BIA Events

From discovery to translation: join the launch of the Imperial Centre for Intestinal Systems (CIS) and explore how advanced human-relevant models are enabling innovation in intestinal biology, IBD, and microbiome research.

Showcasing Cambridge & London life science, biotech, deeptech & techbio ventures, offering investors early insight, and emerging innovation.

Do you have a cancer detection or diagnostic idea? Are you interested in participating in or informing the development of innovative approaches through collaborative R&D? Then join us for one of three cross-disciplinary collaborative sandpits focused on driving the early detection and diagnosis of cancer.

The leadership development programme for leaders in the Life Sciences

Do you have an idea that could help reduce the diagnosis time for endometriosis from over seven years to one? We are looking for businesses with innovative concepts or ideas that have the potential to evolve into clinically credible, commercially viable and system-ready solutions for accelerating endometriosis diagnosis and treatment.  

o2h ChaiTime Portfolio Pitch Day - Fund Launch Series Cambridge Edition A focused Friday afternoon bringing together high-quality UK biotech, long-term investors, and strategic leaders. Cambridge (invite-only) | Live on Zoom

An invitation to a unique event exploring the value, opportunity, and emerging potential of conducting Life Science research in Microgravity. As interest in Microgravity-enabled research accelerates, this event will bridge the current academic, commercial, and regulatory gaps between the space and life science sectors. Help shape the emerging Microgravity Life Science economy as Europe moves toward sovereign access to this environment through new launchers, free-flyers, and bio-research platforms. Cohosted by Babraham Research Campus, PlastronCRO, Space East, Space South Central, Beyond Earth Network (STFC).

Join us in January for the first Milner Seminar of 2026!

This course aims to introduce core topics in entrepreneurship and management. Discounts are available for group bookings and for those who book all three days.

In this webinar, Professor James and his PhD student George will showcase a high-throughput screening approach for identifying putative plastic-degrading taxa from landfill environments, leveraging our platform’s droplet formation, sorting, and isolation capabilities.