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LML director Prof. Kathy Liddell presented this December at the CMEL conference in Hong Kong. It was led by the co-Directors of CMEL, Calvin Ho and Gilberto Yeung, and generously supported by the WYNG Foundation and Hatton Trust. It was held at HKU's Law Faculty, on Centennial Campus, beneath Victoria’s Peak that looks out over the incredible lands…

LML member, Prof. Mateo Aboy, has been appointed as a Fellow at Stanford University’s new Centre for Responsible Quantum Technology. Part of the Stanford Program in Law, Science & Technology, the Stanford Center for Responsible Quantum Technology is a first. It aims to bring together the quantum community in multidisciplinary settings. The overarch…

LML member Dr Stephanie Palmer recently presented ‘Abortion and the precarity of rights’ at St John’s College, University of Cambridge. She offered the following summary of her talk:“The overturning of Roe v Wade by the Supreme Court of the USA is a salient reminder of the uncertainty of rights.  Nor is restriction of abortion an isolated one: many…

The Cambridge Network for Values and Science (CANVAS) met on Friday 17 November 2023 at Newnham College, Cambridge. CANVAS is a collegial forum for a Cambridge-based ecosystem of law, social sciences, medical sciences and public engagement. The group was created to provide a space to touch base for those working at the intersection of biomedical is…

Prof. Mateo Aboy, Director of Research in Biomedical Innovation, AI, and Law at the University of Cambridge, shared his insights at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on 22 November 2023. His lectures focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Computing, and evidence-based (empirical) IP research.The first lecture, based on h…

LML Affiliate Dr Zoë Fritz, a doctor and ethicist at the University of Cambridge Clinical School, spoke at the inaugural Vice-Chancellor’s Dialogue at Selwyn College, Cambridge. The Dialogue focused on the question of whether assisted dying is compassionate or dangerous for society. This important discussion happened at a time when a Bill to enable…

LML welcomed a number of new members to the centre this academic year: Three new PhD members: Emma Scott, Quentin B Schafer and Marno Swart. Isaac Weldon, who returns to LML in a new position as Senior Research Associate.Professor Stephen Gilmore, Professor of Family Law, and Director of the Cambridge Family Law Centre.Dr Jennifer Cobbe, Assistant …

The Novo Nordisk Foundation has awarded a five-year grant of up to DKK 50 million to be shared between a consortium including LML at the University of Cambridge, CeBIL at the University of Copenhagen, the Petrie Flom Centre at Harvard, and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The partners will deliver the Inter-CeBIL providing insights, knowl…

Despite needing clearer definition and enforcement, anticipatory duties are important shields against the potentially negative impacts of rapidly developing scientific advancements, Dr Rumiana Yotova argues. Dr Yotova—an academic with the Cambridge Faculty of Law and LML—defines anticipatory duties as obligations to act with due diligence to maximi…

LML is delighted to announce that Professor Emily Jackson has been appointed to our Advisory Panel. Currently a Professor of Law at the LSE, Emily will provide input as a senior medical law academic. She has served as a member of the British Medical Association Medical Ethics Committee (2005-2022), Deputy Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryo…

The 2023 European Human Rights Law Conference was held at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law from 28 September to 29 September 2023, with the theme of 'Human Rights: Prospects, Possibilities, Fears and Limitations'.Led by Dr Kirsty Hughes, Dr Stevie Martin and Dr Stephanie Palmer, the conference was highly successful with more than 140 pres…

LML welcomes back Isaac Weldon, previously a Visiting Scholar, to his new appointment as a Senior Research Associate, commencing October 2023. Isaac is finalising his PhD in Political Science at York University, Toronto. He holds a Master of Science in International Health Policy (with Distinction) from the London School of Economics and Political …

LML is delighted to announce that Professor Mateo Aboy has been promoted to Director of Research in Biomedical Innovation, AI, and Law at the University of Cambridge, effective 1 October 2023. Previously serving as the Principal Research Scholar for LML, Mateo pursues research at the interface between technology, law, and innovation. His research r…

The documentary film ‘In Our Lifetime’ premiered with great success on 20 September 2023 at the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge, attended by LML members.As outlined by the Kavli Centre for Ethics, Science and the Public: "In September 2022, 21 people from across the UK spent a week together in Wellcome Connecting Science, Hinxton just outside Cambri…

Transparent, enforceable regulations on human embryo models will benefit scientists and the public, argue A Foreman, S Franklin, E Jackson, C Rozeik, K K Niakan and LML Director Kathy Liddell.                Integrated and non-integrated stem cell-based embryo models (‘SCB-EMs’) are becoming widely adopted tools in biomedical research with distinct…