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Umber Cheema @UmberCheema

Professor in Bioengineering at UCL

Joined September 2019
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Nature Africa@natAfrica1
21 Sep 2025
⭕ A new platform aims to change this, building 3D cancer and disease models that reflect Africa’s genetic diversity. 🔗 Find out more: go.nature.com/48tmray #NatureAfrica @UCL @WitsUniversity @UzoamakaOkoli2 @UmberCheema @susan_heavey (2\2)
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UCL Innovation and Enterprise@UCLEnterprise
12 Aug 2025
💡 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: bit.ly/3XKBVRD
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Deniz Bakkalci@dbakkalci
17 Apr 2025
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.
FEBS Open Bio
@FEBSOpenBio
8 Apr 2025
🆕 Review for your reading list Bioengineering facets of the tumor microenvironment in 3D tumor models: insights into cellular, biophysical and biochemical interactions 🔓 buff.ly/TsU8Ptc 🥼 @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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3D Models of Health and Disease@3dmodelsucl
12 Nov 2024
📢 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 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs…

Dense Collagen I as a Biomimetic Material to Track Matrix Remodelling in Renal Carcinomas

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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3D Models of Health and Disease@3dmodelsucl
15 Oct 2024
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 👏
3D Models of Health and Disease@3dmodelsucl
2 Oct 2024
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 👏
3D Models of Health and Disease@3dmodelsucl
2 Oct 2024
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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3D Models of Health and Disease@3dmodelsucl
20 Sep 2024
Best of luck to @DrGuptaPriyanka in the next step of her career 🥳 👏🏼🥳👏🏼
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3D Models of Health and Disease@3dmodelsucl
26 Aug 2024
📢 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 rigb.org/whats-on/power-bioe…

The power of bioengineering | Royal Institution

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!
3D Models of Health and Disease@3dmodelsucl
15 Aug 2024
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 cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S…

Patient-specific colorectal-cancer-associated fibroblasts modulate tumor microenvironment mechanics

Cell biology; Stem cells research; Biomechanics; Cancer

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Susan Heavey@susan_heavey
20 Mar 2024
📢New Research Topic Alert! "Microenvironment through Radiotherapy: Bridging Pre-Clinical Insights to Clinical Applications" Contact myself, @DechaoF, @DengxiongL42642 or Dr Tracey Martin to discuss 🙌 frontiersin.org/research-top… #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!
Håvard J Haugen@Biomat_UIO
19 Mar 2024
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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3D Models of Health and Disease@3dmodelsucl
6 Mar 2024
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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Deniz Bakkalci@dbakkalci
9 Jan 2024
Our latest review on Enhanced Biomimetics of Three-Dimensional Osteosarcoma Models is now published. Check it out at mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/1/164 Stay tuned for more groundbreaking research in the pipeline! 📚🔬 #AcademicResearch #Osteosarcoma #Biomimetics" @UmberCheema @3dmodelsucl

Enhanced Biomimetics of Three-Dimensional Osteosarcoma Models: A Scoping Review

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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Susan Heavey@susan_heavey
8 Jan 2024
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 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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