🌻 Welcome to our new affiliate, n6! n6 is a genomics technology company advancing translational research through smarter sample prep. They partner with labs scaling from discovery to translational studies, reducing technical friction so teams can focus on biology. n6tec.com

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 If you’re attending the CRUK Data-Driven Cancer Research Conference this month, did you know you can catch up with Milner Head of Research Nicola McCarthy? Nicola will attend the conference on Days 1 and 2 and would love to talk to you about Milner research! 🎟️ Register: https://ow.ly/AGgE50Y1iHW

📣 Don't miss the Milner Consortium Call! Are you an academic at University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute or Babraham Institute? Do you have an idea for a pre-clinical project that would benefit from industry expertise? Find out more: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall

Last week, we welcomed >45 affiliated companies to a B2B networking event on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus This was an opportunity for companies in our network to better understand each other’s expertise & uncover potential opportunities for partnerships.  Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/I1Ap50Y4Zan

Living rare: reflections across a lifetime 💡 On 27 February, Cambridge Rare Disease Network will mark #InternationalRareDiseaseDay with an event to explore what it means to live with a rare condition, from early childhood through adulthood. 🔗 https://camrarerarediseaseday2026.eventbrite.co.uk

🤝 Milner Symposium sponsorship packages are available! If you’re looking to gain visibility at a leading life sciences event, this is your opportunity. 📄 View the Sponsor Brochure here: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2026-Sponsor-Brochure-for-Website.pdf #MilnerSymp26

📣 The 2026 Milner Consortium Call is open! Are you an academic at University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute or Babraham Institute? Do you have an idea for a pre-clinical project that would benefit from industry expertise? Find out more: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall

We’re delighted that our Exec Director Cathy Tralau-Stewart (@cathyjts.bsky.social) has continued her thought leadership work with Drug Discovery World, following her involvement as a keynote speaker and panellist at their recent Symposium! 🔗 Read the article at www.ddw-online.com/ddw-winter-2...

Milner Seminars: focus on neurodegeneration 🧠 We're excited to welcome you to our 2026 seminar series! Join us tomorrow for talks by Daniel Tams (Astex) and Stefano Pluchino (University of Cambridge) 🔗 https://milner.glueup.com/event/milner-seminars-focus-on-neurodegeneration-163500/

We're delighted that Milner Head of Research Nicola McCarthy will be presenting a Functional Genomics Screening Lab poster at the Festival of Genomics on 28-29 January! 🤩 🧬 FGSL: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/functional-genomics-screening-lab-fgsl/. 🔗 Register: https://ow.ly/7RNp50Y1ghm

The Cambridge Moment is here and it matters for life sciences translation 🚀 We enjoyed this blog post from Cambridge Biomedical Campus! 📖 Read the piece here: https://cambridge-biomedical.com/news/blog-cambridge-moment/ 🔗 Visit the Milner website for more info: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk

📣 Don't miss our Consortium Call Q&A webinar! Learn more about the Call and pose questions to the Milner team. 🗓️ Tomorrow, 22 Jan ⏰ 10am 👉 https://ow.ly/WRtu50XCI56

Cambridge AI Club for Biomedicine: AI at the Molecular Frontier 5 February, Cambridge Biomedical Campus Join @aiclubbiomed.bsky.social as they welcome speakers Sam Davis (Oxford Nanopore and Niklas Schmacke (Helmholtz Munich) No need to register, just turn up! 🔗 http://milner.cam.ac.uk/ai-club

Join the Milner Consortium Call Q&A webinar! 🗓️ 22 January ⏰ 10am 📍 Online To learn more about the Consortium Call, please register to attend our information and Q&A webinar: https://ow.ly/WRtu50XCI56 Find our more about the call here: http://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall/

Milner Seminars: focus on neurodegeneration 🧠 We're excited to welcome you to our 2026 seminar series! Join us on 27 January for talks by Daniel Tams (Astex) and Stefano Pluchino (University of Cambridge) 🔗 https://milner.glueup.com/event/milner-seminars-focus-on-neurodegeneration-163500/

📣 UK Human Functional Genomics Initiative is pleased to announce its AI Summer school! The University of Exeter is offering a workshop covering a range of genome-sequencing topics. 📅 September '26 📍 Exeter, UK 🔗 https://www.ukfunctionalgenomics.com/events/functional-genomics-and-ai-summer-school

