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2018 Genetics Society Medal and Prize Lectures

This year our medal lectures will be held at a special gathering. All are welcome at the Kendrew Lecture Theatre, European...
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The 2018 Ri Christmas Lectures

Entitled “Who am I?”, the 2018 Ri Christmas Lectures, were sponsored (among others) by The Genetics Society. Hosted as usual...
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Mather Memorial Prize 2017/18

The Genetics Society and The University of Birmingham are delighted to announce Rosina Savisaar as the winner of the 2017/18...
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International Mendel’s Day

As part of The Genetics Society Centenary celebrations, we teamed up with the Mendelanium, a museum dedicated to the work...
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Centenary Garden@RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Professor Wendy Bickmore (former President of the Genetics Society and Director of the MRC Human Genetics Unit) and fellow members...
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Heredity Special Issue: 100 Years of Genetics

This year marks the centenary of the UK Genetics Society, founded amidst the clash of ideas following the rediscovery of...
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Summer Studentship Class of 2019

Summer Studentship Summer School class of 2019. Congratulations to the 30 lucky students on being selected from over 100 applicants. Held at...
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Public Engagement Grants

Making excellent use of Tier 2 funding for Public Engagement activities, The Roslin Institute can be found at various local...
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Mather Memorial Prize 2018/19

The Genetics Society and The University of Birmingham are delighted to announce Gonçalo Faria as the winner of the 2018/19...
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2020 Awards

The Genetics Society Prize and Medal Winners 2020 are as follows: JBS Haldane Lecture 2010 – Dr Jonathan Pettitt, University...
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Geneticist Trumps

The Genetics Society has produced a Top Trumps-style card game that was sent to every UK secondary school. Update: the...
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35 years of DNA Fingerprinting

The 35th Anniversary of the invent of Genetic Fingerprinting by Sir Alec Jefferys was celebrated at Leicester University on Friday...
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Centenary Medal

Photography: Douglas Vernimmen In his lecture “Progress in Biology”, delivered on March 12th, 1924, on the occasion of the Centenary...
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Coronovirus vaccines – how?

Scientists at the University of Bath Milner Centre are looking at the evolution of Coronovirus to help with the design...
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Heredity announces 2020 best student paper prize

The 2020 Heredity best student-led paper prize has been awarded to Donald McKnight, from James Cook University..  This is the...
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2020 Nobel Prize awarded for CRISPR/Cas9 invention

Emmanuelle Charpentier, director at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Germany, and Jennifer Doudna, professor of biochemistry at the...
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Giles Yeo awarded MBE

The Genetics Society is delighted to congratulate Dr Giles Yeo on his MBE award announced in the Queens Birthday Honours...
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Edith Rebecca Saunders 155th birthday

Today, 14th October 2020, would have been the 155th birthday of Edith Rebecca (Becky) Saunders, founder of The Genetics Society....
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