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Genetics Society News JANUARY 2018 | ISSUE 78 GENETICS SOCIETY NEWS In this issue The Genetics Society News is edited by Lynsey Hall and items for future issues • Making the voice of science heard in Brexit can be sent to the editor by email to • Genetics Society Centenary preparations [email protected]. • London Fly Meeting - SIG in the spotlight The Newsletter is published twice a year, • Research and travel grant reports with copy dates of July and January. Cover image: Chelsea Flower Show as part of 2019 - A Year Of Celebration: The Genetics Society Centenary. See page 22 for details. A WORD FROM THE EDITOR A word from the editor Welcome to Issue 78 Dear Readers, how these negotiations progress are of substantial interest to Welcome to the latest addition of our community. As such, we the Genetics Society newsletter. thought it timely to include a Since the last newsletter, guest feature from Dr Sarah preparations are now well Main, the Executive Director of underway for a series of events the Campaign for Science and in 2019 to celebrate The Genetics Engineering (CaSE), on Making Society Centenary. In this issue the voice of science heard in we are pleased to introduce our Brexit. Organizations such as specially appointed Centenary CaSE, whose mission is to ensure project manager - Cristina the UK has the skills, funding Fonseca, who outlines some of the and policies to enable science upcoming Centenary events in and engineering to thrive, are the feature article 2019 - A Year Of integral to representing the Celebration: The Genetics Society interests of research in the UK Centenary. More internationally, during this process. Brexit negotiations have moved forward in anticipation of I hope you enjoy this issue, and Best wishes, the UK leaving the European all of the reports on the various Lynsey Hall Union in March 2019. Due to the research and meetings which we collaborative nature of research, have been delighted to fund. Brexit negotiations have moved forward in anticipation of the UK leaving the European Union in March 2019. Due to the collaborative nature of research, how these negotiations progress are of substantial interest to our community. 2 . GENETICS SOCIETY NEWS . ISSUE 78 ISSUE 78 . January 2018 For more details please contact: The Genetics Society Charles Darwin House 12 Roger Street London CONTENTS WC1N 2JU Switchboard: +44 0203 793 7850 Email: [email protected] Web: www.genetics.org.uk Meeting Announcements 4 - 5 The Genetics Society Journals Communicating Your Science workshop Heredity External Meetings Diary www.nature.com/hdy Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Barbara Mable Sectional Interest Groups 6 Heredity Editorial Office, University of Glasgow, Graham Kerr Building, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland Genetics Society Business 7 - 13 Honorary Secretary’s Notices Genes and Development www.genesdev.org 2018 Medals and Prize Lectures Editor: Dr T. Grodzicker Genetics Society Sponsored Events 14 - 21 Genes & Development, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 500 Sunnyside Boulevard, Woodbury, New York, 11797, USA Summer Circadian Clock Club 2017 5th UK Workshop on Developmental Cell Biology of Drosophila Committee members EMBO Conference on Eukaryotic RNA Turnover President Norwich-Cambridge Student Symposium (NoCaSS) Prof Wendy Bickmore, University of Edinburgh 11th Mammalian Genes, Development and Disease Meeting Vice-Presidents Future Genetics Society Sponsored Events Prof Malcolm Logan, King’s College London Prof Colum Walsh, University of Ulster Features 22 - 25 Prof Alison Woollard, University of Oxford 2019 - A Year Of Celebration: The Genetics Society Centenary Sectional Interest Group Spotlight: London Fly Meeting Honorary Secretary Government Policy and BREXIT Concerns Dr Jonathan Pettitt, University of Aberdeen Honorary Treasurer Travel Reports 26 - 31 Prof Martin Taylor, University of Edinburgh Heredity Fieldwork Grant Report 32 - 36 Scientific Meetings Secretary Mrs Dominique Kleyn, Bioindustry Association Training Grants 38 - 40 Newsletter Editor Studentship Reports 41 - 44 Dr Lynsey Hall, Cardiff University Website Editor Dr Kay Boulton, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Representative Ms Helena Wells, Kings College London Ordinary Committee Members Gene Structure, function and regulation (Area A) Dr Aziz Aboobaker, University of Oxford Dr Douglas Vernimmen, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh Genomics (Area B) Dr Michael Simpson, King’s College London Dr Sudhakaran Prabakaran, University of Cambridge Cell and Develomental Genetics (Area C) Dr Marika Charalambous, Queen Mary, University of London Prof Stefan Hoppler, University of Aberdeen Applied and Quantitative Genetics (Area D) Dr Danny Thorogood, Aberystwyth University Dr Alastair Wilson, University of Exeter Evolutionary, ecological and population genetics (Area E) Dr Frank Hailer, Cardiff University Prof Mark Jobling, University of Leicester Corporate Genetics and Biotechnology (Area F) Prof Richard Flavell, Ceres Inc, USA Dr Jim Huggett, LGC, Teddington Design and Print Collaborate Agency www.collaborate.agency Advertising in Genetics Society News represents an opportunity to reach a large community of professional geneticists. For rates please email [email protected] www.genetics.org.uk . 