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 2007/2008

PRESIDENT
Prof Brian Charlesworth (2009)
Institute of Evolutionary Biology,
School of Biological Sciences,
University of Edinburgh,
Ashworth Lab., King's Buildings,
West Mains Rd., Edinburgh EH9 3JT, UK

VICE-PRESIDENTS
Vice-President, Public Understanding of Genetics
Prof J. Steve Jones (2011)
Department of Biology, UCL,
Galton Laboratory,
4 Stephenson Way,
London NW1 2HE

Vice-President, External Relations
Prof William G Hill (2008)
Institute of Evolutionary Biology
School of Biological Sciences
University of Edinburgh
West Mains Road
Edinburgh, EH9 3JT

Vice-President, Corporate Affairs
Dr Helen Sang (2008)
Roslin Institute
Roslin
Midlothian EH25 9PS

HONORARY SECRETARY
Prof John Armour (2008)
Institute of Genetics
University of Nottingham
Queen’s Medical Centre
Nottingham  NG7 2UH

HONORARY TREASURER
Prof Josephine Pemberton (2011)
Institute for Evolutionary Biology,
University of Edinburgh,
Kings Buildings, Ashworth Laboratories
West Mains Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JT
UK

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS SECRETARY
Dr Andrew Ward (2010)
University of Bath
Department of Biology & Biochemistry
Building 4 South (Room 0.64)
Bath
BA2 7AY, UK

NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Dr Steve Russell (2011)
Department of Genetics
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3EH

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE
Jo Young (2008)  
Room C27,
University of Edinburgh,
5 Forrest Hill,
Edinburgh EH1 2QL.

ORDINARY MEMBERS

Area A (Gene structure, function and regulation)
Dr Hilary Ashe (2009)
Faculty of Life Sciences
The University of Manchester
Room A1019
Michael Smith Building
Oxford Road
Manchester M13 9PT

Dr Anne Ferguson-Smith (2011)
Department of Physiology,
Development and Neuroscience,
University of Cambridge,
Downing Street,
Cambridge CB2 3DY,
United Kingdom

Area B (Genomics)
Dr Ewan Birney (2009)
European Bioinformatics Institute,
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus,
Hinxton,
Cambridge, CB10 1SD

Prof Graham Moore (2011)
Department of Crop Genetics,
John Innes Centre,
Norwich Research Park,
Colney
Norwich, NR4 7UH

Area C (Cell and developmental genetics)
Dr Tanya Whitfield (2009)
Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics
Department of Biomedical Science
Firth Court
Western Bank
Sheffield S10 2TN

Dr Liam Dolan (2011)
Cell & Developmental Biology Department
John Innes Centre,
Norwich Research Park,
Colney, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UH, UK

Area D (Applied and quantitative genetics)
Dr Alison Dunn (2009)
School of Biology,
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT

Dr Dirk-Jan (DJ) de Koning (2011)
Roslin Institute,
Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS

Area E (Evolutionary, ecological and population genetics)
Prof Austin C Burt (2008)
Department of Biological Sciences
Imperial College
Silwood Park
Ascot
Berks SL5 7PY

Dr Mark A. Beaumont (2010)
School of Biological Sciences,
AMS Building,
University of Reading,
Whiteknights, P.O. Box 228,
Reading RG6 6AJ, UK

Area F (Corporate genetics and biotechnology)
Dr Andy Greenland (2008)
NIAB
Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0LE
 
Dr Tanita Casci (2010)
Senior Editor, Nature Reviews Genetics
4 Crinan Street
London N1 9XW, UK 

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.
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Persons invited to attend Committee meetings as non-voting contributors

MANAGING EDITOR, HEREDITY
Professor Richard A Nichols
School of Biological Sciences
Queen Mary, University of London
Mile End Road
London E1 4NS

EUROPEAN EDITOR, GENES & DEVELOPMENT
Winship Herr
Center for Integrative Genomics
University of Lausanne
Genopode Building
CH - 1015 Lausanne
Switzerland