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)    Tel: + 44 (0) 131 467 8405

MRC Human Genetics Unit                         Fax: + 44 (0) 131 467 8456

Western General Hospital                           Email: v.vanheyningen@hgu.mrc.ac.uk

Crewe Road

Edinburgh EH4 2XU

 

*PRESIDENT-ELECT (Starting 2011)

Professor Enrico Coen                 Tel: +44 (0)1603 450000

John Innes Centre                        Fax:  +44 (0) 1603 450045

Norwich Research Park                Email: enrico.coen@bbsrc.ac.uk

Colney, Norwich NR4 7UH

*Subject to election in 2011 AGM

 

VICE-PRESIDENTS

 

Vice-President, Public Understanding of Genetics

 

Prof J. Steve Jones (2011)                Tel:     020 7679 7416

Department of Biology, UCL,            Fax:    020 7679 5052

Galton Laboratory,                          Email:     j.s.jones@ucl.ac.uk

4 Stephenson Way,

London NW1 2HE

 

Vice-President, External Relations

 

Professor John Brookfield (2012)                     Tel: (+44)-(0)115-8230392

Institute of Genetics and School of Biology,     Fax:(+44)-(0)115-8230338

University of Nottingham,                               Email: john.brookfield@nottingham.ac.uk

Queen's Medical Centre,

Nottingham NG7 2UH

 

Vice-President, Corporate Affairs

 

Professor Ian Jackson (2012)             Tel: + 44 (0) 131 467 8409

MRC Human Genetics Unit                Fax: + 44 (0) 131 467 8456

Western General Hospital                  Email: Ian.Jackson@hgu.mrc.ac.uk

Crewe Road

Edinburgh EH4 2XU

United Kingdom

 

HONORARY SECRETARY

Prof Patricia E Kuwabara (2012)            Tel:       0117 33 12126

Department of Biochemistry,                 Fax:      0117 33 12168

The School of Medical Sciences            Email:   p.kuwabara@bristol.ac.uk

University of Bristol                                

University Walk

Bristol BS8 1TD

 

 

HONORARY TREASURER

 

Prof Josephine Pemberton (2011)                       Tel:    0131 650 5505

Institute for Evolutionary Biology,                        Fax:     0131 650 6564

University of Edinburgh,                                     Email:    j.pemberton@ed.ac.uk

Kings Buildings, Ashworth Laboratories

West Mains Road

Edinburgh EH9 3JT

 

HONORARY TREASURER-ELECT

 

Dr Hiro Ohkura    (2014)                                         Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 7094

The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology             Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 8650

School of Biological Sciences                                Email: H.Ohkura@ed.ac.uk

The University of Edinburgh

Michael Swann Building

King’s Buildings

Edinburgh EH9 3JR

 

SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS SECRETARY

 

Dr Andrew Ward (extended to 2011)                  Tel:     01225 386914

University of Bath                                            Fax:     01225 386779

Department of Biology & Biochemistry              E-mail:     bssaw@bath.ac.uk

Building 4 South (Room 0.64)         

Bath             

BA2 7AY                

 

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

 

Dr DJ Hosken (2013)                                   Tel: +44 (0) 1326 371843

University of Exeter                                     Fax:

Reader in Evolution                                      Email: D.J.Hosken@exeter.ac.uk

Centre for Ecology & Conservation           

School of Biosciences

University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus

Tremough, Penryn, Cornwall

TR10 9EZ UK

 

POSTGRADUATE REPRESENTATIVE

 

Lynne Harris (2012)                                                Tel: +44 (0)131 650 7316

Institute of Immunology and Infection Research

The University of Edinburgh                                     Email: L.M.Harris-2@sms.ed.ac.uk

Ashworth Laboratories

Kings Buildings

Edinburgh EH9 3JT

 

ORDINARY MEMBERS

 

Area A (Gene structure, function and regulation)

 

Prof Anne Ferguson-Smith (2011)                         Tel:     01223 333750

Department of Physiology                                    Fax:     01223 333786

Development and Neuroscience                           Email:    afsmith@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk

University of Cambridge

Downing Street

Cambridge CB2 3EG

 

Dr Anne Donaldson (2013)                              Tel:  +44 (0)1224 550975

Institute of Medical Sciences

Foresterhill                                                    Email: a.d.donaldson@abdn.ac.uk

University of Aberdeen

Aberdeen AB25 2ZD

Scotland

 

Area B (Genomics)

 

Prof Chris Ponting (2013)                            Tel: +44 1865 285855

MRC Functional Genomics Unit                   Fax: +44 1865 285862

University of Oxford                                    Email: chris.ponting@dpag.ox.ac.uk

Le Gros Clark Building

South Parks Road

Oxford OX1 3QX

UK

 

Dr Jane Rogers, Director (2011)           Tel: +44 (0) 1603 450861

The Genome Analysis Centre             Email: Jane.Rogers@bbsrc.ac.uk

Norwich Research Park

Colney

Norwich

NR4 7UH

 

Area C (Cell and developmental genetics)

 

Prof Julian Lewis (2013)                                             Tel: +44 20 7269 3510

Vertebrate Development Laboratory                             Fax: +44 20 7269 3417

Cancer Research UK London Research Institute          Email: Julian.Lewis@cancer.org.uk

PO Box 123

44 Lincoln's Inn Fields

London WC2A 3PX

 

Dr Ian Henderson (2011)                              Tel: +44 (0) 1223 748977

Department of Plant Sciences                     Fax: +44 (0) 1223 333953

University of Cambridge                              Email: irh25@cam.ac.uk

Downing Street

Cambridge CB2 3EA

 

Area D (Applied and quantitative genetics) 

 

Dr Dirk-Jan (DJ) de Koning (2011)            Tel :     0131 5274258

Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS                  Fax:     0131 4400434

University of Edinburgh                           Email: DJ.deKoning@roslin.ed.ac.uk

Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS                        

 

Professor Gilean McVean (2013)            Tel: +44 (0) 1865 281881

Department of Statistics                        Fax: +44 (0) 1865 272595

1 South Parks Road                              Email: mcvean@stats.ox.ac.uk

Oxford OX1 3TG

 

Area E (Evolutionary, ecological and population genetics)

 

Professor Adam Eyre-Walker (2012)            Tel : 01273 678480

Centre for the Study of Evolution &               Fax: 01273 678433

School of Biological Sciences                      Email: a.c.eyre-walker@sussex.ac.uk

University of Sussex

Brighton

BN1 9QG

 

Dr Matthew Hurles (2014)                            Tel: +44 (0) 1223 495377

The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute            Fax: +44 (0) 1223 494919

Wellcome Trust Genome Campus                Email: meh@sanger.ac.uk

Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA

 

Area F (Corporate genetics and biotechnology)

 

Dr Tom Weaver (2012)                         Tel:     +44 (0) 1235 841000

Director, Mary Lyon Centre,                 Mobile:     +44 (0)778 066 0911

MRC Harwell,                                     Email: t.weaver@har.mrc.ac.uk    

Oxford, OX11 0RD             

 

Professor John Whittaker (2014)                Tel: +44 (0) 1279 622607

GlaxoSmithKline                                       Fax:  +44 (0) 1279 875363

HW30/2-061 NFSP (North)                         Email: john.c.whittaker@gsk.com

Third Avenue

Harlow

Essex CM19 5AW

 

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 Roger Butlin                                    Tel:    +44 (0)114 222 0097

Department of Animal and Plant Sciences        Fax:    +44 (0)114 222 0002

Alfred Denny Building                                      Email:     r.k.butlin@sheffield.ac.uk

University of Sheffield

Western Bank

Sheffield S10 2TN