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Immutrin raises £65 million in Series A funding to advance amyloidosis therapy
We’re delighted that Milner Institute Bio-incubator company Immutrin has announced the successful close of a £65 million ($87 million) Series A...
Milner Institute to showcase collaboration and innovation at BioTrinity 2026
We're delighted to announce that the Milner Therapeutics Institute will play an active role at BioTrinity 2026 next month, with both a dedicated...
Flagship–Cambridge partnership marks one year of therapeutic innovation and collaboration
In 2025, the Milner Therapeutics Institute, together with Cambridge University Health Partners, announced a collaboration with Flagship Pioneering –...
Milner Institute hosts Cambridge–Oxford BioVenture Showcase, spotlighting high-potential biotech startups
On 22 January, we were delighted to host the Cambridge–Oxford BioVenture Showcase, bringing together innovators, early‑stage founders, researchers,...
Milner Therapeutics Institute kickstarts 2026 with business-to-business event for affiliates
Last week, the Milner Institute welcomed more than 45 of its affiliated companies to a business-to-business networking event on the Cambridge...
Cathy Tralau-Stewart discusses strengthening UK therapeutic translation in Drug Discovery World
We’re delighted that our Executive Director, Professor Cathy Tralau-Stewart, has continued her thought leadership work with Drug Discovery World,...
Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory wins OBN Award for Most Impactful Industry Collaboration
We are thrilled to announce that the Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL) has been awarded an OBN Award in the Most Impactful Industry...
Cathy Tralau-Stewart joins expert panel at 2025 Drug Discovery World Symposium
Milner Executive Director Cathy Tralau-Stewart was delighted to join Drug Discovery World (DDW) at their 2025 Symposium this month, which brought...
Milner Therapeutics Institute and Cambridge Network join forces to showcase MTI partnerships and enterprise
Earlier this week, we were delighted to team up with Cambridge Network to host an event at the West Hub in Cambridge. The event provided an overview...
Milner Institute joins BioCentury’s Grand Rounds Europe conference
The Milner Institute was proud to take part in BioCentury’s Grand Rounds Europe conference in Cambridge this month. Over three days of keynotes,...
Daiichi Sankyo joins Milner Therapeutics Consortium
We are delighted to announce that Daiichi Sankyo has joined the Milner Therapeutics Consortium as our tenth pharma partner. The Milner team works...
Milner Institute welcomes local MPs to explore research and innovation
Last week, we were delighted to welcome Pippa Heylings MP, Charlotte Cane MP and Councillor Olaf Hauk to the Milner Therapeutics Institute. The...
Milner Head of AI expands role across Milner Institute and Yonsei University
We are delighted to share that Dr Namshik Han, Head of AI and Computational Research at the Milner Therapeutics Institute, has begun a new role as...
Milner Institute announced as finalist for 2025 OBN Award
We are delighted to share that the Milner Therapeutics Institute has been announced as a finalist for a 2025 OBN Award in the category of Most...
Milner Institute connects pioneering science with investment at its 2025 Pitch Day
Last week, we were proud to host our 2025 Pitch Day, bringing together a vibrant mix of biotech innovators, investors, and translational science...
Milner Therapeutics Symposium showcases innovation in translational science
This week, the Milner Therapeutics Institute hosted its annual Symposium – a hybrid event welcoming approximately 500 in-person delegates and 250+...
Milner Institute prepares for upcoming Therapeutics Symposium and Pitch Day
We are excited for several Milner events taking place across Cambridge next week, including our annual Therapeutics Symposium and Pitch Day. The...
Shift Bioscience identifies novel single-gene target for safer cellular rejuvenation therapeutics
Shift Bioscience, a company based in the Milner Institute Bio-incubator, has published new research identifying a novel, single-gene target for...
Milner Institute begins collaboration with Yonsei University for joint research in quantum computing
We were delighted to host a signing ceremony with Yonsei University last week, for a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our institute at...
