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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth | Dr Dylan Wyn Phillips | Aberystwyth University |
| Bangor | Dr Alexander Papadopoulos | Bangor University |
| Belfast | Dr Declan McKenna | University of Ulster |
| Birmingham | Dr Matthias Soller | University of Birmingham |
| Birmingham | Stelinda Peros | Brunel University |
| Bournemouth | Dr Anna Mantzouratou | Bournemouth University |
| Brighton | Dr Alessandro Bianchi | University of Sussex |
| Bristol | Dr James Hodge | University of Bristol |
| Cambridge | Dr Howard Baylis | Zoology Department, University of Cambridge |
| Cambridge | Hansong Ma | Genetics Department, University of Cambridge |
| Cambridge | Laetitia Chauve | McLysaght lab of molecular evolution |
| 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 | Dr Alastair Fleming | Trinity College Dublin |
| Dundee | Dr Isabelle Colas | James Hutton Institute |
| Durham | Dr David Doupé | Durham University |
| Edinburgh | Dr Douglas Vernimmen | The Roslin Institute |
| Essex | Dr Antonio Marco | University of Essex |
| Exeter | Dr Sarah Flanagan | University of Exeter |
| Exeter | Dr Ben Longdon | University of Exeter |
| Harpenden | Dr Adriana Torres-Ballesteros | Rothamsted Research |
| Harwell | Dr Akanksha Bafna | MRC Harwell |
| Hatfield | Dr Maria Braoudaki | University of Hertfordshire |
| Huddersfield | Dr Martin Carr | University of Huddersfield |
| Lancaster | Dr Barbara Shih | Lancaster University |
| 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 Andrew Pomiankowski | UCL Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| London | Professor E M C Fisher | UCL Institute of Neurology |
| 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 Rupa Kumar | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust |
| London | Dr Hannah Maude | Imperial College (White City) |
| London | Dr Alexander Papadopulos | Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| London | Sam McKee | Birkbeck |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Dr Maxim Kapralov | University of Newcastle (Biol Sci) |
| 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 | Dr Ravinder Kanda | Oxford Brookes University |
| Oxford | Dr Paul Potter | Oxford Brookes University |
| Reading | Dr Louise Johnson | University of Reading |
| Southampton | Dr Mark A. Chapman | University of Southampton |
| St Andrews | Professor Mike Ritchie | University of St Andrews |
| Stirling | Hoang Anh Nguyen | University of Stirling |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Dr Gavin McStay | Staffordshire University |
| Swansea | Dr Claire Morgan | Swansea University |
| Swansea | Dr Laura Thomas | Swansea University Medical School |
| York | Dr Sean T Sweeney | University of York |
