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3718 Issue63july2010 1.Pdf Issue 63.qxd:Genetic Society News 1/10/10 14:41 Page 1 JULYJULLYY 2010 | ISSUEISSUE 63 GENETICSGENNETICSS SOCIETYSOCIEETY NENEWSEWS In this issue The Genetics Society NewsNewws is edited by U Genetics Society PresidentPresident Honoured Honoured ProfProf David Hosken and items ittems for future future issues can be sent to thee editor,editor, preferably preferably U Mouse Genetics Meeting by email to [email protected],D.J.Hosken@@exeter.ac.uk, or U SponsoredSponsored Meetings Meetings hardhard copy to Chair in Evolutionary Evoolutionary Biology, Biology, UniversityUniversity of Exeter,Exeter, Cornwall Cornnwall Campus, U The JBS Haldane LectureLecture Tremough,Tremough, Penryn, TR10 0 9EZ UK.UK. The U Schools Evolutionn ConferenceConference Newsletter is published twicet a year,year, with copy dates of 1st June andand 26th November.November. U TaxiTaxi Drivers The British YeastYeaste Group Group descend on Oxford Oxford for their 2010 meeting: m see the reportreport on page 35. 3 Image © Georgina McLoughlin Issue 63.qxd:Genetic Society News 1/10/10 14:41 Page 2 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR A word from the editor Welcome to issue 63. In this issue we announce a UK is recognised with the award of a CBE in the new Genetics Society Prize to Queen’s Birthday Honours, tells us about one of Welcome to my last issue as join the medals and lectures we her favourite papers by Susan Lindquist, the 2010 editor of the Genetics Society award. The JBS Haldane Mendel Lecturer. Somewhat unusually we have a News, after 3 years in the hot Lecture will be awarded couple of Taxi Drivers in this issue – Brian and seat and a total of 8 years on annually to recognise Deborah Charlesworth are not so happy about the committee it is time to excellence in communicating the way that the print media deals with some move on before I really outstay aspects of genetics research to scientific issues and Chris Ponting bemoans the my welcome! It has been a the public. As we are all aware, lack of error correction in biological databases. pleasure to be a part of the justifying our research and We also have a couple of articles by the new Genetics Society and to work communicating the benefits Chief Executive of the Society of Biology, Mark with the various committee that it brings to the society that Downs, outlining the goals of the Society and a members over the years. I shall pays for it is becoming view on science funding. While these were certainly miss being involved increasingly important; prepared before the General Election, the with the society, which I believe recognising that some Society’s perspective on science funding remains does a fantastic job of scientists put in a tremendous very relevant, especially as I sit and type this on supporting Genetics in the UK, amount of work into a Budget Day that is unlikely to shower riches on and I will definitely feel communicating with the public anyone (just before nipping down the pub to somewhat deprived without the we hope the JBS Haldane watch Bafana Bafana v France and grab a pint committee meetings. Lecture will go a little way to before the price goes up). acknowledging this vital skill. In the first issue I edited in On the subject of I am very pleased to introduce the new Genetics Spring 2007 (57) I wrote about communication, we have a Society News Editor, Prof DJ Hosken from the Project Steve, the tongue-in- report of a very successful Centre for Ecology & Conservation, University of cheek effort by the National Genetics Society sponsored Exeter. Hopefully DJ will have as much fun as I Center for Science Education Schools Conference focused on have had as editor, it honestly is a pleasure to (http://ncse.com/) to counter Darwin and Evolution held in read the meeting and student reports submitted the efforts of creationists. The Edinburgh at the end of last to the GS News. Finally I would like to thank all Steve-o-meter now stands at year. The Society is keen to of the members of the society who have 1139 scientists named Steve (or fund further such ventures and contributed articles and reports to the issues I Esteban, Stephanie, Etienne anyone who reads the article have edited and, last but certainly not least, to etc) and I recently received my and is inspired to organise a Dave Moxey the graphic designer at Round&Red 1’000 Steve’s T-shirt. Keep up Schools event in their area Creative who puts the issues together in such an the good work. In my last should get in touch with the attractive way. editorial (issue 62) I highlighted office. I am happy to see so Cheers the campaign to reform the UK many meeting reports from Libel laws. 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Cancer studies use the same principle of comparing the functioning of perturbed and “normal” tissues. Over the past three decades since the advent of molecular biology, we have learnt a great deal about developmental control and the functioning of normal cells from the study of aberrant cancers. Our hopes for better cancer treatments are also based on our improved understanding of how malignant transformation and progression might be reverted to normal control. Speakers Scientific Organisers Terry Rabbitts Andrew Feinberg Veronica van Heyningen Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh UK Anne Ridley Terry Rabbitts Ken Kinzler King’s College London, UK Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Peter Ratcliffe Andrew Ward USA. 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