🌻 We're delighted to welcome Elastin Biosciences to our bio-incubator at the Milner Therapeutics Institute! Elastin is developing an “Elastin Restoration” platform to reverse extracellular matrix deterioration — a fundamental driver of ageing. 🔗 https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/incubator/#ELASTIN

Cambridge–Oxford Bioventure Showcase 🚀 🗓️ 22 January, online Bringing together early-stage biotech & life sciences companies to present to investors, industry leaders & collaborators. 🔗 https://milner.glueup.com/event/cambridge-oxford-bioventure-showcase-161902/

We’re recruiting a Senior Research Laboratory Technician! This role provides support to research groups at the MTI, maintaining consistent and safe availability of equipment, consumables and spaces 👇 https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/senior-research-laboratory-technician-pr48453

Including two of our own roles! Check them out below 👇

The Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre is looking for a Building Services Manager to oversee core facilities services! If you have experience of health & safety management and research facilities, this could be the role for you! 🔗 https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/building-services-manager-ps48264

📣 The 2026 Milner Consortium Call is now open! Are you an academic at University of Cambridge, Wellcome Sanger Institute or Babraham Institute? Do you have an idea for a pre-clinical project that would benefit from industry expertise? Find out more: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall

Looking for guidance on funding applications, fellowships, or career support? Check out our YouTube channel for researchers where you'll find webinars, explainers, application tips, case studies and more. 🔔Subscribe to stay up to date! www.youtube.com/@ukriforrese...

Great to see Jonathan Benn (TRIMTECH Therapeutics) speaking at the next CamNTF event! "Aggregation State Selective Protein Degradation: A Novel Therapeutic Modality for Neurodegenerative Diseases" 🗓️ 21 Jan ⏰ 6pm 📍Cambridge 🔗 https://ow.ly/PsBJ50XT78s

We’re recruiting a Part-time Milner Consortium Manager 🌟 A key role shaping the strategy and profile of the Milner Therapeutics Consortium, driving new collaborations between pharma partners and the Cambridge academic ecosystem. Closing 15 January. 🔗 https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/careers/

Applications for Cambridge NeuroWorks' Blue Sky Proof-of-Concept Fund are open until 20 Jan 🎉 🔷 Up to £50,000 to cover eligible project costs 🔷 6 months to hypothesis-test your project 🔷 Support from Cambridge NeuroWorks 🔗 https://cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/blue-sky-proof-of-concept-fund

Milner Seminars: focus on neurodegeneration 🧠 We're excited to welcome you to our 2026 seminar series! Join us on 27 January for talks by Daniel Tams (Astex) and Stefano Pluchino (University of Cambridge) 🔗 https://milner.glueup.com/event/milner-seminars-focus-on-neurodegeneration-163500/

📣 The Milner Consortium Call returns with its sixth call for research proposals. Academic researchers – join our Q&A webinar to learn more and ask questions about the Call! 🗓️ 22 Jan ⏰ 10am 📍 Online 🔗 Call & Webinar details: http://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall/

🚀 Cambridge NeuroWorks is launching a new series of online NeuroTech Talks! First speaker: Zhenan Bao (Stanford University) “NeuroString: a soft multi-modal 1D sensing fibre for the brain and gut” 🗓️ 13 Jan ⏰ 4pm 📍 Online 🔗 Register: https://connecthealthtech.mn.co/plans/1907351

Happy New Year! 🥳 We've got fantastic events & opportunities coming up in 2026 – stay up to date by signing up to our newsletter at the link below. 📩 Join our mailing list: https://milner.glueup.com/org/milnerinstitute/subscriptions/ 🗓️ View our web calendar: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/events/

🚶‍♀️ New Year’s Founder Walk Founders Growth Community x Innovate Cambridge invite pre-Series A life science & biotech founders to step away from the lab and connect over a refreshing walk in Cambridge Botanic Garden. 🗓️ 8 Jan | ⏰ 12–2pm 🔗 Registration: https://ow.ly/g4Ol50XJK4j

💊 Milner Therapeutics Symposium 🗓️ 7 July 2026 Our flagship annual event returns to Cambridge, bringing together ~500 in person and 250+ online to explore translational science across academia and industry. Registration opens soon! More 👉 https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/events/