Milner Institute delivers Cambridge-Google AlphaFold Workshop
We were delighted to welcome over 120 delegates in Cambridge last week, for a Cambridge-Google Workshop: Learning from Experts in Computational...
Milner Institute highlights in-house research capabilities at Cambridge Festival
The Milner Institute was delighted to take part in two Cambridge Festival events again this year. Held each spring, the Festival features a mix of...
Milner Institute hosts official opening of new Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory
Last week, we were delighted to launch the new Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL) here at the Milner Therapeutics Institute in...
Milner Therapeutics Consortium renewed for five years
We are delighted that the Milner Therapeutics Consortium has been renewed until 2029, which will continue to provide opportunities for our academic...
Sir Tony Kouzarides attends Astex anniversary event, joining Lord Vallance to discuss opportunities in UK life sciences.
This week, Milner Institute Director Professor Sir Tony Kouzarides was pleased to attend a special event in celebration of Astex’s 25-year...
Milner Institute partners with Flagship Pioneering and CUHP to accelerate biotech research and innovation
We are delighted to announce a new collaboration with Flagship Pioneering and Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP), to jointly advance...
Milner Executive Director Cathy Tralau-Stewart attends J.P. Morgan’s 43rd Annual Healthcare Conference
We are delighted that our Executive Director – Dr Cathy Tralau-Stewart – was invited to attend J.P. Morgan's 43rd Annual Healthcare Conference this...
Milner Institute welcomes affiliate network to first B2B Matchmaking Event
Last week, 40 Milner Affiliates joined our inaugural B2B Matchmaking Event here in Cambridge, bringing together a diverse range of start-ups,...
Milner joins Cambridge-ARIA collaboration to create new technologies for transforming brain health
We are delighted that the Milner Therapeutics Institute (MTI) has joined a three-year collaboration with the science funding agency ARIA and...
Milner Institute awarded £7m to enable Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory as part of UK wide initiative
We're delighted to announce that the Medical Research Council (MRC), in collaboration with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...
Drug Discovery World interviews Milner Institute Head of Research
Earlier this year, our Head of Research Dr Nicola McCarthy sat down with Megan Thomas, Multimedia Editor at Drug Discovery World, to explore...
Cambridge Biomedical Campus welcomes Milner Affiliate Cytiva
Global life sciences leader and Milner affiliate Cytiva recently established a footprint in the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre on the Cambridge...
Milner Institute celebrates success of 2024 Pitch Day and Therapeutics Symposium
Last week, we were delighted to host two sell-out events in Cambridge that brought academics, investors, pharma and biotech companies together. On...
Milner welcomes Flagship Pioneering to learn more about the Institute’s unique model
We were delighted to welcome Flagship Pioneering to the Milner Therapeutics Institute this week. Noubar Afeyan and colleagues from Flagship visited...
Milner Director Tony Kouzarides awarded a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours List
We are delighted to share that our Director, Professor Sir Tony Kouzarides – a Professor of Cancer Biology at the University of Cambridge and a...
Milner collaboration develops organoid assays that could help identify new treatments for Crohn’s disease
Work at the Milner Therapeutics Institute in collaboration with Professor Matthias Zilbauer has made a promising step toward identifying more...
Chun Hao Wong joins the Milner Institute as Lead for Functional Genomics Screening Lab
We are delighted to announce that Chun Hao Wong has joined the Milner team as the MTI lead for the new MRC-AstraZeneca-University of Cambridge...
Milner Institute showcases in-house research at the Cambridge Festival
This year the Milner Institute was delighted to take part in the University of Cambridge’s interdisciplinary Cambridge Festival. The Festival takes...
Call announced for project proposals to collaborate with new functional genomics screening laboratory
The functional genomics screening laboratory (FGSL), a joint venture between our Institute at the University of Cambridge, the Medical Research...
Dr Namshik Han featured on Cytiva’s ‘Discovery Matters’ podcast
We are delighted that our Head of Computational Biology and AI, Dr Namshik Han, was featured on Cytiva’s ‘Discovery Matters' podcast series last...
