Pancreatic Cancer Research

ResearcherHarvard UniversityActive in the last 2 years

Rushika Miriam Perera

ORCID-verified (high confidence, 0.95), identity_conf@1As of 7 November 2026

Matched on ORCID iD 0000-0003-2435-2273; OpenAlex author ID A5018139250; NIH RePORTER profile ID 10226096. Sources: funder_awards.

Their work

Papers
13 (first author 1, last author 5)
Trials
0
Grants
6
Labs led
1
Collaborators
51
Papers, trials and grants by year

2012: 1 paper · 2013: 1 paper · 2014: 1 paper · 2015: 2 papers · 2016: 2 grants · 2017: none · 2018: none · 2019: 1 paper · 2020: 2 papers · 2021: 1 paper · 2022: 1 paper · 2023: none · 2024: 1 grant · 2025: 2 papers, 2 grants · 2026: 1 paper, 1 grant

Papers 13

  1. A multi-subunit autophagic capture complex facilitates degradation of ER-stalled MHC class I in pancreatic cancer. Last author DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2026.05.005↗
  2. Hypoxia Induces Extensive Protein and Proteolytic Remodeling of the Cell Surface in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Cell Lines. Co-author DOI 10.1021/acs.jproteome.4c01037↗
  3. PCSK9 drives sterol-dependent metastatic organ choice in pancreatic cancer. Last author DOI 10.1038/s41586-025-09017-8↗
  4. Coordinated Transcriptional and Catabolic Programs Support Iron-Dependent Adaptation to RAS-MAPK Pathway Inhibition in Pancreatic Cancer. Last author DOI 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-22-0044↗
  5. Lysosomal retargeting of Myoferlin mitigates membrane stress to enable pancreatic cancer growth. Last author DOI 10.1038/s41556-021-00644-7↗
  6. Autophagy promotes immune evasion of pancreatic cancer by degrading MHC-I. Co-author DOI 10.1038/s41586-020-2229-5↗
  7. Selective autophagy of MHC-I promotes immune evasion of pancreatic cancer. Co-author DOI 10.1080/15548627.2020.1769973↗
  8. Transcriptional control of subtype switching ensures adaptation and growth of pancreatic cancer. Last author DOI 10.7554/elife.45313↗
  9. Transcriptional control of autophagy-lysosome function drives pancreatic cancer metabolism. Co-author DOI 10.1038/nature14587↗
  10. Pancreatic Cancer Metabolism: Breaking It Down to Build It Back Up. Co-author DOI 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-15-0671↗
  11. Stromal response to Hedgehog signaling restrains pancreatic cancer progression. First author DOI 10.1073/pnas.1411679111↗
  12. Glutamine supports pancreatic cancer growth through a KRAS-regulated metabolic pathway. Co-author DOI 10.1038/nature12040↗
  13. Ready, set, go: the EGF receptor at the pancreatic cancer starting line. Co-author DOI 10.1016/j.ccr.2012.08.019↗

Grants 6

  1. Identifying and disabling new pathways for macromolecular recycling in pancreatic cancer R01CA301386↗
  2. Targeting the autophagy-lysosome system to block pancreatic cancer R01CA251726↗
  3. Dissecting new mechanisms of lysosome quality control in health and disease R01CA260249↗
  4. Identifying Molecular Drivers of Cellular Plasticity in Pancreatic Cancer R01CA240603↗
  5. Targeting Nutrient Scavenging Pathways That Fuel Pancreatic Cancer Growth AWARD pancan:2016-rushika-perera-phd-targeting-nutrient-scavenging-pathways-t
  6. Tracking tumor evolution through in vivo organelle profiling DP2CA216364↗

Closest collaborators

The 25 strongest of 51 by collab_strength@1: shared papers, trials and grants, recent and small-team work weighing most.

  1. Roberto Zoncu · 3 shared papers, 1 shared grant, 2015–2026 · strength 1.60
  2. Gilles Rademaker · 4 shared papers, 2021–2026 · strength 0.67
  3. Anthony C. Venida · 4 shared papers, 2020–2026 · strength 0.62
  4. Grace Kim · 3 shared papers, 2020–2025 · strength 0.38
  5. Nabeel M. Bardeesy · 6 shared papers, 2012–2019 · strength 0.37
  6. Irene Lui · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.28
  7. Lisa Kirkemo · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.28
  8. James A Wells · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.28
  9. Alec C. Kimmelman · 3 shared papers, 2013–2020 · strength 0.28
  10. Marine Berquez · 1 shared paper, 2026 · strength 0.26
  11. Keisuke Yamamoto · 2 shared papers, 2020 · strength 0.25
  12. Joseph Douglas Mancias · 2 shared papers, 2020–2022 · strength 0.21
  13. Suprit Gupta · 2 shared papers, 2020–2021 · strength 0.20
  14. Michael Guenther · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.18
  15. Michael Haas · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.18
  16. Steffen Ormanns · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.18
  17. Stephan Krüger · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.18
  18. Lisa Miller‐Phillips · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.18
  19. Volker Heinemann · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.18
  20. Eric Andrew Collisson · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.18
  21. Jen Jen Yeh · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.18
  22. Stefan Hubert Boeck · 1 shared paper, 2025 · strength 0.18
  23. Gina M. DeNicola · 1 shared paper, 2022 · strength 0.12
  24. Mirunalini Ravichandran · 1 shared paper, 2022 · strength 0.12
  25. Annan Yang · 1 shared paper, 2022 · strength 0.12

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