MILNER: EVENTS CALENDAR

🗓️ 5th June ⏰ 4:00pm 📍 Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre The next event in our popular Seminar Series will take place on Wednesday, 5th June. This seminar will include time for Q&A and will be followed by refreshments and networking. Register to attend this seminar. Focus on: targeted protein degradation 4:00pm Heike Laman, Department of […]

The AI Club brings together the Biomedical AI and Machine Learning community in Cambridge, to discuss common themes and explore different topics and methodologies. 🗓️ 6th June ⏰ 5.15pm 📍 Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre June Theme: Graph Neural Networks Speakers: Chaitanya Joshi, University of Cambridge “gRNAde: Geometric Deep Learning for 3D RNA inverse design" and […]

🗓️ 12th June ⏰ All day 📍 Various locations around Cambridge, UK The Milner Institute is proud to be part of O2H's Cambridge Wide Open Day, taking place on 12th June. The event offers a unique insight into Cambridge's world-renowned science and technology, with local companies and institutions opening their doors for visitors to explore innovation in […]

🗓️ 1st July ⏰ 3pm – 6pm 📍 St Catharine's College, Cambridge The Milner Institute’s 2024 Pitch Day will take place on 1st July. Some of the most exciting and innovative early-stage life sciences companies from local accelerators and incubators such as Frame Shift and Start Codon, as well as other selected national and international companies, will be […]

🗓️ 2nd July ⏰ 12:00pm - 6:30pm 📍 West Road Concert Hall and online Registration to the Symposium is free, and is open to academics and Milner affiliated companies only. The Milner Symposium brings together a powerful mix of academic and industry partners to discuss the latest academic and pre-clinical research and how it could […]

🗓️ 26th September ⏰ 4:00pm 📍 Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre The next event in our popular Seminar Series will take place on Thursday, 26th September. This seminar will include time for Q&A and will be followed by refreshments and networking. Focus on: targeted protein degradation 4:00pm-4:30pm Mark Toshner Victor Philip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research […]

🗓️ 26th September ⏰ 4:00pm - 6:00pm 📍 Cambridge Building, Babraham Research Campus, Babraham, Cambridge CB22 3AT Join the Founders Growth Community (FGC) Masterclass for a talk by Thomas Holm Pedersen: Learn from an industry leader that is the academic founder and CEO of NMD Pharma that is delivering novel treatments for neuromuscular disease. Thomas […]

🗓️ 30th September ⏰ 11:00am-12:00pm 📍 Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre The Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL) aims to leverage arrayed CRISPR screening to identify phenotypic signatures of development and disease. We will present examples of phenotypic screens in human cell models and the challenges involved, as well as routes for collaboration. Speakers: Chun Hao Wong, […]

The AI Club brings together the Biomedical AI and Machine Learning community in Cambridge, to discuss common themes and explore different topics and methodologies. 🗓️ 3rd October ⏰ 5.15pm 📍 Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre October Theme: Commercialisation of AI Speakers: Andrew McDonald, Biophonics “Biophonics: commercialising an AI- enabled medical device to screen for valvular heart […]

🗓️ 9th October ⏰ 10:00am 📍 Online (Zoom) Join us for this webinar presented by the MRC-AstraZeneca-University of Cambridge Joint Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory. Speaker: Dr Delphine Larrieu, Altos Labs Abstract: Progeria syndromes are very rare, incurable premature aging conditions recapitulating most aging features. They are caused by mutations in nuclear envelope proteins, who play […]

🗓️ 22nd October ⏰ 4:30pm-7:00pm (presentations 5:00pm-6:00pm) 📍 West Hub, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge Join Cambridge Network and the Milner Therapeutics Institute to explore the world of genomics and AI in developing therapies for human disease. CRISPR gene-editing and AI are crucial tools in the early stages of developing therapies for the treatment of human […]

🗓️ 24th October 📍Venner Shipley, Building 406, Cambridge Science Park ⏰ 11am-4pm - Meet the Experts (lunch included) ⏰ 4pm-6pm - Networking (light refreshments included). Start Codon are opening up their START Programme Day to the Founders Growth Community! If you're a Life Science, Tech Bio or Healthcare Founder in the Cambridge area and you're […]

The AI Club brings together the Biomedical AI and Machine Learning community in Cambridge, to discuss common themes and explore different topics and methodologies. 🗓️ 7th November ⏰ 5.15pm 📍 Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre November Theme: AI for Single Cell Biology Speakers: Stathis Megas, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge Center for AI in Medicine “Spatial […]

🗓️ 21st November ⏰ 4:00-5:00pm 📍Online Speakers: Ulrike Künzel, FGSL Lead, AstraZeneca and Chun Hao Wong, FGSL Lead, Milner Therapeutics Institute The MRC-AstraZeneca-University of Cambridge Joint Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL) leverages the unique features of arrayed screening, whereby individual genes are edited via CRISPR in plate-based format, to uncover the complexity of developmental and disease […]

🗓️ 28 November ⏰ 4:00pm📍 Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre The next event in our popular Seminar Series will take place on Thursday, 28th November. The seminar will include time for Q&A and will be followed by refreshments and networking. Focus on immuno-oncology 4:00-4:30pmSimon Dovedi, AstraZeneca -  “Taking T cell engagement to the next level: […]

🗓️ 5 December ⏰ 4:00-5:00pm 📍 Online A panel discussion with Nicola McCarthy (Head of Research, Milner Therapeutics Institute), Namshik Han (Head of Computational Biology and AI, Milner Therapeutics Institute) and Ben Sidders (Chief Scientific Officer, Biorelate), chaired by Biorelate CEO Daniel Jamieson. In this webinar, drug discovery research experts discuss opportunities to use AI […]

The AI Club brings together the Biomedical AI and Machine Learning community in Cambridge, to discuss common themes and explore different topics and methodologies. 🗓️ 5 December ⏰ 5:15-7:00pm 📍 Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre December Theme: Explainable AI Speakers: Michail Mamalakis, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of […]

🗓️ 9 December ⏰ 12:00-2:00pm 📍The Glasshouse, Botanic House, 98-100 Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1LQ Speaker: Louise Jopling, Babraham Research Campus Topic: "You are not alone: Support opportunities you may not be aware of" This event from the Founders Growth Community is all about connecting with fellow founders, sharing experiences, and learning from each other. […]

🗓️ 18 December ⏰ 3:30-7pm 📍Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Cambridge Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE Join us for the launch of Cambridge NeuroWorks, an ambitious multi-million-pound, three-year partnership with the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) to revolutionise neurotechnology. This special event will feature presentations from Professor George Malliaras, a […]

Join this webinar to learn more about the 2025 Milner Consortium Call. Our pharma partners in the Milner Therapeutics Consortium have identified topics for challenges that are a current priority for external collaboration with academics. These projects could provide a better understanding of a disease mechanism or discover and validate new therapeutic targets and can range from reagent sharing […]