Science and the Futures of Medicine - One Day Meeting
Fri 22 March
Department of Engineering
A one-day interdisciplinary scientific meeting organised by Professor Ashok Venkitaraman, Dr James Fraser and Dr Nicholas Pugh
Entry is free and open to all who are interested
Recent advances in the sciences underpinning medicine, and their translation to clinical impact, are transforming our ability to understand and treat human diseases. This one-day meeting will explore emerging areas in which the convergence of fundamental science and translational opportunities promises to shape the futures of medicine.
Organisers
Programme
09.00-09.15 Introduction to meeting
09.15-10.15 Serena Nik-Zainal, Professor of Genomic Medicine and Bioinformatics, Department of Medical Genetics, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge - The contribution of genomics to precision medicine
10.15-11.15 Shyni Varghese, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Orthopaedics, Duke University, USA - Tissue engineering
11.15-11.45 Morning Coffee
11.45- 12.45 Jan Hoeijmakers, Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam and Cologne, Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Oncode, Utrecht, both in the Netherlands and the CECAD, Cologne, Germany - DNA damage, cancer and aging, the unexpected impact of nutrition on medicine
12.45-13.45 Lunch
13.45-14.45 Paul Workman, Former CEO and President of the Institute of Cancer (ICR), London, Harrap Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery, ICR – Transforming small molecule cancer drug discovery for precision medicine
14.45-15.45 Iain Buchan, W.H. Duncan Chair in Public Health Systems, Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Innovation, Public Health, Policy & Systems, University of Liverpool – How might artificial intelligence augment population health?
15.45-16.15 Afternoon Tea
16.15- 17.15 Alessio Ciulli, Professor of Chemical and Structural Biology and Director of the Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee - Proximity-inducing modalities in drug discovery: Protein degraders and beyond
17.15 Closing remarks
Cost: free
Enquiries and booking
Booking is recommended for this event.
Enquiries: Beverley Larner Website Email: philosoc@group.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 334743