Upcoming Events

BBSRC Executive Chair Townhall Meeting

Sainsbury Lab, 47 Bateman Street, CB2 1LR

Date: 1st July 2026

Time: 10:00 - 11:30

Prof. Anne Ferguson-Smith, BBSRC Executive Chair, will visit the University on Wednesday 1st July. Prof Ferguson-Smith is the UKRI Senior Responsible Owner for the Engineering Biology priority area.

The visit programme includes a Townhall session, during which Prof Ferguson-Smith will provide an update on UKRI and BBSRC strategy and will also take questions from the audience. The event is open to all staff with an interest in BBSRC funding. Tea and coffee will be available from 09:30.

To register, please follow this link.

Cambridge New Therapeutics Forum (CamNTF)

Kendrew Lecture Theatre, South Building, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD

Date: 2nd July 2026

Time: 16:30 - 19:00

The next Cambridge New Therapeutics Forum (CamNTF) event will be on Thursday 2 July 2026 (16:30 – 19:00). Hosted by EMBL-EBI at the Kendrew Lecture Theatre, South Building, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, CB10 1SD.

The purpose of the CamNTF is to promote interactions between scientists from academia and industry to accelerate opportunities for biotechnology research and development. The event is open to all researchers interested in new therapeutics in the Cambridge area.

Meeting attendance is free but all attendees must register in advance.

Agenda

16:30 – 17:00 Registration

17:00 – 18:05 Presentations:

Tim Coorens, Group Leader, EMBL-EBI

New technologies to research somatic evolution and the origins of disease

Polina Rusina, Drug Discovery Scientist, Open Targets (EMBL-EBI)

Drowning in Targets, Guided by Evidence: Systematic target prioritisation to inform drug discovery decision making

Carl Anderson, Head of Human Genetics and Senior Group Leader, Wellcome Sanger Institute

Using genetics and single-cell RNA-seq to nominate candidate drug targets for inflammatory bowel disease

18:05 – 19:00 Buffet and networking

REGISTER HERE

Gateway to Translation Webinar Series

Wearables Are Getting Smarter: Deploying AI on Microcontrollers

Date: Tuesday 7th July 2026
Time: 13:00 – 14:00pm
Venue: Online

Speaker: Dr Luke Taylor

Wearables of the future will require AI to move away from the cloud and run in tiny, low‑power devices. This webinar will explore how AI can be deployed on resource‑constrained microcontrollers, enabling intelligent functions on small, low‑power devices. Using audio as a running example, the session will unpack the technical challenges, trade‑offs, and practical solutions involved in bringing machine learning models onto embedded systems in real‑world applications. Talk will be delivered by Dr Luke Taylor, the Founder of London based DeepGate Ltd. It will be chaired Dr Garreth Prendergast, lecturer in Audiology/Hearing Science at Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness (ManCAD), The University of Manchester. 

REGISTER HERE

The Milner Therapeutics Symposium

West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, CB3 9DP

Date: 7th July 2026

Time: 12:00 - 18:30

The Milner Therapeutics Symposium is an annual flagship event in Cambridge, bringing together >750 leading scientists, innovators, and investors from academia and industry. The Symposium showcases cutting-edge research and its potential impact on drug discovery in pharma and biotech.

The 2026 programme features plenary talks from world-class scientists, spotlight presentations from early-stage start-ups in the Milner Bio-incubator, and a cross-sector panel focused on shaping the future of science.

Registration for the Symposium closes on 25 June

Register Here

Cambridge AI in Medicine Seminar Series

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Main Lecture Theatre and Zoom

Date: 9th July 2026

Time: 12:00 - 18:30

Join the Cambridge AI in Medicine Seminar Series, hosted by the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre and the Department of Radiology at Addenbrooke's. This series brings together leading experts to explore cutting-edge AI applications in healthcare - from disease diagnosis to drug discovery.  

This month will feature the following talks:

When AI meets health and public health: from computer vision to LLMs to agentic AIs – Mengling ‘Mornin’ Feng, Associate Professor at National University of Singapore, Director of AI for Public Health Center

Building Closed-Loop LLM Systems for Scalable Mental Health Support – Kai He, Senior Research Fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore

If you are interested in getting involved and presenting your work, please email Ines Machado at im549@cam.ac.uk

Aromi Lunch will be provided from 11:45

REGISTER HERE

CCC Early Career Researchers (ECR)Network

ECR Network welcomes everyone to the launch of a new initiative aimed at fostering connections between CCC and ECRs working on all aspects of collections-based research. The Network will be chaired, on a rotational basis, by one of the three N2H PDRAs. By taking part in the CCC ECR Network, members will:

Expand their network amongst academics and collection professionals. Members of the Network will be offered collections-specific skills workshops with curators / collections managers / exhibitions teams in Cambridge to enhance researchers’ knowledge of the working environment.

Have the opportunity to connect with other collection-based researchers for the purposes of knowledge exchange (e.g. with regard to methodology, perspective, approach) and/or collaboration.

Gain professional experience by leading, or co-leading, themed seminar sessions.

Advance their knowledge and understanding of grant funding opportunities with the support of the Research Grants Facilitator.

Gain training in Knowledge-Exchange and Impact.

Learn more about the diverse and exciting collections housed across Cambridge.

Click here for more information!