Biomedical & Life Sciences SIG – Lent 2026
All Clare Hall members are welcome to attend the meetings for the Biomedical & Life Sciences SIG this Lent term. The full schedule can be found below.
Meetings are held on Wednesdays 6.00-7.00pm in the Clare Hall Meeting Room.
For further information, please contact convenors Dr Chris Cooper at cdoc3@cam.ac.uk, or Dr Rachel Sippy at rjs271@medschl.cam.ac.uk, or Dr Mike Trower at miket.clarehall@gmail.com.
Lent schedule:
28 January (Richard Eden Suite): Dr Saniya Khullar (Clare Hall, Affiliated Postdoctoral Member) – “NetREm: Network Regression Embeddings reveal cell-type transcription factor coordination for gene regulation”
4 February: Dr Jiayu Li (Clare Hall, Affiliated Postdoctoral Member) – “Deciphering the very beginning of a human life – Understanding early human embryo development in the lab”
18 February: Dr Francesca Rossi (Clare Hall, Research Fellow) – “Understanding the molecular basis of RNA-binding protein ZFP36/ZFP36L1-mediated regulation of T-lymphocyte activation”
4 March: Professor Alison Smith (Department of Plant Sciences & Director, Algal Innovation Centre, University of Cambridge) – “Opportunities for sustainable chemicals from algae: fact or fiction?”
11 March: FLASH talks (5 minute talks for postgraduates/postdocs to introduce their research, whatever stage it is at)