Tuesday 20 April 2021 6:00pm to 8:00pm
About
The April meeting of the Cambridge New Therapeutics Forum (CamNTF) is now open for registration. This meeting will be hosted by the Milner Therapeutics Institute and will be brought to you virtually. We are delighted to be joined on the 20th by four speakers from the Cambridge community who will discuss their developments in the use of AI and machine learning across the discovery workflow in oncology related therapeutics.
Open to all scientists researching new therapeutics in Cambridge and the local area.
The purpose of the CamNTF is to promote interactions between scientists from academia & industry in order to improve opportunities for biotechnology research and development. Meeting attendance is free but all attendees must register in advance.
Host: The Milner Therapeutics Institute
Date: Tuesday 20th April 2021
Location: This event will take place online. Please register on Eventbrite: https://camntfapril2021meeting.eventbrite.co.uk
Programme
18:00 – Welcome
18:10 – Dr Namshik Han, Head of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Biology, Milner Therapeutics Institute and Dr Georgia Tsagkogeorga, Senior Scientist, Bioinformatics, Milner Therapeutics Institute; STORM Therapeutics
Title: Data-driven computational approaches for identifying novel therapeutic targets and drug repositioning opportunities’
18:30 – Dr Lucy Colwell, Lecturer, Centre for Molecular Informatics, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge
Title Machine learning for biological sequence design with therapeutic applications
18:50 – Professor James Brenton, Co-Leader of the Ovarian Cancer programme and Integrated Cancer Medicine, Senior Group Leader at CRUK Cambridge Institute; Academic Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology; Co-Founder of Inivata Ltd and Tailor Bio
Title tbc
19:10 – Post-talk panel discussion: "Future Directions for AI in Drug Discovery”.
Panel Chair: Professor Andres Floto, Professor of Respiratory Biology, University of Cambridge, Director of the UK Cystic Fibrosis Innovation Hub and Co-Director of the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine
19:45 – Meeting close