Milner Seminars
Our seminar series is designed to facilitate interdisciplinary connections and provide a range of insights on disease and therapeutic approaches. Seminars include speakers from both academia and industry/biotech, each addressing a common theme, and are followed by networking over refreshments. To encourage informal discussion, these events are held in person at the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre. For our national and international delegates, many of the talks will later become available to view on our YouTube channel
To sign up for emails with information about future events in the Seminar Series, please complete this form and if you have any questions, please email events@milner.cam.ac.uk
Next Up: focus on the microbiome in disease
Wednesday 29 January
4:00-5:00pm, followed by networking
Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Virginia Pedicord, Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID), University of Cambridge
“Integrating functional metagenomics to decipher microbiome-immune interactions”
and
Ghaith Bakdash, Microbiotica
“Mechanistic understanding of MB310: a consortium of gut commensal bacteria for the treatment of ulcerative colitis”
Future Seminar Dates
Future seminars are scheduled for the dates below.
This page will be updated with speaker and registration information ahead of each event.
All seminars take place at 4pm in the Lecture Theatre at the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre.
29 January 2025
Focus on the microbiome in disease
Virginia Pedicord, CITIID, University of Cambridge
Ghaith Bakdash, Microbiotica
19 March 2025
Focus on programmable biology
Ola Wlodek, Constructive Bio
Ben Lenher, Wellcome Sanger Institute and CRG
21 May, 2025
TBA
Previous Seminar Speakers
A list of our previous seminar speakers can be found by expanding the box below. Many past seminars can be viewed on our YouTube channel
Previous Seminar Series Speakers
28 November 2024
Simon Dovedi, AstraZeneca
Maike de la Roche, CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge
26 September 2024
Mark Toshner, Victor Philip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Salvatore Simmini, STEMCELL Technologies
5 June 2024
Heike Laman, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge
Benedict Cross, Phoremost
25 April 2024
Guy Brown, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
Yujing Gao, Astex
29 February 2024
Goncalo Bernardes, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Louise Hosie, Epitopea
12 December 2023
Malcom Roberts, Eisai
Lee Dawson, Cerevance
18 October 2023
Matteo Martufi, GSK
Emma Rawlins, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
25 May 2023
Philippe Sanseau, GSK
27 April 2023
William McEwan, UK Dementia Research Institute and Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge
30 March 2023
Menna Clatworthy, CITIID
23 February 2023
Bristi Basu, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge
26 January 2023
George Malliaras, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
24 November 2022
Camilla Fairbairn, bit.bio
19 October 2022
Ian Roberts, Healx
26 May 2022
Alex Taylor,CITIID
28 April 2022
Sabine Bahn, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
31 March 2022
Chiara Bacchelli, Lifebit
Pablo Prieto Barja,Lifebit
Thorben Seeger, Lifebit
24 February 2022
Daniel Munoz-Espin, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge
27 January 2022
Ziad Mallat, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge
25 November 2021
Omer Bayraktar, The Wellcome Sanger Institute
21 October 2021
Joanna Betts,GSK
23rd September 2021
Adrian Liston, The Babraham Institute
17 May 2021
Benedict Cross, Phoremost
29 April 2021
Fiona Gribble, Wellcome MRC Institute of Metabolic Science
25 March 2021
Mike Murphy, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
25 February 2021
Elena di Daniel, Astex
17 December 2020
Manav Pathania, Milner Therapeutics Institute, University of Cambridge
26 November 2020
Trevor Lawley, Microbiotica
22 October 2020
Mike Stratton, Wellcome Sanger Institute
14 May 2020
Jason Carroll, CRUK Cambridge Institute
30 April 2020
Robin Franklin, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
26 March 2020
Mathew Garnett, Wellcome Sanger Institute
27 February 2020
Ludovic Vallier, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Pal Mander, GSK
30 January 2020
James Nathan, CITIID
Namshik Han, Milner Therapeutics Institute, University of Cambridge