mammary gland development and breast cancer.
Cancers 15 (23): 5605