2026 Symposium
In September 2026, scholars from each of the five European Amgen Scholars Programme institutions - LMU, ETH Zurich, Institut Pasteur, Karolinska Institutet and the University of Cambridge - gathered at Clare College for the annual European Symposium.
Scholars had the opportunity to hear from a wide range of speakers, including industry representatives and leading Cambridge academics. They took part in workshops and enjoyed social activities, including a walking tour of Cambridge, punting on the River Cam, and a formal dinner in Clare College's Great Hall.
Each scholar created a poster and presented their project findings at dedicated poster sessions throughout the schedule. The scholars deemed to have produced the best posters per institution were celebrated in a ceremony at the end of the symposium - the winners for 2026 are listed below.
2026 Poster Winners
| Programme | Scholar Name | Poster Title |
| LMU Winner | Eren Duman | "Why so AREG-ressive?" Unraveling AREG Signalling in Proliferation and Invasion of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma |
| LMU Runner-up | Julijana Lazic | Characterization of cardiac immune remodeling in glioblastoma |
| Institut Pasteur Winner | Felix Saller | Dual targeting of rat hepacivirus (RHV) with direct acting antivirals to establish a hepatitis C virus (HCV) surrogate model for post-viral cure |
| Institut Pasteur Runner-up | Aaron O'Murchu | Mapping the Chlorid Plexus Immune Niche across Postnatal Development |
| Karolinska Institutet Winner | Anna Okhremenko | Mitochondrial transcriptional rhythmicity as a potential compensatory mechanism for stress resilience |
| Karolinska Institutet Runner-up | Tommaso Mario Taddei | NextGen Killers: Developing stimulation-coupled gene expression circuitry for NK cells |
| ETH Zurich Winner | Phuoc An Do | From Neural Spikes to Latent Dynamics: Multilayer Spiking Autoencoder for Neural Population Activity |
| ETH Zurich Runner-up | Asya Efe | A Linc to Neoteny: A human-specific lincRNA regulating the pace of neuronal maturation |
| University of Cambridge Winner | Sebastiano Ballarin | Effects of Plant Circadian Period on Light Utilization for Growth |
| University of Cambridge Runner-up | Daniel William Langdon | An immunoreceptor regulates cell-cell communications at the maternal-foetal interface |