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Kimberly Cheam

@kcheamax

PhD student in the McEwan lab @UKDRI Cambridge. Stem cell and tau enthusiast | Twitter admin of @WomenInNeuro_UK and @_100SoM team👩🏻‍🔬🇲🇾

 England, United Kingdom
Joined June 2019
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So excited to be back for ISMND 2026! Day 1 and Day 2 was filled with lots of exciting talks and many interesting posters. Feeling very incredibly lucky to be here and grateful to @DMM_Journal for helping fund this trip!
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Excited to be here at #GLIA2025 for my last conference of the PhD!
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🌙✨ Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri 1446H/2025M! ✨🌙 Warga Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia mengucapkan Salam Aidilfitri kepada seluruh umat Islam di Malaysia. Semoga Syawal ini membawa keberkatan, kegembiraan, dan kebahagiaan bersama yang tersayang. -
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Last day of #SCMND2025! Been such a fantastic conference and a great place to bring everyone in the field together 🧠
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When asked to draw a scientist, school-age kids in the United States are increasingly sketching women, according to a study from 2018. Read more on #WomenInScienceDay: scim.ag/3WWWoSD
SCIENCESHOTS What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before

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🌟 On the 10th anniversary of #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, we celebrate the incredible contributions of women shaping neuroscience. Yet, despite progress, women in science still face systemic barriers. Let’s talk about it. 🧵👇 #WomenInSTEM #IDWGS2025 🧵1/6
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For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, @Rachel_GA_ has written a blog post: “From Struggle to Success: The Legacy of Women in Science for International Day of Women and Girls in Science” 👭🌎👩‍🔬✨ Read the article: womeninneuroscienceuk.org/po… @UN 🧵1/3
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CRISPRi-based screens in iAssembloids to elucidate neuron-glia interactions: Neuron cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S08…
CRISPRi-based screens in iAssembloids to elucidate neuron-glia interactions

CRISPRi-based screens in iAssembloids to elucidate neuron-glia interactions

Using a 3D co-culture system of iPSC-derived neurons and glia, termed iAssembloids, combined with CRISPRi-based screening, Li et al. investigate the effect of glial cells on neuronal activity and...

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I had an incredible evening at WiNUK Awards! ⭐ It’s been a wonderful journey with @WomeninNeuroUK these past 2 years & it has been so special to witness the incredible growth & impact of WiNUK! @e_a_english is unstoppable & the WiNUK community is a pleasure to be a part of!🌟
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🚨10 free guest spots are available for the WiNUK Awards today! We’re excited to offer these to our WiNUK community👩‍🔬 If you'd like to attend in-person at 5-9pm, at the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, please RSVP here: forms.gle/HXPp5tpBpTkJ83Te9

WiNUK Awards Additional Guest Attendance

We invite you to come along in person to WiNUK Awards 2024 (details below), with opportunities to network, listen to fascinating talks, and celebrate achievements in neuroscience from throughout the...

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UK Glia Network@UKGlia9 Sep 2024
Kick off of our first UK Glia meeting with great attendance and an even greater keynote by @Jeffreyiliff #UKGlia
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‼️ Have your say! Our events and social media teams are planning Brain Awareness Week content, guided by your poll votes in this 🧵👇
WiNUK: Women in Neuroscience UK 🧠 (@WomeninNeuroUK) profile pictureWiNUK: Women in Neuroscience UK 🧠@WomeninNeuroUK11 Feb 2024
Brain Awareness Week is approaching, and we would love to hear what you want us to cover for #BAW 2024 🧠
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Join WiNUK in celebrating female contributions to science on #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience and every day! 🌟 #IDWGIS
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📢EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Our FIRST in-person event is happening! 🎉 📍: @AlzResearchUK 2024 🧠 📅: 20-21st March To help us on our mission to champion gender equity in neuroscience, we need your help! Share our GoFundMe and donate: gofund.me/accb0532 #WiNUKxARUK
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It's that time of year!! 🎉We are so excited to announce our 2023 pick for Nature Methods' Method of the Year: methods for modeling development. Read the Editorial to find out why we chose this as our pick. #moty2023 nature.com/articles/s41592-0…
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🎉✨ Happy Birthday, WiNUK! 🎂🌟 Celebrating one year of inspiring change in neuroscience! 🧠 At Women in Neuroscience UK (WiNUK), our mission is to inspire, connect, and advocate for gender equity in neuroscience. 1/5
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Fantastic day at the @MrcDtp student symposium yesterday. Always fun meeting and catching up with other PhD students and listening to what everyone is up to!
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John Lukens
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iPS-cell-derived microglia promote brain organoid maturation via cholesterol transfer. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
iPS-cell-derived microglia promote brain organoid maturation via cholesterol transfer

iPS-cell-derived microglia promote brain organoid maturation via cholesterol transfer

Nature - The authors seek to understand the precise roles of microglia in the early human brain by coculturing brain organoids with primitive-like macrophages generated from the same human induced...

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Powerful new campaign on #WorldAlzheimersDay from @AlzResearchUK 🧡
Alzheimer's Research UK (@AlzResearchUK) profile pictureAlzheimer's Research UK@AlzResearchUK21 Sep 2023
Not all fairytales end the way we expect. Share now to help us change the ending #ForACure. alzheimersresearchuk.org/cam…

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As our Microglia and Neuroinflammation event comes to an end, we're grateful for the engaging panel discussions, career sessions, and enjoyable social activities, including a delightful Cambridge punting experience! Big thanks to all who attended. #BiochemEvent
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