# First person – Haimeng Lyu

## TL;DR

Haimeng Lyu discusses her research on oncogenic Ras variants in C. elegans and her current work on myelin development.

## Contribution

The study functionally distinguishes oncogenic Ras variant activities using a C. elegans model.

## Key findings

- Oncogenic Ras variants show distinct functional activities in C. elegans.
- The research provides insights into Ras signaling in cancer models.

## Abstract

First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Disease Models & Mechanisms, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Haimeng Lyu is first author on ‘
Functional distinction in oncogenic Ras variant activity in Caenorhabditis elegans’, published in DMM. Haimeng conducted the research described in this article while a Research Assistant in Helen Chamberlin's lab at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. She is now a Research Senior Technician in the lab of Wenjing Sun (Department of Neuroscience, Columbus), investigating mechanisms that mediate myelin development.