2020 Award Lectures -Friday

Join us online on Friday 25th of June  for the 2020 Genetics Society Award Lectures.

Attendance is free, if you haven’t registered already, please do so at the event webpage.

To mark the 102nd anniversary of The Genetics Society we are holding an online afternoon of talks by our 2020 medal winners.  There is an opportunity for audience members to ask questions, followed by a panel discussion on different paths within academic careers, including the ups and downs of such a journey.  This is  the first formal event presided by our new President: Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith.

The panel discussion will focus on ‘Careers in Academia’ and feature our medal winners along with Alexander Lorenz, Ros John, Gautam Dey, Serena Ding, and will be chaired by our Postgraduate Representative Emily Baker.

Programme
13.00 – Start of event (5 min intro by Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith)
13.05 – Dr Sarah Flanagan, University of Exeter, Neonatal Diabetes: 100 years since the discovery of Insulin
13.45 – Professor Alastair Wilson, University of Exeter, Competition, constraint and the evolutionary genetics of animal contests
14.25 – Professor Sir Peter Donnelly, University of Oxford, Unlocking the power of genomics to improve healthcare
15.05 – Panel discussion ‘Careers in Academia: Becoming a group leader in academia today’ A discussion chaired by Genetics Society Postgraduate Representative Emily Baker, who will be joined by the award winners as well as Dr Alexander Lorenz, Professor Ros John, Dr Serena Ding, and Dr Gautam Dey
16.00 – End of event

Registration
This event is free to attend, please visit the event webpage to register.