Umber Cheema
@UmberCheema
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Professor in Bioengineering at UCL
Joined September 2019
⭕ A new platform aims to change this, building 3D cancer and disease models that reflect Africa’s genetic diversity. 🔗 Find out more: https://t.co/NBPYWkOLwJ
#NatureAfrica
@UCL @WitsUniversity @UzoamakaOkoli2 @UmberCheema @susan_heavey (2\2)
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💡 Got a ‘lightbulb moment’ but not sure where to start? UCL’s six-week 'Explore your entrepreneurial idea' programme is designed to help you turn your ideas into viable start-ups, even with no experience. Hear from some of the programme participants: https://t.co/iILfpRsNDi
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New publication alert! Congratulations to @UmberCheema and the entire team on this important work — it’s a privilege to have contributed. I’m grateful for the opportunity to stay connected to academic research while working at the intersection of science and venture capital.
🆕 Review for your reading list Bioengineering facets of the tumor microenvironment in 3D tumor models: insights into cellular, biophysical and biochemical interactions 🔓 https://t.co/Ti1mP3eKMB 🥼 @UmberCheema @dbakkalci
#TumorStroma #TumourModels #TumorMicroenvironment
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Congratulations @Anuja_Upadhyay_ on the successful defence of your PhD thesis. Patient derived cells from chronic kidney disease cause fibrosis in tissue models- allowing drug testing in vitro! Thank you Profs' Ponticos and Rosano for examining and @ucb_uk for funding
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📢 We are #Recruiting 🔔 ‼️ Checkout the opening of Prof @Eirini_Velliou for a post-doctoral researcher in #TissueEngineering of #PancreaticCancer! Interested? Apply and join our multidisciplinary Centre! 🚨 Deadline 01/12/24 👇🏼
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Some renal cancer cells use LOX to stiffen engineered biomimetic tumouroids whilst others soften the matrix #cancerheterogeneity @Anuja_Upadhyay_
@ucb_news
https://t.co/dgPZqfUA96
pubs.acs.org
Aims: Renal tissue is a dynamic biophysical microenvironment, regulating healthy function and influencing tumor development. Matrix remodelling is an iterative process and aberrant tissue repair is...
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Delighted to host today @shalvrao in our Centre Meeting, which was joined this month with the @UCLDivofSurgery research seminar! Shalini talked to us about her fascinating research on transcription factor changes in pancreatic cancer
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Congratulations @Eirini_Velliou Wonderful news 👏
Congratulations to @Eirini_Velliou on her promotion to Professor @UCLDivofSurgery This promotion goes some way in Recognising your excellence in research. We look forward to your future work.
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Congratulations @susan_heavey . Amazing news and very well deserved 👏
Congratulations to @susan_heavey for her promotion to Associate Professor @UCLDivofSurgery We look forward to all the exciting research to come!
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Best of luck to @DrGuptaPriyanka in the next step of her career 🥳 👏🏼🥳👏🏼
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📢 Exciting news! On 14th Sept, Dr Alvena Kureshi will speak at the iconic Royal Institution on 'The Power of Bioengineering'- from transforming surgery with implants that heal to sustainable medical innovations @Ri_Science @AlvenaKureshi
https://t.co/8W8tTA4FQe
rigb.org
Alvena Kureshi steps into the world of bioengineering and its potential to revolutionise surgical materials,
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Huge congratulations to Dr. Darren player!
Excited to report that Dr.Darren Player has been awarded a prestigious Leverhulme research fellowship. We look forward to some great research during this fellowship @RAEngNews
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Paper alert! Patient-derived CAFs remodel the tumouroid matrix in a heterogenous manner. When CAFs and cancer cells mix, heterogeneity is lost, matrix softening and an invasive phenotype are observed. #tumoroid #CAFs @iScience_CP
@emadmoeen @AuxtineMicalet
https://t.co/lMb5F0C5HC
cell.com
Cell biology; Stem cells research; Biomechanics; Cancer
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📢New Research Topic Alert! "Microenvironment through Radiotherapy: Bridging Pre-Clinical Insights to Clinical Applications" Contact myself, @DechaoF, @DengxiongL42642 or Dr Tracey Martin to discuss 🙌 https://t.co/BqCWKi4czB
#tumormicroenvironment #radiotherapy @FrontiersIn
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Brilliant defence by Dr. Maria Schroder. Thank you @Biomat_UIO For being such a generous host and introducing me to the beautiful city of Oslo!
Congrats to Maria Schröder on her successful dissertation defense! 🎉 Chaired by Dean Tiril Willumsen with opponents @UmberCheema (@UCL), Marta Silva Carvalho (@NOVAuniversity), and Dept. Head Carl Hjortsjö. 📸: Marie Lindeman Johansen, OD/UiO #AcademicExcellence
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Excellent talks and networking at the Workshop on 3D models of the tumour microenvironment @CRUKCOLcentre. We heard updates about models for pancreatic and breast cancer to test therapeutics. @Eirini_Velliou and Salma Galal.
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Our latest review on Enhanced Biomimetics of Three-Dimensional Osteosarcoma Models is now published. Check it out at https://t.co/o2Ls6RrdsH Stay tuned for more groundbreaking research in the pipeline! 📚🔬 #AcademicResearch #Osteosarcoma #Biomimetics" @UmberCheema @3dmodelsucl
mdpi.com
This scoping review evaluated 3D osteosarcoma (OS) models’ biomimicry, examining their ability to mimic the tumour microenvironment (TME) and their drug sensitivity. Adhering to PRISMA-ScR guidelin...
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Back to work today? Spark your motivation with a read of @dbakkalci's fantastic new paper on spatial transcriptomics analysis of a 3D model of ameloblastoma. A beautiful model getting the in depth endpoint analysis it deserves! @3dmodelsucl @nanostringtech
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