🗓️ Thursday 22 January 📍 Innovate Cambridge, Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, CB2 1PH ⏰ 12pm–5pm Join Founders Growth Community x Innovate Cambridge for our monthly drop in and networking event! Agenda: - Drop-in/co-working: 12:00–4:00pm - Dedicated Networking: 4:00-5:00pm Drop in anytime between 12:00-4:00pm to co-work alongside other founders and then stay for the dedicated networking session from […]

🗓️ 22 January ⏰ 4:00pm - 5:30pm 📍 Online Following the success of the Innovation Showcase during UK Life Sciences Week, we’re excited to bring you another opportunity to connect Cambridge and Oxford life sciences innovation with investors and partners. If you’re an investor or industry partner interested in the future of healthcare and biotechnology, this is an […]

🗓️ 27 January 2026 ⏰ 4:00-5:00pm 📍Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Focus on neurodegeneration Speakers: Daniel Tams, Astex - “Leveraging Single-Cell Transcriptomics and iPSC Neuron–Microglia Co-Cultures to Probe ALS Mechanisms” Stefano Pluchino, University of Cambridge - “Advanced Stem Cell Technologies for MS Research and Cure” Register at: milner.glueup.com/event/milner-seminars-focus-on-neurodegeneration-163500/ Milner Seminars are designed to facilitate interdisciplinary connections. […]

February Theme: AI at the Molecular Frontier 🗓️ 5 February  ⏰ 5:45-7:00pm 📍 Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Speakers: Sam Davis, Oxford Nanopore Technologies - "Decoding DNA in Real Time: Inside Oxford Nanopore’s Basecalling" Niklas Schmacke, Institute of Computational Biology, Helmholtz Center Munich - "Learning the Rules of Cell Biology - and How to […]

🗓️ Thursday 12 February 📍 Innovate Cambridge, Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, CB2 1PH ⏰ 12:00pm–5:00pm Join our Monthly Founders Growth Community x Innovate Cambridge Networking / Drop-in event at the Glasshouse on Thursday 12 February. Drop in anytime between 12:00-4:00pm to co-work alongside other founders and then stay for the dedicated networking session from 4:00-5:00pm for good conversation, new […]

🗓️ 5 March  ⏰ 5:45-7:00pm 📍 Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre March Theme: AI in Drug Discovery For our March event, two speakers from Isomorphic Labs will discuss the newly announced Isomorphic Labs drug design engine. Speakers: Jin Leem and Michael Hutchinson Talk Title: “Rational drug design with the Isomorphic Labs drug design engine” […]

🗓️ 11 March  ⏰ 11:00am 📍 Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre All are welcome - no need to register, just turn up! Speaker: Dr. Hye-Yeong Jo, Korea National Institute of Health (KNIH) Talk Overview Current status of the national bio-big-data infrastructure established by KNIH and key findings from the COVID-19 multi-omics project Major research outcomes […]

🗓️ 19 March.  ⏰ 4:00-6:00pm 📍The Glasshouse, Botanic House, Cambridge Join the next Founders Growth Community workshop with Emma Longland and Tim Russell from Venner Shipley. In this practical session, they’ll share what start-ups should consider when developing an intellectual property (IP) strategy — from the early stages of building a company through to investment […]

🗓️ 24 March 2026 ⏰ 4:00-5:00pm 📍Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Join us for the March Milner Seminar. Talks will include time for Q&A and will be followed by optional networking and refreshments. Focus on immunotherapeutics Speakers: Tim Halim, CRUK Cambridge Institute - “Tissue-resident innate and adaptive immune cell interactions in health and disease” Jon […]

🗓️ 26 March  ⏰ 12:00-1:30pm Meet at: The Glasshouse, 1st Floor, Botanic House, Cambridge Join Founders Growth Community x Innovate Cambridge for a refreshing networking event in the beautiful Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Step away from the lab and laptop, connect with fellow pre-Series A life science and biotech founders, and share insights, challenges and […]

🗓️ 31 March ⏰ 3:00-4:00pm 📍Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre This event is presented as part of the 2026 Cambridge Festival​. Since its inception in 2016, the Milner Therapeutics Institute​ has been a driving force in connecting academia and business in Cambridge and beyond. With a distinctive model that unites therapeutics research, partnerships, and enterprise, the […]

The Milner Therapeutics Institute will be represented at BioTrinity2026 on 14 April! Milner Incubator Showcase ⏰ 3:05-3:50pm 📍 Interact Room We’ll be showcasing a lineup of our incubator companies and partnerships driving innovation forward. Unlocking the Power of Collaboration ⏰ 3:30-3:0pm 📍 Main Session Join Milner Executive Director Cathy Tralau-Stewart for this panel session. Collaboration […]

🗓️ 14 April ⏰ 11:00am-12:00pm 📍 Online Join the Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL) team as we welcome Corinne Molyneux for this special webinar. Speaker: Corinne Molyneux, University College London Abstract: Colorectal cancer (CRC) displays high levels of nongenetic phenotypic plasticity, allowing cancer cells to dynamically shift between different functions, enabling therapy evasion. This is particularly evident in […]

Turning Ideas into Therapies: an opportunity to connect with a leading therapeutics investor Curie.Bio 🗓️  16 April   ⏰ 12:00-1:30pm 📍 Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Join the Milner Therapeutics Institute and Cambridge Enterprise for a seminar showcase and networking event with the leadership team at US venture firm Curie.Bio. Curie.Bio is a US venture capital firm and accelerator that helps […]

🗓️  16 April ⏰  3:30-5:30pm 📍 Deloitte, One Station Square, Cambridge CB1 2GA Join The Founders Growth Community for an exclusive masterclass with one of biotech’s most accomplished scientific leaders - Christoph Lengauer, Chief Scientific Officer at Curie.Bio. What does it really take to bring a drug from discovery to approval — let alone ten? In […]

🗓️  22 April  ⏰ 4:00-5:30pm 📍Online Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP) and the Milner Therapeutics Institute, University of Cambridge are pleased to bring together some of the most exciting biotech and life sciences companies from the Cambridge ecosystem with a curated network of venture capital investors, for an evening of focused pitching and meaningful connections. Participating companies are Milner […]

🗓️  30 April ⏰  3:00-6:00pm 📍 The Glasshouse, Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, CB2 1PH This workshop, led by AI strategist Josi Livingston with help you build your 'pharma readiness', covering what Pharma companies look for in early-stage partners, data standards, and a live demo of AI tools for data curation and partner research. Agenda: […]

🗓️ 15 May ⏰ 5:30-8:00pm 📍 Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus This event aims to matchmake students and postdocs with biotech firms, creating connections that may lead to placement opportunities, collaborations, and future careers in industry. Organised by Cambridge Gravity in collaboration with the Milner Therapeutics Institute, the event will bring together biotech […]

🗓️ 19 May 2026 ⏰ 4:00-5:00pm 📍Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Focus on RNA Therapeutics Speakers: Konstantinos Tzelepis, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge – “Therapeutic targeting of the epitranscriptome in disease” Adi Naamati, Eleven Therapeutics – “xRNA – mRNA therapeutics reimagined” Milner Seminars are designed to facilitate interdisciplinary connections. Seminars include speakers from both […]

🗓️  21 May  ⏰  4:00-6:00pm 📍 The Glasshouse, Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PH Board composition isn't always on top of the biotech ventures' priority list, but can be a powerful strategic asset. This session will explore what founders should look for when selecting directors, and how the right board can strengthen founder […]