I began doing research in Professor Matthew Vander Heiden’s lab during my first semester at MIT, and I’ve been there ever since. For almost two years, I’ve been working in a mouse model to determine the role that PKM2, a glycolytic enzyme, plays in pancreatic cancer. Professor Vander Heiden does an excellent job of tailoring the research project to the individual, and I am very friendly with the grad students and postdocs. There is no hierarchy among lab members, and I definitely feel like part of the team.