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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

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GENETICS SOCIETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2012/2013

PRESIDENT
Professor Enrico Coen (2015)
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 (2015)
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
Dr Rebecca Oakey (2016)
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

Vice-President, Corporate Affairs
Elizabeth Fisher (2016)
Department of Neurodegenerative Disease
UCL Institute of Neurology
Queen Square
London, WC1N 3BG

Tel: +44 (0) 203 448 4439
Email: e.fisher@prion.ucl.ac.uk

HONORARY SECRETARY
Tanya Whitfield (2016)
MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics
Department of Biomedical Science
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, S10 2TN

Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 2350
Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 2787
Email: t.whitfield@sheffield.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

HONORARY TREASURER (shadowing)
Prof Anne Donaldson (2017)
Institue of Medical Sciences
Foresterhill
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD

Tel: +44 (0) 122 455 0975
Email: a.d.donaldson@abdn.ac.uk

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS SECRETARY
Prof Dirk-Jan de Koning (2015)
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 Manuela Marescotti (2017)
Via Croce Rossa 20
80131 Napoli
Italy

Mobile: +39 (0) 392 811 6440
Email: m.marescotti@sms.ed.ac.uk

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE
Adam Hargreaves (2014)
Genes and Development Research Group
Bangor University
Brambell building
Deiniol Road
Bangor LL57 2UW

Tel: +44 (0) 7757 860698
Email: bspa1b@bangor.ac.uk

Kay Boulton (2016)
Institute of Evolutionary Biology
Ashworth Laboratories
University of Edinburgh
West Mains Road
Edinburgh, WH9 3JY

Tel: +44 (0) 7720 449345
Email: kay.boulton@sms.ed.ac.uk

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ORDINARY MEMBERS

Area A (Gene structure, function and regulation)

Colum Walsh (2015)
Centre for Molecular Biosciences,
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Ulster,
Coleraine BT51 3PH

Tel: +44 (0)28 7012 4484
Email: cp.walsh@ulster.ac.uk

Dr Jonathan Pettitt (2017)
School of Medical Sciences
College of Life Sciences and Medicine
University of Aberdeen
Institute of Medical Sciences
Foresterhill
Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD

Tel: 01224 437516
Email: j.pettitt@abdn.ac.uk

Area B (Genomics)

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

Dr Martin Taylor (2017)
MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM
University of Edinburgh
Western General Hospital
Crewe Road
Edinburgh, EH4 2XU

Tel: +44 (0)131 332 2471 (extension 4043)
Email: martin.taylor@igmm.ed.ac.uk
skype: mst7776

Area C (Cell and developmental genetics)

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

Dr Malcolm Logan (2017)
Division of Developmental Biology
National Institute for Medical Research
Mill Hill
London, NW7 1AA

Tel: +44 (0)208 816 2001
Email: mlogan@nimr.mrc.ac.uk

Area D (Applied and quantitative genetics)

Dr Jon Slate (2015)
Department of Animal & Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield S10 2TN

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

Dr Eleftheria Zeggini (2017)
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
The Morgan Building
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Hinxton
Cambridge, CB10 1HH

Tel: +44 1223 496868
Email: Eleftheria@sanger.ac.uk

Area E (Evolutionary, ecological and population genetics)

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

Judith Mank (2016)
Chair of Evolutionary and Comparative Biology
University College London
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment
The Darwin Building
Gower Street
London, WC1E 6BT

Tel: 020 3108 4228
Email: Judith.Mank@ucl.ac.uk

Area F (Corporate genetics and biotechnology)

Professor John Whittaker (2014)
Director, Statistical Genetics
GlaxoSmithKline
Medicines Research Centre
Mailstop 1S101
Gunnels Wood Road
Stevenage, SG1 2NY

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

Dominique Kleyn, Non Executive Director (2016)
BioIndustry Association
Tel: 07768 344346
Email: dominique.kleyn@btinternet.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.

The President and Honorary Treasurer posts shadow the outgoing postholder for one year prior to taking up the post.

The Postgraduate Representative joins the full Committee meeting in November and shadows the outgoing post for 6 months.

Persons invited to attend Committee meetings as non-voting contributors