Milner Bio-incubator “Frame Shift” launches second hub in Cambridge city centre
We are delighted to announce that our Frame Shift Bio-incubator has expanded this month, with the opening of a second hub in the city centre, based...
Milner Institute establishes collaboration with the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
Last week colleagues from the Milner Institute and Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) celebrated the signing of a new...
Milner Therapeutics Institute to house world-class functional genomics laboratory, in new partnership with AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council
We are delighted to announce a new partnership with AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council (MRC) that will establish a new state-of-the-art...
Pathania collaboration awarded £1.5m to research childhood brain tumours
We are delighted to share that the Pathania Lab join a team of researchers who have been awarded £1.5 million in The Brain Tumour Charity's Quest...
Takeda and Sanofi join Milner Therapeutics Consortium
We are excited to announce that two new pharma partners — Takeda and Sanofi — have joined the Milner Consortium in the past month. Now with 14...
A full house at eighth Milner Therapeutics Symposium
We were excited to welcome ∼500 delegates at West Road Concert Hall for our annual Symposium on July 5th, with a further 300+ UK and international...
Multiple Milner affiliates recognised at Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards
We are delighted that several of our affiliated companies were recognised at the 2023 Cambridge Independent Science & Technology Awards last...
Dr Cathy Tralau-Stewart appointed Executive Director of the Milner Therapeutics Institute
We are delighted to welcome Dr Cathy Tralau-Stewart as the new Executive Director at the Milner Therapeutics Institute. Cathy will work alongside...
Milner welcomes new Head of Target Discovery
We are delighted to welcome Dr Erica Bello as the new Head of Target Discovery at the Milner Therapeutics Institute. Erica brings to the team broad...
Milner Institute collaborates to launch Cambridge AI Club for Biomedicine
The AI Club for Biomedicine, launched earlier this month, is a new initiative created to bring together the biomedical AI and machine learning...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Immutrin raises £65 million in Series A funding to advance amyloidosis therapy
We’re delighted that Milner Institute Bio-incubator company Immutrin has announced the successful close of a £65 million ($87 million) Series A...
Milner Institute to showcase collaboration and innovation at BioTrinity 2026
We're delighted to announce that the Milner Therapeutics Institute will play an active role at BioTrinity 2026 next month, with both a dedicated...
Flagship–Cambridge partnership marks one year of therapeutic innovation and collaboration
In 2025, the Milner Therapeutics Institute, together with Cambridge University Health Partners, announced a collaboration with Flagship Pioneering –...
Milner Institute hosts Cambridge–Oxford BioVenture Showcase, spotlighting high-potential biotech startups
On 22 January, we were delighted to host the Cambridge–Oxford BioVenture Showcase, bringing together innovators, early‑stage founders, researchers,...
Milner Therapeutics Institute kickstarts 2026 with business-to-business event for affiliates
Last week, the Milner Institute welcomed more than 45 of its affiliated companies to a business-to-business networking event on the Cambridge...
Cathy Tralau-Stewart discusses strengthening UK therapeutic translation in Drug Discovery World
We’re delighted that our Executive Director, Professor Cathy Tralau-Stewart, has continued her thought leadership work with Drug Discovery World,...
Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory wins OBN Award for Most Impactful Industry Collaboration
We are thrilled to announce that the Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL) has been awarded an OBN Award in the Most Impactful Industry...
Cathy Tralau-Stewart joins expert panel at 2025 Drug Discovery World Symposium
Milner Executive Director Cathy Tralau-Stewart was delighted to join Drug Discovery World (DDW) at their 2025 Symposium this month, which brought...
Milner Therapeutics Institute and Cambridge Network join forces to showcase MTI partnerships and enterprise
Earlier this week, we were delighted to team up with Cambridge Network to host an event at the West Hub in Cambridge. The event provided an overview...
Milner Institute joins BioCentury’s Grand Rounds Europe conference
The Milner Institute was proud to take part in BioCentury’s Grand Rounds Europe conference in Cambridge this month. Over three days of keynotes,...
