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Melissa Chee

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Assistant Professor @NeuroCarleton. Researcher, mentor, and proud member of https://t.co/70Iz3CxAeV

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Joined August 2019
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Melissa Chee
3 years
Please consider supporting our NeuroEDI award on #GivingTuesday. Early donations will be matched! Meeting our goal this year would mean establishing an endowed award for our deserving students.
@MindingtheBrain
Kim Hellemans
3 years
🚨 mark your calendars for #GivingTuesday tomorrow! . Please consider donating to our EDI award for ⁦@NeuroCarleton⁩ students!.
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Melissa Chee
3 years
RT @BiancaBono_: I am grateful that I was able to participate in this initiative and share my experiences as a member of the LGBT+ communit….
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Melissa Chee
3 years
Thank you @BiancaBono_ for sharing your journey. It takes so much courage to be your true self. You inspire me.
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Carleton Science
3 years
The Faculty of Science and @NeuroCarleton are proud to feature a new video series, "Neuroscience & EDI". We first showcase graduate student Bianca Bono and how equity, diversity, and inclusion positively impacted her at Carleton. 🙌.
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Melissa Chee
3 years
Grateful to be a really #ProudPI. Congratulations @ironman_nikita on your presentation; @BiancaBono_ on your Poster Prize; @persephonemills, Jesukhogie, and Yasmina on your first in vivo poster! Thank you @uOttawaBMRI for showcasing fab neuro research in Ottawa!.@CarletonScience
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Melissa Chee
3 years
Congratulations @franny_sherratt from @AbizaidAlfie lab and Georgina Lau from Patrice Smith's lab on your poster prizes at the @CarletonScience Life Sciences Day! What a wonderful way to kickstart the conference season.
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🇨🇦 Alfie Abizaid 🇨🇦
3 years
And here is @franny_sherratt showing off her work at life sciences research day to @thecheelab ! @CarletonScience @NeuroCarleton
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Melissa Chee
3 years
RT @ironman_nikita: I’m presenting a poster at Life Sciences Day! If you’re on the CU campus tomorrow, come say hello and learn about the a….
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Melissa Chee
3 years
Congratulations @N8Godrey @drstephieb! Valiant work patching from the caudal VTA (so fibrous and dark there!) to show that fasting can disinhibit the VTA dopamine cells and serve as a form of motivation.
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Melissa Chee
3 years
A resource text book integrating cellular mechanisms, whole body, and psychosocial impact on #cancer by the venerable @Hymie_Anisman @NeuroCarleton @CarletonScience and Alexander Kusnecov @rutgers_psych .
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Melissa Chee
3 years
RT @ironman_nikita: Lovely time presenting my honours thesis work at today’s data blitz @NeuroCarleton 🧠😴. Action shot captured by supervis….
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Melissa Chee
3 years
Thank you #BrainFreeze22 for an energizing, revitalizing, and mood-boosting morning! We are nearly at our fundraising goal with a few more hours to go, and steps are still coming in ♥️.
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Brainfreeze
3 years
#BrainFreeze22 (in person edition) was a success! Thank you to everyone who came and participated. 🏃☺️ We are almost half way to our goal of 1 million steps!!
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Melissa Chee
3 years
He coordinates nutritious, high quality meals for distribution to many community centers around Ottawa @sghottawa, Meals on Wheels @OCSAtweets, @CarlingtonCHC and more!.
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Melissa Chee
3 years
This is Sylvain from @Food4Ottawa who is inspired to serve because he believes that everyone deserves to eat with dignity. #BrainFreeze22
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Melissa Chee
3 years
Best way to run and eat is to share with friends! .✅ Dairy intake is associated with high glutathione, a powerful antioxidant to fight off brain stress.✅ Eating socially helps us form social and emotional support networks.✅ Any food in moderation is good for us! 🍦😋
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Melissa Chee
3 years
Powering up with OJ and Vitamin C before heading back. Did you know? Vitamin C may play a protective role against Alzheimer's disease and cognitive impairment
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Melissa Chee
3 years
Waving hello to our outstanding colleagues @TheRoyalMHC who are world-class mentors and supervisors to our students @cuneurosociety @StigmaEndsAtCU @CarletonSSSC
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Melissa Chee
3 years
This colorful sculpture at Canadensis the Garden of Canada reminds me to eat colorful foods .🍊🍆🫑🌽🍅🍄🥕🥒🥦. PS. The white building in the background is home of the fabulous Neuroscience Department at @CarletonScience!
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Melissa Chee
3 years
Photojournal of my #BrainFreeze22 activity, with food tips!.
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Melissa Chee
3 years
#BrainFreeze22 is now live! .Kicking off with a midnight walk @Carleton to support @Food4Ottawa
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Melissa Chee
3 years
We are back next weekend March 26-27 for #BrainFreeze22! Choose any activity wherever you are, or join us in person for a 5k/10k walk/run. Your support helps @Food4Ottawa combat food insecurity. Hope to see your footprints out there!. @CU_BrainFreeze.
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Melissa Chee
3 years
I am so proud and inspired to be part of this largely #UndergradResearch team @CarletonScience. Thank you @BiancaBono_ @ironman_nikita @persephonemills for your dedication and leadership. This work tested our patience but well worth it!.
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Bianca
3 years
After many late night RNAscope sessions and counting 50,000+ cells, my first paper was accepted in the Journal of Comparative Neurology! Thank you to my dedicated teammates @ironman_nikita, @persephonemills, Jesukhogie, Yasmina, and @thecheelab! A 🧵.
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