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Committee Members

The role of the Committee is defined in the Genetics Society Constitution. Each member of the Committee is a representative of a major field of genetics

GENETICS SOCIETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2010/2011

PRESIDENT

Professor Veronica van Heyningen (2012)
MRC Human Genetics Unit
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road
Edinburgh EH4 2XU

Tel: + 44 (0) 131 467 8405
Fax: + 44 (0) 131 467 8456
Email: v.vanheyningen@hgu.mrc.ac.uk

*PRESIDENT-ELECT (2015)

Professor Enrico Coen
John Innes Centre
Norwich Research Park
Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH

Tel: +44 (0)1603 450000
Fax: +44 (0) 1603 450045
Email: enrico.coen@bbsrc.ac.uk

VICE-PRESIDENTS

Vice-President, Public Understanding of Genetics

Dr Chris Smith
Division of Virology
Department of Pathology
University of Cambridge
Cambridge CB2 1QP

Tel: +44 (0) 7766 947 547
Email: cs222@cam.ac.uk

Vice-President, External Relations

Professor John Brookfield (2012)
Institute of Genetics and School of Biology,
University of Nottingham,
Queen's Medical Centre,
Nottingham NG7 2UH

Tel: (+44) (0)115-8230392
Fax:(+44) (0)115-8230338
Email: john.brookfield@nottingham.ac.uk

Vice-President, Corporate Affairs

Professor Ian Jackson (2012)
MRC Human Genetics Unit
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road
Edinburgh EH4 2XU
United Kingdom

Tel: + 44 (0) 131 467 8409
Fax: + 44 (0) 131 467 8456
Email: Ian.Jackson@hgu.mrc.ac.uk

HONORARY SECRETARY

Prof Patricia E Kuwabara (2012)    
Department of Biochemistry,
The School of Medical Sciences
University of Bristol
University Walk
Bristol BS8 1TD

Tel: +44 (0) 117 33 12126
Fax: +44 (0) 117 33 12168
Email: p.kuwabara@bristol.ac.uk

HONORARY TREASURER

Dr Hiro Ohkura    (2014)    
The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology
School of Biological Sciences
The University of Edinburgh
Michael Swann Building
King’s Buildings
Edinburgh EH9 3JR 

Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 7094 
Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 8650
Email: H.Ohkura@ed.ac.uk

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS SECRETARY

Prof Dirk-Jan de Koning
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Box 7023, 750 07 Uppsala, Sweden

Tel: +46 (0) 18 672039
Email:  dj.de-koning@slu.se

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Dr DJ Hosken (2013)
University of Exeter
Reader in Evolution
Centre for Ecology & Conservation
School of Biosciences
University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus
Tremough, Penryn, Cornwall
TR10 9EZ UK

Tel: +44 (0) 1326 371843
Email: D.J.Hosken@exeter.ac.uk

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE

Lynne Harris (2012)
Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
The University of Edinburgh
Ashworth Laboratories
Kings Buildings
Edinburgh EH9 3JT

Tel: +44 (0)131 650 7316
Email: L.M.Harris-2@sms.ed.ac.uk  

ORDINARY MEMBERS

Area A (Gene structure, function and regulation)

Dr Rebecca Oakey
Dept of Medical & Molecular Genetics
8th Floor Tower Wing
King’s College London
London   SE1 9RT 

Tel: +44 (0) 20 718 83711
Email: rebecca.oakey@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Anne Donaldson (2013)
Institute of Medical Sciences
Foresterhill
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB25 2ZD
Scotland

Tel:  +44 (0)1224 550975
Email: a.d.donaldson@abdn.ac.uk

Area B (Genomics)

Prof Chris Ponting (2013)
MRC Functional Genomics Unit
University of Oxford
Le Gros Clark Building
South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3QX  UK 

Tel: +44 1865 285855
Fax: +44 1865 285862
Email: chris.ponting@dpag.ox.ac.uk


Dr Jane Rogers, Director (2015)
The Genome Analysis Centre
Norwich Research Park
Colney Norwich
NR4 7UH 

Tel: +44 (0) 1603 450861 
Email: Jane.Rogers@bbsrc.ac.uk

Area C (Cell and developmental genetics)

Prof Julian Lewis (2013)
Vertebrate Development Laboratory
Cancer Research UK London Research Institute
PO Box 123
44 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PX 

Tel: +44 20 7269 3510
Fax: +44 20 7269 3417
Email: Julian.Lewis@cancer.org.uk


Dr Ian Henderson (2015)
Department of Plant Sciences
University of Cambridge    
Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3EA

Tel: +44 (0) 1223 748977
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 333953
Email: irh25@cam.ac.uk

Area D (Applied and quantitative genetics)

Dr Jon Slate
Department of Animal & Plant Sciences  
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield   S10 2TN 

Tel: +44 (0) 114 2220048 
Email:  j.slate@sheffield.ac.uk


Professor Gilean McVean (2013)
Department of Statistics
1 South Parks Road
Oxford OX1 3TG 

Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281881
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 272595
Email: mcvean@stats.ox.ac.uk

Area E (Evolutionary, ecological and population genetics)

Professor Adam Eyre-Walker (2012) 
Centre for the Study of Evolution &
School of Biological Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton  BN1 9QG

Tel: 01273 678480
Fax: 01273 678433
Email: a.c.eyre-walker@sussex.ac.uk

Dr Matthew Hurles (2014)
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA

Tel: +44 (0) 1223 495377
Fax: +44 (0) 1223 494919
Email: meh@sanger.ac.uk

Area F (Corporate genetics and biotechnology)

Dr Tom Weaver (2012)
Director, Mary Lyon Centre,
MRC Harwell,
Oxford, OX11 0RD 

Tel: +44 (0) 1235 841000
Mobile: +44 (0)778 066 0911
Email: t.weaver@har.mrc.ac.uk


Professor John Whittaker (2014)
GlaxoSmithKline
HW30/2-061 NFSP (North)
Third Avenue
Harlow
Essex CM19 5AW

Tel: +44 (0) 1279 622607
Fax: +44 (0) 1279 875363
Email: john.c.whittaker@gsk.com


Note:  Committee members serve from 1 May of the year of their election until 30 April (or after the AGM, whichever is the later) of the year indicated in parentheses after their name.




Persons invited to attend Committee meetings as non-voting contributors

MANAGING EDITOR, HEREDITY

Professor Roger Butlin                   
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences       
Alfred Denny Building                   
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield S10 2TN

Tel:    +44 (0)114 222 0097
Fax:    +44 (0)114 222 0002
Email:     r.k.butlin@sheffield.ac.uk



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