3 A Genetics Society Workshop Communicating Your Science A Genetics Society Workshop for PhD students and postdocs April 23rd – 25th 2018, Chicheley Hall, Chicheley Road, Newport Pagnell, Chicheley An important part of science is getting your results and Tutors and Speakers include ideas across to others, through papers, presentations, Armand Leroi (author, broadcaster and professor of Evolutionary theses, grant proposals, conversations and interviews. and Developmental Biology, Imperial College, London) Your audience may include specialists in the field, those Enrico Coen (author and Professor of Genetics at the John Innes from other disciplines, industry, or the general public. Centre, Norwich) Helen Keen (Award winning comedy writer and performer; author How can you best communicate your science? of the Radio 4 series, “It Is Rocket Science!”) This workshop brings together experts in different fields - writers, broadcasters and presenters - to help The Naked Scientists (Presenters of the award winning Naked you explore and develop your communication skills. Scientists radio show and podcast) Working together with others on the course you will Alison Woollard (Presenter of the 2013 Royal Institution Christmas learn how to structure presentations, develop writing Lectures and Lecturer at University of Oxford) skills, bridge disciplines and have hands-on experience of broadcasting. Organisers Jonathan Pettitt (Reader in Genetics, University of Aberdeen) The Genetics Society will cover costs of travel, accommodation and meals for successful applicants. For registration, visit www.genetics.org.uk for registration, visit www.genetics.org.uk 5 EXTERNAL MEETINGS DIARY More detailed information and links to event Genomic Medicine 2018 Edinburgh Conference websites can be found at www.genetics.org.uk/ Date: 18th - 19th April 2018 Conferences/Externalmeetings.aspx Location: Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh We will happily include any announcements for Registration deadline: 31st January, 10th April, genetics-based meetings in this section. 18th April 2018 (varying rates) Please send any items to [email protected] Website: biotexcel.com/event/genomic-medicine- 2018-edinburgh/ Connectome to behaviour: modelling C. elegans at Genomics of Brain Disorders cellular resolution Date: 23rd - 25th April 2018 Date: 29th - 30th January 2018 Location: Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Location: The Royal Society, London Cambridge Contact: [email protected] Deadline(s): 30th January (early bird registration), Website: royalsociety.org/science-events-and- 13th February (bursary), 27th February (abstract lectures/2018/01/mind-of-a-worm/ submission), 27th March (registration) 2018 Website: coursesandconferences. Festival of Genomics wellcomegenomecampus.org/Conferences.wt Date: 30th - 31st January 2018 Location: Excel Exhibition Centre, London Complex Trait Analysis of Next Generation Registration deadline: 8th January 2018 (early bird); Sequence Data 30th January Date: 18th - 22nd June, 2018 Website: www.festivalofgenomicslondon.com Location: Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Berlin, Germany The 100,000 genomes project - mainstreaming Registration deadline: 1st March 2018 genomic medicine in the NHS Website: statgen.research.bcm.edu/index.php/ Date: 2nd February 2018 ComplexNGS2018 Location: Royal Society of Medicine, London Registration deadline: 2nd February 2018 Genetic Association Website: www.rsm.ac.uk/events/mgk02 Date: 17th - 21st September 2018 Location: Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Single Cell Biology Medicine Berlin, Germany Date: 6th - 8th March 2018 Registration deadline: 15th June 2018 Location: Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Website: statgen.research.bcm.edu/index.php/ Cambridge Genassoc2018 Registration deadline: 6th February 2018 Website: coursesandconferences. wellcomegenomecampus.org/Conferences.wt Genomics of Rare Disease Date: 26th - 28th March 2018 Location: Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge Registration deadline: 27th February 2018 Website: coursesandconferences. wellcomegenomecampus.org/Conferences.wt www.genetics.org.uk . 5 SECTIONAL INTEREST GROUPS 6 The Genetics Society helps support several sectional South-West Fly interest groups by providing meeting sponsorship. 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