"The role of science in society is being challenged and we must acknowledge that there's a divide between our success in improving cancer care and how that success is perceived by the public." -Matt Vander Heiden #AACR25
Vander Heiden Lab at MIT
@mvhlab.bsky.social
The Vander Heiden Lab at the Koch Institute for Cancer Research at MIT studying how metabolism is altered to support inappropriate cancer cell proliferation. vanderheidenlab.mit.edu
Congratulations to our super MIT undergraduate Diya Ramesh who won an award for her poster presentation at #AACR2025 !!! @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social
Congratulations to superstar graduate student Ryan Elbashir for her excellent talk today at #AACR2025
If you're at #ASBMB25, head over to Eddie's poster to hear about his cool work on lipid catabolic enzymes!
Eddie Rashan@edreesrashan.bsky.social · 2y agoI'm excited to present my work on the deorphanization of atypical lipid catabolic enzymes at #ASBMB25 on Monday April 14th. Please come to W179 to hear my flash-talk at 9:30AM and hang out with me at poster #350! #lipidtime
Happy Pi Day! MVH Lab's two delicious contributions to Pi day:
Looking at human kidney cancer, we profiled nutrient levels in the tumor environment and found they are similar to nutrient levels in healthy kidney tissue, suggesting tumors must work within constraints of nutrients available rather than change nutrient environment. elifesciences.org/articles/95652
Metabolite profiling of human renal cell carcinoma reveals tissue-origin dominance in nutrient availability
Assessing metabolites in renal cell carcinoma and kidney tissue suggests cancers adapt rather than dictate nutrient availability.
elifesciences.org
Hi Bluesky! We will introduce ourselves to this community by highlighting some papers from this past year. And also some lab fun along the way! Stay tuned! Look forward to interacting with you all!