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Nemira Žilinskaitė
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🧪 #PhD Student @ University of #Cambridge
👩‍🎓 #Gates Scholar
📍 Cambridge, UK
Reposted by Nemira Žilinskaitė
🚨 Our new study out in @natureportfolio.bsky.social! 🌟
We identify the "little brain" of the heart: the intricate intracardiac nervous system (IcNS) of zebrafish! 🐟

More about how this changes what we know about heart functionality.
#Zebrafish #Neuroscience #LittleBrain

doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Decoding the molecular, cellular, and functional heterogeneity of zebrafish intracardiac nervous system - Nature Communications
Although the heart has its own nervous system, its organization and functionality remain largely unknown. Here, the authors reveal the molecular, chemical, and functional diversity of neurons within t...
doi.org
December 4, 2024 at 3:15 PM
Reposted by Nemira Žilinskaitė
A study in Nature Cardiovascular Research maps the expression of immune checkpoints in atherosclerosis and examines the influence of lipid-lowering treatments and type 2 diabetes to understand how immune checkpoint inhibitors worsen cardiovascular risk in cancer survivors. 🧪
Immune checkpoint landscape of human atherosclerosis and influence of cardiometabolic factors - Nature Cardiovascular Research
Barcia Durán, Dayasagar, et al. map the expression of immune checkpoints in human atherosclerosis and examine the influence of lipid-lowering treatments and type 2 diabetes to understand how immune checkpoint inhibitors worsen cardiovascular risk in survivors of cancer.
go.nature.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Hello, network! I'm looking for a #femtech advisors, #accelerators, #mentorship programs and anything that can help get insights into femtech #startups and where to start! Let me know your suggestions in the comments!
November 25, 2024 at 8:22 AM
My name is Nemira, I’m a PhD student at the University of #Cambridge and I will break down #neuroscience paper so you don’t have to!

The #paper that I picked for today is titled 'Leveraging deep single-soma #RNA #sequencing to explore the neural basis of #human somatosensation.'
November 25, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Reposted by Nemira Žilinskaitė
This week, Nature Portfolio published a series of research papers from the Human Cell Atlas initiative. Nature profiles some of the key technologies that made them possible. 🧪
Computational technologies of the Human Cell Atlas
As the international effort reaches a ‘critical mass’ of achievements, Nature highlights seven tools that are poised to enable the next set of discoveries.
go.nature.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:03 PM
My name is Nemira, I’m a PhD student at the University of Cambridge and I will break down neuroscience paper, so you don’t have to!

The paper I picked for today is called "Integrating brainstem and cortical functional architectures."
November 25, 2024 at 7:51 AM