Milner Therapeutics Symposium Programme

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Thank you for taking part in the Milner Therapeutics Symposium 2020.

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Welcome & Introduction: June 11th

To kick off our 2020 online symposium, Milner director Tony Kouzarides will give an introduction to the Milner Therapeutics Institute. 

Plenary Session One: June 12th

Talks in this session will be ~25 minutes. The live Q&A sessions will be 30 minutes long, and will take part at different times during the day (see below). These Q&A sessions will include additional discussion and an opportunity to ask questions, as well as live audience polls related to the talk and academic-industry collaborations.

The talks for this session are now available to view on our Symposium Platform, and you can head there by clicking on the photographs below . Please note that you must be registered in order to gain access – personalised, individual logins are sent to delegates via email in advance.

Plenary Session Two: June 25th

Talks in this session will be ~25 minutes. The live Q&A sessions will start at the times below, and will include additional discussion and an opportunity to ask questions, as well as live audience polls related to the talk and academic-industry collaborations.

The talks for this session are now available to view on our Symposium Platform, and you can head there by clicking on the photographs below . Please note that you must be registered in order to gain access – personalised, individual logins are sent to delegates via email in advance.

Investment & start-ups in Cambridge: June 26th, live Q&A 1pm

An opportunity to hear from Jason Mellad (CEO, Start Codon) about this new healthcare accelerator. This session will include short talks from the first cohort of companies in the programme focusing on:

• gene therapy for rare and complex diseases
• next generation antibody drug conjugates with higher DAR and therapeutic index
• novel magnetic microcarriers for miniaturising and multiplexing cellular assays
• functional genomics that unlocks the non-coding genome to discover new drug targets and diagnostic biomarkers

The talks for this session are now available to view on our Symposium Platform, and you can head there by clicking on the photograph below . Please note that you must be registered in order to gain access – personalised, individual logins are sent to delegates via email in advance.

Disease Relevant Models in Target Discovery:
July 1st

The talks for this session are now available to view on our Symposium Platform, and you can head there by clicking on the photographs below . Please note that you must be registered in order to gain access – personalised, individual logins are sent to delegates via email in advance.

CNS Therapeutics: July 9th

The talks for this session are now available to view on our Symposium Platform, and you can head there by clicking on the photographs below . Please note that you must be registered in order to gain access – personalised, individual logins are sent to delegates via email in advance.

Interdisciplinary Research in Disease: July 15th

This session will be hosted in partnership with the newly-formed digital University Enterprise Zone – Greater Cambridge Health Tech Connect. The aim of this session is to encourage interdisciplinary collaboration across academic and industry networks within Cambridge and beyond.

This session takes place the same week as the ON Helix Digital Conference (July 13-14th). For those interested in understanding innovation in translational research and developing the rights connections, ON Helix will bring a full online programme and possibility to connect with delegates through the Conference App. Academics can attend for £90+VAT and Milner affiliated companies can get 10% discount on their registration. To claim your discount code please email us at events@milner.cam.ac.uk.