#  Morgan Glass 

 

 



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**Program:** Biological and Biomedical Sciences   
**Lab:** Sandra McAllister

Morgan is a second year PhD student in Harvard’s BBS program.

Originally from West Virginia, Morgan earned her degree in Biochemistry from West Virginia University, where she investigated drug-delivery across the blood-brain barrier. Following graduation, she completed a postbaccelaureate fellowship at the National Cancer Institute, studying the role of perivascular cells in pre-metastatic microenvironments. Now in Dr. Sandra McAllister’s Lab at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Morgan is interested in investigating cancer as a systemic disease, with a focus on how declining immune fitness with age influences metastatic progression in breast cancer.

Morgan got involved in LCBC because it’s a fun way to meet and engage with other cancer-focused PhD students, but also because she believes that community and communication across cancer biologists is an important part of generating meaningful discoveries as a field.



 

 

 



   

**If you weren’t a scientist, what would you be?** I’ve always said that my dream job would be to play the cello for movie scores, but I'm definitely more talented with a pipette, so I’ll stick to science!

**What is one thing that instantly makes your day better?** Spotting a wild turkey roaming the streets of Boston

**What is something that you collect?** I’m oddly talented at spotting four-leaf clovers and have a collection of over 100.

**What is the best advice you have ever received?** On opportunities you aren't sure you're ready for: You can't be the one to take yourself out of the running — you have to just go for it and make someone else tell you no.

**If you were a piece of lab equipment, which would you be?** An Erlenmeyer flask because its "Glass" and reliable

**What inspired your career in science?** I first became interested in science through my grandfather who was a science teacher and through TV shows like Animal Planet’s Most Extreme. I like to think about cancer as an "extreme" type of human cell biology.

**What is your favorite season?** Winter — going somewhere with snow was actually a big part of my PhD application criteria!

**Fiction or nonfiction?** I always trend toward non-fiction — there are so many unique stories to learn in our weird world.