King’s Vanguard Series: In Conversation with Dr Magdalena Skipper, Editor-in-Chief at Nature

How AI is transforming medicine and science: Who is at the wheel?

Magdalena Skipper is Editor-in-Chief at Nature, geneticist and science leader. Following her PhD in Genetics from the University of Cambridge and postdoctoral research at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, Magdalena joined Nature Publishing Group in 2001. She held roles including Chief Editor of Nature Reviews Genetics, Senior Editor for genetics and genomics at Nature, and Editor-in-Chief of Nature Communications. In 2018, Magdalena was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Nature. She is also Chief Editorial Adviser for Nature Portfolio and holds an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Nottingham.

This event will celebrate the official launch of the new Department of AI and Personalised Health.

Speaker: Dr Magdalena Skipper

Host: Professor Josip Car, Head of School for School of Life Course & Population Health Sciences and Founding Head of Department of AI and Personalised Health

Venue: Starling Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Hodgkin Building, Guy's Campus

Date/time: Monday 16 November 2026, 17:30 – 18:30, followed by drinks reception

Registration is essential via this link.

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