Ambassadors
If you want to find out more about the Genetics Society, or would like to help organise a local event, please contact your institute ambassador in the first instance.
The tasks of the Genetics Society Ambassador are not onerous and include:
Recruiting new members by:
- targeting new student intakes
- alerting your department/institution/university to deadlines for grants available to researchers
Promoting the society by:
- publicising Genetics Society meetings and other events (e.g. putting up posters or by word of mouth)
- manning stands at relevant local events
- Attending ad hoc national “get togethers” to meet the committee and network with other local ambassadors (travel expenses paid)
Providing feedback from the membership about Genetics Society activities
Helping organise local events such as socials etc
Assisting the Membership Secretary in keeping an accurate log of those members that have moved on and to where
As an ambassador you will receive lots of support from the Genetics Society, including supplies of promotional materials and loan of pop-up banners.
If you would like to become a Genetics Society Ambassador please contact the Genetics Society.
Current Ambassadors:
| Location | Local Ambassador | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen | Professor Anne Donaldson | University of Aberdeen |
| Aberystwyth | Dr Dylan Wyn Phillips | Aberystwyth University |
| Bangor | Dr Alexander Papadopoulos | Bangor University |
| Bath | Dr Araxi Urrutia | University of Bath |
| Belfast | Dr Declan McKenna | University of Ulster |
| Birmingham | Dr Lindsey Compton | University of Birmingham |
| Bournemouth | Dr Anna Mantzouratou | Bournemouth University |
| Brighton | Dr Alessandro Bianchi | University of Sussex |
| Bristol | Professor Patricia Kuwabara | University of Bristol (SOMs) |
| Cambridge | Dr Howard Baylis | Zoology Department, University of Cambridge |
| Cambridge | Hansong Ma | Genetics Department, University of Cambridge |
| Cambridge | Dr Bénédicte Sanson | Phys, Dev and Neuro Department, Cambridge University |
| Cambridge | Ian Henderson | Plant Sci Department, University of Cambridge |
| Canterbury | Dr Simon C Harvey | Canterbury Christ Church University |
| Cardiff | Dr Timothy Bowen | University of Wales College of Medicine |
| Cardiff | Dr William Davies | Cardiff University |
| Coventry | Dr Jose Gutierrez-Marcos | University of Warwick |
| Dublin | Professor Oliver Blacque | University College Dublin |
| Dublin | Dr Alastair Fleming | Trinity College Dublin |
| Dundee | Dr Isabelle Colas | James Hutton Institute |
| Durham | Dr David Doupé | Durham University |
| Edinburgh | Dr Ian Jackson | MRC Human Genetics Unit |
| Edinburgh | Dr Douglas Vernimmen | The Roslin Institute |
| Edinburgh | Dr Jarrod Hadfield | Institute of Evolutionary Biology |
| Edinburgh | Professor Eileen Wall | SRUC |
| Essex | Dr Antonio Marco | University of Essex |
| Exeter | Dr Sarah Flanagan | University of Exeter |
| Exeter | Dr Rupa Kumar | University of Exeter |
| Exeter | Dr Ben Longdon | University of Exeter |
| Glasgow | Dr Iain Johnstone | University of Glasgow |
| Glasgow | Dr Kevin O’Dell | University of Glasgow |
| Guildford | VACANT | University of Surrey |
| Harpenden | Dr. Adriana Maria Torres-Ballesteros | Rothamsted Research |
| Harwell | Dr Akanksha Bafna | MRC Harwell |
| Hatfield | Dr Maria Braoudaki | University of Hertfordshire |
| Hinxton | VACANT | Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |
| Huddersfield | Dr Martin Carr | University of Huddersfield |
| Hull | Dr David Lunt | University of Hull |
| Kent | Dr Mark N Wass | University of Kent |
| Lancashire | Dr Paul Ashton | Edge Hill University |
| Leeds | Dr Andrew Peel | University of Leeds, School of Biology |
| Leicester | Dr Ed Hollox | University of Leicester |
| Liverpool | Dr Tony Plagge | University of Liverpool |
| Liverpool | Dr Peter Walley | University of Liverpool |
| Liverpool | Dr Craig Wilding | Liverpool John Moores |
| London | Dr Claire Russell | Royal Veterinary College |
| London | Dr Francesca Mackenzie | Kingston University |
| London | Professor Simon Hughes | King’s College London |
| London | Professor Harald Schneider | The Natural History Museum |
| London | Professor Andrew Pomiankowski | UCL Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| London | Professor E M C Fisher | UCL Institute of Neurology |
| London | Rosa Correra | UCL Institute of Ophthalmology |
| London | Professor Richard A Nichols | Queen Mary and Westfield College |
| London | Dr Emanuela Volpi | University of Westminster |
| London | Dr Yalda Jamshidi | St George’s University of London |
| London | Dr Michalis Barkoulas | Imperial College (South Kensington) |
| London | Dr Hannah Maude | Imperial College (White City) |
| London | Dr James Turner | Francis Crick Institute |
| London | Dr Alexander Papadopulos | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Manchester | Dr Catherine Walton | University of Manchester |
| Manchester | Dr Reinmar Hager | University of Manchester |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Dr Maxim Kapralov | University of Newcastle (Biol Sci) |
| Norwich | Professor Enrico Coen | John Innes Centre |
| Norwich | Dr Tracey Chapman | University of East Anglia |
| Nottingham | Dr Richard Emes | University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonnington Campus) |
| Nottingham | Professor John Brookfield | University of Nottingham (University Park Campus) |
| Nottingham | Dr Helen Miranda Knight | University of Nottingham (Queen’s Medical Centre) |
| Oxford | Professor Stephen F Goodwin | University of Oxford (Centre for Neural Circuits & Behaviour) |
| Oxford | Professor Andrew O M Wilkie | University of Oxford (John Radcliffe Hosp) |
| Oxford | Professor Liam Dolan | University of Oxford (Plant Sciences) |
| Oxford | Dr Niloufer Irani | University of Oxford (Plant Sciences) |
| Oxford | Dr S. E. Kearsey | University of Oxford (Zoology) |
| Oxford | Professor Jonathan Hodgkin | University of Oxford |
| Oxford | Dr Ravinder Kanda | Oxford Brookes University |
| Oxford | Dr Paul Potter | Oxford Brookes University |
| Plymouth | Dr Mairi Knight | University of Plymouth |
| Reading | Dr Louise Johnson | University of Reading |
| Salford | Professor Geoff Hide | University of Salford |
| Sheffield | Dr Jon Slate | University of Sheffield |
| Southampton | Dr Mark A. Chapman | University of Southampton |
| St Andrews | Professor Mike Ritchie | University of St Andrews |
| Stirling | Hoang Anh Nguyen | University of Stirling |
| Stirling | Dr Mario Vallejo-Marin | University of Stirling |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Dr Gavin McStay | Staffordshire University |
| Sunderland | Dr Timothy Barrow | University of Sunderland |
| Swansea | Dr Claire Morgan | Swansea University |
| Swansea | Dr Laura Thomas | Swansea University Medical School |
| York | Dr Sean T Sweeney | University of York |
