Milner Institute announces strategic collaboration with NC3Rs
We are delighted to announce a new collaboration with the NC3Rs this month, which has been established to help NC3Rs-funded researchers translate their in vitro models of human disease into industry-relevant genetic assays. The collaboration involves a funding...
Milner affiliate STORM Therapeutics initiate phase I clinical trials
Congratulations to Milner affiliated company STORM Therapeutics, who have announced the start of phase I clinical trials with their first-in-class compound against the RNA modifying enzyme, METTL3. STORM Therapeutics is a clinical stage biotechnology company creating...
MSD joins Milner Therapeutics Consortium
This month we are excited to announce that MSD has joined the Milner Therapeutics Consortium as our 12th pharma partner. This coincides with the company’s investment in a new Discovery Centre in London, located in the heart of the Knowledge Quarter. MSD scientists in...
Milner pharma partner visit to Barcelona affiliated institutes
A long-term priority for the Milner is to share our experience of working with industry with other academic institutes, with the goal of fostering wider cross-sector collaboration. Colleagues from affiliated academic institutes have participated in our annual...
Pathania group receive £1m to investigate children’s brain tumours
We are delighted that Dr Manav Pathania and team, who are based at the Milner Therapeutics Institute, have been awarded ~£1 million from Cancer Research UK, to investigate paediatric high-grade gliomas. These rare brain tumours account for less than 20% of brain...
Video showcase of Milner collaborations with CRUK Cambridge Centre
In May 2021, the Milner Institute launched a rapid response data analysis call, led by Dr Rebecca Harris and Dr Namshik Han. The call sought collaborative project proposals from CRUK Cambridge Centre researchers and clinicians with multiomic oncology data sets that...
Milner Institute recognized at Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Research, Impact and Engagement
We were delighted to receive an award at the Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Research, Impact and Engagement last week. Milner Directors Tony Kouzarides and Kathryn Chapman were presented with the runners-up trophy for collaboration at an awards ceremony held at...
Head of Entrepreneurship joins Milner team
We are delighted to announce that Alexandra Huener has joined the Milner team as the Head of Entrepreneurship. This exciting new role has been created to lead our expanding initiatives for entrepreneurs here in Cambridge, through the Milner Frame Shift bio-incubator,...