Merry Christmas from all of us at the Milner Therapeutics Institute! 🎄

Milner Seminars: focus on neurodegeneration 🧠 We're excited to welcome you to our 2026 seminar series! Join us on 27 January for talks by Daniel Tams (Astex) and Stefano Pluchino (University of Cambridge) 🔗 https://milner.glueup.com/event/milner-seminars-focus-on-neurodegeneration-163500/

Wishing you all the best for the holidays! 🎄 Did you notice that our festive wreath has a science twist? Courtesy of the Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL), it shows patient-derived gut organoids ('mini guts’ grown in a dish)! https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk

💻 The AI Club for Biomedicine returns in 2026! The AI Club brings together the Biomedical AI and Machine Learning community in Cambridge to explore shared themes, topics and methodologies. 🗓️ Multiple dates in 2026 Learn more: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/ai-club

Our social channels will remain active throughout the holidays, and we hope this provides a sense of routine for those who appreciate it. Whatever you're facing, @samaritans.bsky.social are there to listen. https://www.samaritans.org/break-the-silence/ 📞 Call 116 123 #BreaktheSilence

🌻 Welcome to a new affiliate, Carcinotech! Carcinotech uses 3D bioprinting to produce realistic, reproducible cancer models from patient tissue. Its platform enables fast, accurate testing of oncology treatments, supporting more ethical, efficient & predictive preclinical studies. carcinotech.com

🚀 Cambridge NeuroWorks is launching a new series of online NeuroTech Talks! First speaker: Zhenan Bao (Stanford University) “NeuroString: a soft multi-modal 1D sensing fibre for the brain and gut” 🗓️ 13 Jan ⏰ 4pm 📍 Online 🔗 Register: https://connecthealthtech.mn.co/plans/1907351

Milner Seminars: focus on neurodegeneration 🧠 We're excited to welcome you to our 2026 seminar series! Join us on 27 January for talks by Daniel Tams (Astex) and Stefano Pluchino (University of Cambridge) 🔗 https://milner.glueup.com/event/milner-seminars-focus-on-neurodegeneration-163500/

Merry Christmas to everyone in Cambridge and around the world 🎄 Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice and Chancellor Lord Chris Smith share their Christmas and New Year wishes, alongside a joyful performance from the University’s first-ever Gospel Choir society.

Our goal at the Milner Institute is the discovery of new targets for the treatment of disease. Want to learn more? 👇 🔗 https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/research/

🌻 Welcome to our new affiliate, Magnitude Biosciences. Magnitude is a specialist CRO that accelerates in vivo drug discovery. Magnitude combines the unique advantages of C.elegans with their WormGazer® technology to deliver scalable, predictive data fast. magnitudebiosciences.com

The Milner has an extensive network of academics, companies and investors, and we focus on breaking down barriers between sectors and harnessing the value of these organizations to create impactful partnerships. 🔗 Find out more at https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/partnerships/

🌻 Did you know that our affiliate AltemisLab has combined decades of expertise with a complete range of 2D coded tubes and equipment to make sample management simpler, faster, and more reliable? Read more at: altemislab.com

Throwback to the OBN awards last month, where we collected the trophy for Most Impactful Industry Collaboration! 🏆 🔗 Read more at https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/functional-genomics-screening-laboratory-wins-obn-award-for-most-impactful-industry-collaboration/

In our November newsletter, Alceus Bio co-founders Alex Evans and Alberto Conti told us about their entrepreneurial journey from PhD students to co-founders of a start-up 💡 🔗 To read the full interview, visit: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/spotlight-on-alex-evans-and-alberto-conti/

📣 The Milner Therapeutics Consortium Call returns in January with its sixth call for research proposals. Join our Q&A webinar to learn more and ask questions about the Call! 🗓️ 22 Jan ⏰ 10am 📍 Online 🔗 Call & Webinar details: http://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall/

Did you know that we offer programmes in educational ideation, entrepreneurship and skills development, incubation facilities for young companies, a founders community, and pitch events with investors? 🌱 🔗 Find out more on our website: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/enterprise/

WEBINAR TODAY: Our researchers are unpacking the new ME genetics study today - join the live webinar to hear the findings first-hand and get your questions answered. 📅 Today 🕑 2PM GMT 🔗 Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #pwME #MECFS #longCOVID #MissingMillions