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The main aim of this lecture series is to provide all researchers with a strong background in cancer biology, ranging from basic biology through to translational aspects. The lectures will be given by senior members of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre and invited speakers. Attendance is compulsory for all first year MRes and PhD students and clinical fellows funded by the CRUK Cambridge Centre. Other students and staff of the University of Cambridge are welcome to attend. The lectures are held every Thursday at 9.30 a.m. in-person in the School of Clinical Medicine - in either the Theo Chalmers or the William Harvey Lecture Theatre (check display boards in reception foyer). Unless otherwise stated, we are not currently live streaming the lectures online. TO RECEIVE UPDATES about this list (details of new talks, reminders, changes) PLEASE SIGN UP TO THE MAILING LIST: cruk-cc-lectureseries@lists.cam.ac.uk
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Thu 03 Jul 09:30: The promise of proton therapy in Paediatric tumours

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 17:07
The promise of proton therapy in Paediatric tumours

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Tue 03 Jun 09:30: The promise of proton therapy in Paediatric tumours

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 16:16
The promise of proton therapy in Paediatric tumours

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Thu 26 Jun 09:30: Transmissable cancers

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 16:11
Transmissable cancers

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Thu 19 Jun 09:30: Title TBC: lung cancer

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 16:06
Title TBC: lung cancer

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Thu 19 Jun 09:30: Title TBC: lung cancer

Thu, 03/04/2025 - 16:06
Title TBC: lung cancer

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Thu 05 Jun 09:30: Early cancer trials

Wed, 26/02/2025 - 17:43
Early cancer trials

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Thu 27 Mar 09:30: Revealing the Unseen: AI's Role in Novel Target Discovery for High Unmet Needs Areas Through Multi-Omics Integrationce for identifying novel therapeutic targets, biomarkers and drug repositioning opportunities

Tue, 04/02/2025 - 10:50
Revealing the Unseen: AI's Role in Novel Target Discovery for High Unmet Needs Areas Through Multi-Omics Integrationce for identifying novel therapeutic targets, biomarkers and drug repositioning opportunities

The role of AI and data-driven methodologies is set to play a huge part in the drug discovery industry, allowing intricate details of a multitude of disease mechanisms and improving the way for the streamlined development of therapeutics. The focus of this seminar would give an overview of how AI and Multi-Omics are shaping betterment in the area of the improved identification and profiling of therapeutic targets.

I will describe the general AI principles and show how they apply to drug discovery in a manner that can be followed by a wide audience. This should give the participants with even the barest understanding of the technical background an understanding of the value that this tool adds in drug discovery. I shall take our research using AI and machine learning coupled with advanced mathematical models. Integrative analysis of multi-omics datasets enabled identifying new targets and pathways that may suggest new avenues for their use in understanding complex biological questions.

The presentation also focuses on how such academic insights work out in the domain of commerce and further reflected through my experiences of founding and running AI-driven Startups: Kure.ai Therapeutics and CardiaTec Biosciences. The second one will bring out examples that evidently show the relevance of our findings in practical scenarios of developing innovative solutions in the area of cardiovascular diseases.

The talk concludes with a Q&A session and gives a very succinct but also very full picture of the role of AI and data-driven methods in modern drug discovery. It is in this regard that the subject of the seminar will put forth how these emerging technologies are enablers for increased precision and efficiency in the development of therapeutics today or will be, thus allowing an informed discussion among participants hailing from academia to biotech to big pharmaceuticals.

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