Daiichi Sankyo joins Milner Therapeutics Consortium
We are delighted to announce that Daiichi Sankyo has joined the Milner Therapeutics Consortium as our tenth pharma partner. The Milner team works...
Milner Institute welcomes local MPs to explore research and innovation
Last week, we were delighted to welcome Pippa Heylings MP, Charlotte Cane MP and Councillor Olaf Hauk to the Milner Therapeutics Institute. The...
Milner Head of AI expands role across Milner Institute and Yonsei University
We are delighted to share that Dr Namshik Han, Head of AI and Computational Research at the Milner Therapeutics Institute, has begun a new role as...
Milner Institute announced as finalist for 2025 OBN Award
We are delighted to share that the Milner Therapeutics Institute has been announced as a finalist for a 2025 OBN Award in the category of Most...
Milner Institute connects pioneering science with investment at its 2025 Pitch Day
Last week, we were proud to host our 2025 Pitch Day, bringing together a vibrant mix of biotech innovators, investors, and translational science...
Milner Therapeutics Symposium showcases innovation in translational science
This week, the Milner Therapeutics Institute hosted its annual Symposium – a hybrid event welcoming approximately 500 in-person delegates and 250+...
Milner Institute prepares for upcoming Therapeutics Symposium and Pitch Day
We are excited for several Milner events taking place across Cambridge next week, including our annual Therapeutics Symposium and Pitch Day. The...
Shift Bioscience identifies novel single-gene target for safer cellular rejuvenation therapeutics
Shift Bioscience, a company based in the Milner Institute Bio-incubator, has published new research identifying a novel, single-gene target for...
Milner Institute begins collaboration with Yonsei University for joint research in quantum computing
We were delighted to host a signing ceremony with Yonsei University last week, for a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between our institute at...
Milner Institute delivers Cambridge-Google AlphaFold Workshop
We were delighted to welcome over 120 delegates in Cambridge last week, for a Cambridge-Google Workshop: Learning from Experts in Computational...
Milner Institute highlights in-house research capabilities at Cambridge Festival
The Milner Institute was delighted to take part in two Cambridge Festival events again this year. Held each spring, the Festival features a mix of...
Milner Institute hosts official opening of new Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory
Last week, we were delighted to launch the new Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL) here at the Milner Therapeutics Institute in...
Milner Therapeutics Consortium renewed for five years
We are delighted that the Milner Therapeutics Consortium has been renewed until 2029, which will continue to provide opportunities for our academic...
Sir Tony Kouzarides attends Astex anniversary event, joining Lord Vallance to discuss opportunities in UK life sciences.
This week, Milner Institute Director Professor Sir Tony Kouzarides was pleased to attend a special event in celebration of Astex’s 25-year...
Milner Institute partners with Flagship Pioneering and CUHP to accelerate biotech research and innovation
We are delighted to announce a new collaboration with Flagship Pioneering and Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP), to jointly advance...
Milner Executive Director Cathy Tralau-Stewart attends J.P. Morgan’s 43rd Annual Healthcare Conference
We are delighted that our Executive Director – Dr Cathy Tralau-Stewart – was invited to attend J.P. Morgan's 43rd Annual Healthcare Conference this...
Milner Institute welcomes affiliate network to first B2B Matchmaking Event
Last week, 40 Milner Affiliates joined our inaugural B2B Matchmaking Event here in Cambridge, bringing together a diverse range of start-ups,...
Milner joins Cambridge-ARIA collaboration to create new technologies for transforming brain health
We are delighted that the Milner Therapeutics Institute (MTI) has joined a three-year collaboration with the science funding agency ARIA and...
Milner Institute awarded £7m to enable Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory as part of UK wide initiative
We're delighted to announce that the Medical Research Council (MRC), in collaboration with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...
Drug Discovery World interviews Milner Institute Head of Research
Earlier this year, our Head of Research Dr Nicola McCarthy sat down with Megan Thomas, Multimedia Editor at Drug Discovery World, to explore...
