🤝 Milner Symposium sponsorship packages are available! If you’re looking to gain visibility at a leading life sciences event, this is your opportunity.

📄 View the Sponsor Brochure here:
https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2026-Sponsor-Brochure-for-Website.pdf #MilnerSymp26

📣 The 2026 Milner Consortium Call is open!

Are you an academic at University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute or Babraham Institute?

Do you have an idea for a pre-clinical project that would benefit from industry expertise?

Find out more: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall

We’re delighted that our Exec Director Cathy Tralau-Stewart (@cathyjts.bsky.social) has continued her thought leadership work with Drug Discovery World, following her involvement as a keynote speaker and panellist at their recent Symposium!

🔗 Read the article at www.ddw-online.com/ddw-winter-2...

Milner Seminars: focus on neurodegeneration 🧠

We're excited to welcome you to our 2026 seminar series! Join us tomorrow for talks by Daniel Tams (Astex) and Stefano Pluchino (University of Cambridge)

🔗 https://milner.glueup.com/event/milner-seminars-focus-on-neurodegeneration-163500/

We're delighted that Milner Head of Research Nicola McCarthy will be presenting a Functional Genomics Screening Lab poster at the Festival of Genomics on 28-29 January! 🤩

🧬 FGSL: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/functional-genomics-screening-lab-fgsl/.

🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/7RNp50Y1ghm

The Cambridge Moment is here and it matters for life sciences translation 🚀

We enjoyed this blog post from Cambridge Biomedical Campus!

📖 Read the piece here: https://cambridge-biomedical.com/news/blog-cambridge-moment/

🔗 Visit the Milner website for more info: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk

📣 Don't miss our Consortium Call Q&A webinar! Learn more about the Call and pose questions to the Milner team.

🗓️ Tomorrow, 22 Jan
⏰ 10am

👉 https://ow.ly/WRtu50XCI56

Cambridge AI Club for Biomedicine: AI at the Molecular Frontier

5 February, Cambridge Biomedical Campus

Join @aiclubbiomed.bsky.social as they welcome speakers Sam Davis (Oxford Nanopore and Niklas Schmacke (Helmholtz Munich)

No need to register, just turn up!

🔗 http://milner.cam.ac.uk/ai-club

Join the Milner Consortium Call Q&A webinar!

🗓️ 22 January
⏰ 10am
📍 Online

To learn more about the Consortium Call, please register to attend our information and Q&A webinar: https://ow.ly/WRtu50XCI56

Find our more about the call here: http://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall/

Milner Seminars: focus on neurodegeneration 🧠

We're excited to welcome you to our 2026 seminar series! Join us on 27 January for talks by Daniel Tams (Astex) and Stefano Pluchino (University of Cambridge)

🔗 https://milner.glueup.com/event/milner-seminars-focus-on-neurodegeneration-163500/

📣 UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative is pleased to announce its AI Summer school!

The University of Exeter is offering a workshop covering a range of genome-sequencing topics.

📅 September '26
📍 Exeter, UK

🔗 https://www.ukfunctionalgenomics.com/events/functional-genomics-and-ai-summer-school

🌻 We're delighted to welcome Elastin Biosciences to our bio-incubator at the Milner Therapeutics Institute!

Elastin is developing an “Elastin Restoration” platform to reverse extracellular matrix deterioration — a fundamental driver of ageing.

🔗 #ELASTIN/#ELASTIN" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/incubator/#ELASTIN

Cambridge–Oxford Bioventure Showcase 🚀

🗓️ 22 January, online

Bringing together early-stage biotech & life sciences companies to present to investors, industry leaders & collaborators.

🔗 https://milner.glueup.com/event/cambridge-oxford-bioventure-showcase-161902/

We’re recruiting a Senior Research Laboratory Technician!

This role provides support to research groups at the MTI, maintaining consistent and safe availability of equipment, consumables and spaces 👇

https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/senior-research-laboratory-technician-pr48453

Including two of our own roles! Check them out below 👇

The Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre is looking for a Building Services Manager to oversee core facilities services!

If you have experience of health & safety management and research facilities, this could be the role for you!

🔗 https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/building-services-manager-ps48264

📣 The 2026 Milner Consortium Call is now open!

Are you an academic at University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute or Babraham Institute?

Do you have an idea for a pre-clinical project that would benefit from industry expertise?

Find out more: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall

Looking for guidance on funding applications, fellowships, or career support?

Check out our YouTube channel for researchers where you'll find webinars, explainers, application tips, case studies and more.

🔔Subscribe to stay up to date!

www.youtube.com/@ukriforrese...

Great to see Jonathan Benn (TRIMTECH Therapeutics) speaking at the next CamNTF event!

"Aggregation State Selective Protein Degradation: A Novel Therapeutic Modality for Neurodegenerative Diseases"

🗓️ 21 Jan
⏰ 6pm
📍Cambridge

🔗 https://ow.ly/PsBJ50XT78s

We’re recruiting a Part-time Milner Consortium Manager 🌟

A key role shaping the strategy and profile of the Milner Therapeutics Consortium, driving new collaborations between pharma partners and the Cambridge academic ecosystem.

Closing 15 January.

🔗 https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/careers/

Applications for Cambridge NeuroWorks' Blue Sky Proof-of-Concept Fund are open until 20 Jan 🎉

🔷 Up to £50,000 to cover eligible project costs
🔷 6 months to hypothesis-test your project
🔷 Support from Cambridge NeuroWorks

🔗 https://cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/blue-sky-proof-of-concept-fund

Milner Seminars: focus on neurodegeneration 🧠

We're excited to welcome you to our 2026 seminar series! Join us on 27 January for talks by Daniel Tams (Astex) and Stefano Pluchino (University of Cambridge)

🔗 https://milner.glueup.com/event/milner-seminars-focus-on-neurodegeneration-163500/

📣 The Milner Consortium Call returns with its sixth call for research proposals. Academic researchers – join our Q&A webinar to learn more and ask questions about the Call!

🗓️ 22 Jan ⏰ 10am 📍 Online

🔗 Call & Webinar details: http://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall/

🚀 Cambridge NeuroWorks is launching a new series of online NeuroTech Talks!

First speaker: Zhenan Bao (Stanford University)
“NeuroString: a soft multi-modal 1D sensing fibre for the brain and gut”

🗓️ 13 Jan ⏰ 4pm 📍 Online

🔗 Register: https://connecthealthtech.mn.co/plans/1907351

Happy New Year! 🥳

We've got fantastic events & opportunities coming up in 2026 – stay up to date by signing up to our newsletter at the link below.

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