Cambridge Biomedical Campus welcomes Milner Affiliate Cytiva
Global life sciences leader and Milner affiliate Cytiva recently established a footprint in the Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre on the Cambridge...
Milner Institute celebrates success of 2024 Pitch Day and Therapeutics Symposium
Last week, we were delighted to host two sell-out events in Cambridge that brought academics, investors, pharma and biotech companies together. On...
Milner welcomes Flagship Pioneering to learn more about the Institute’s unique model
We were delighted to welcome Flagship Pioneering to the Milner Therapeutics Institute this week. Noubar Afeyan and colleagues from Flagship visited...
Milner Director Tony Kouzarides awarded a knighthood in the King’s Birthday Honours List
We are delighted to share that our Director, Professor Sir Tony Kouzarides – a Professor of Cancer Biology at the University of Cambridge and a...
Milner collaboration develops organoid assays that could help identify new treatments for Crohn’s disease
Work at the Milner Therapeutics Institute in collaboration with Professor Matthias Zilbauer has made a promising step toward identifying more...
Chun Hao Wong joins the Milner Institute as Lead for Functional Genomics Screening Lab
We are delighted to announce that Chun Hao Wong has joined the Milner team as the MTI lead for the new MRC-AstraZeneca-University of Cambridge...
Milner Institute showcases in-house research at the Cambridge Festival
This year the Milner Institute was delighted to take part in the University of Cambridge’s interdisciplinary Cambridge Festival. The Festival takes...
Call announced for project proposals to collaborate with new functional genomics screening laboratory
The functional genomics screening laboratory (FGSL), a joint venture between our Institute at the University of Cambridge, the Medical Research...
Dr Namshik Han featured on Cytiva’s ‘Discovery Matters’ podcast
We are delighted that our Head of Computational Biology and AI, Dr Namshik Han, was featured on Cytiva’s ‘Discovery Matters' podcast series last...
Milner Bio-incubator “Frame Shift” launches second hub in Cambridge city centre
We are delighted to announce that our Frame Shift Bio-incubator has expanded this month, with the opening of a second hub in the city centre, based...
Milner Institute establishes collaboration with the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
Last week colleagues from the Milner Institute and Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB) celebrated the signing of a new...
Milner Therapeutics Institute to house world-class functional genomics laboratory, in new partnership with AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council
We are delighted to announce a new partnership with AstraZeneca and the Medical Research Council (MRC) that will establish a new state-of-the-art...
Pathania collaboration awarded £1.5m to research childhood brain tumours
We are delighted to share that the Pathania Lab join a team of researchers who have been awarded £1.5 million in The Brain Tumour Charity's Quest...
Takeda and Sanofi join Milner Therapeutics Consortium
We are excited to announce that two new pharma partners — Takeda and Sanofi — have joined the Milner Consortium in the past month. Now with 14...
A full house at eighth Milner Therapeutics Symposium
We were excited to welcome ∼500 delegates at West Road Concert Hall for our annual Symposium on July 5th, with a further 300+ UK and international...
Multiple Milner affiliates recognised at Cambridge Independent Science and Technology Awards
We are delighted that several of our affiliated companies were recognised at the 2023 Cambridge Independent Science & Technology Awards last...
Dr Cathy Tralau-Stewart appointed Executive Director of the Milner Therapeutics Institute
We are delighted to welcome Dr Cathy Tralau-Stewart as the new Executive Director at the Milner Therapeutics Institute. Cathy will work alongside...
Milner welcomes new Head of Target Discovery
We are delighted to welcome Dr Erica Bello as the new Head of Target Discovery at the Milner Therapeutics Institute. Erica brings to the team broad...
Milner Institute collaborates to launch Cambridge AI Club for Biomedicine
The AI Club for Biomedicine, launched earlier this month, is a new initiative created to bring together the biomedical AI and machine learning...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...


















































