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Genetic Society News 1/10/10 14:38 Page 1 Issue 62.qxd:Genetic Society News 1/10/10 14:38 Page 1 JANUARYJANUARY 2010 | ISSUEISSUE 62 GENETICSGENNETICSS SOCIETYSOCIEETY NENEWSEWS In this issue The Genetics Society NewsNewws is edited by U Darwin and DevelopmentDeveelopment Meeting Steve Russell and items forf futurefuture issues can be sent to the editor,editorr, preferably preferably by U Genetics and thee Causes of Evolution Meeting email to [email protected],[email protected], or hardhard U Obituary for HughHugh Rees copy to Department of Genetics,G UniversityUniversity of Cambridge, Downing Street,Street, Cambridge U AAT Taxiaxi Driver Writes Writtes CB2 3EH. The NewsletterNewsletteer is published U Student TravelTravel Reports Reeportsp twice a year,year, with copy dates d of 1st June and 26th November.November. U HeredityHeredity Fieldwork Fieldwork Reports Drosophila montana collectedcollected in Finland as part of a HeredityHereditty fieldwork study by Paris VeltsosVeltsos of St Andrews Andrews University.University. See Seee the Report on page 35. ImageImage © Paris Veltsos. Veltsos. Issue 62.qxd:Genetic Society News 1/10/10 14:38 Page 2 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR A word from the editor Welcome to issue 62. the Genetics Society, and a immediately freely available meeting on Epigenetics on first publication. Clearly This issue welcomes in the new celebrating 25 years of this policies designed to allow free decade: if we consider the thriving field. access to data need to be breathtaking progress biology cognisant of the efforts of has made since the turn of the As usual we have a collection of particular research groups. I Century, particularly due to meeting reports from students also had a few emails from advances in genome who have received travel grants readers supporting the sequencing, then the next 10 and in this issue I have also general concept of data availability. Tom Moore years should be truly elected to focus on reports from from University College Cork raised the issue of remarkable for genetics. The Heredity Fieldwork Grants. the way the commercial suppliers of reagents or prospect of very cheap genome These are available to any resources frequently fail to disclose critical sequencing promises new society member, irrespective of details (antigen epitopes or vector sequences), insights into all areas of age or qualification, and can citing commercial confidentiality, that leave genetics, particularly in the facilitate fieldwork or visits to researchers in difficult positions. Clearly the field of population and other labs. We also have a whole area is complex but without open and evolutionary biology and not number of reports from Genes rational debate we will not arrive at a position least in areas of human & Development Summer where free data availability improves research genetics and disease. There is studentships available from the outputs but protects considerable personal (or purportedly an old Chinese website since most are commercial) investment. curse - "May you live in generally too long to make it interesting times" - We into the print issue. I am driven by disquiet to get a wee bit political certainly do, although I'm not and draw attention to the campaign to keep libel sure scientists would consider In the last issue I wrote a Taxi laws out of science. As many readers will be this a misfortune. Driver piece on the accessibility aware, English Libel laws are being increasingly of published scientific data and used to stifle critical discussion of some medical In this issue we have meeting this issue sees a couple of practices and scientific evidence. The use of the reports from the organisers of responses to this. The editor of courts in this way is seen by many to be the thin the one-day session, Darwin Heredity, Roger Butlin, has edge of the wedge in terms of free and open and Development, included as written a piece describing the scientific debate. Progress in science has always part of the International journals new Data Policy and relied on open discussion in public fora and Society for Developmental highlighting the initiatives it is literature: there is a growing concern that valid Biology meeting in Edinburgh taking to try and deal with data scientific criticism will be suppressed by well- and from the two-day types where there are no public funded bullies. I urge readers to visit the website discussion meeting on Genetics repositories or standard of the Libel Reform Campaign and the Causes of Evolution formats. It seems to me that (www.libelreform.org), a coalition of groups held in conjunction with the the journal is moving forward including Sense about Science, Index on Royal Society. Both meetings in a sensible and pragmatic Censorship and English PEN, seeking changes to highlighted the importance of way, anyone with any a libel law that is rapidly becoming an Darwin's work in framing a comments to make should international laughing stock. theory underpinning evolution. contact Roger. My fellow Taxi We also have reports for Driver, and weather beaten Cheers sponsored events including the Soay sheep expert Josephine John Innes Centre Centenary Pemberton, highlights the Symposium, an institute with problems of making difficult to Steve Russell longstanding connections with collect longitudinal data University of Cambridge 2 . GENETICS SOCIETY NEWS . ISSUE 62 Issue 62.qxd:Genetic Society News 1/10/10 14:38 Page 3 Issue 62 . January 2010 NEWS . FEATURES . REPORTS . LISTINGS For more details please contact: The Genetics Society . Roslin BioCentre CONTENTS Wallace Building . Roslin . Midlothian . EH25 9PP Tel: 0131 200 6391 . Fax: 0131 200 6394 email: [email protected] Website: www.genetics.org.uk The Genetics Society Journals Heredity (www.nature.com/hdy/) Managing Editor: Professor Roger Butlin Heredity Editorial Office, The University of Sheffield, REGULARS Western Bank, Sheffield, S10 2TN Genes and Development (http://genesdev.cshlp.org/) Meeting Announcements 4 - 8 European Editor: Winship Herr, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Mouse Genetics Lessons from Cancer President Mammalian Genetics & Development Prof. Veronica van Heyningen, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh External Meetings Diary Vice-Presidents Prof. J. Steve Jones, University College London Sectional Interest Groups 9 Prof. John Brookfield, University of Nottingham Prof. Ian Jackson, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh Genetics Society Business 10 - 16 Honorary Secretary 2010 Annual General Meeting Prof. Patricia E Kuwabara, University of Bristol New Web Site Honorary Treasurer One-day Meetings Prof Josephine Pemberton, University of Edinburgh Heredity news Scientific Meetings Officer Postgraduate Rep Dr Andrew Ward, University of Bath The Society of Biology Newsletter Editor Dr Steve Russell, University of Cambridge Genetics Society Meeting Reports 17 - 20 Darwin and Development Postgraduate Representative Genetics and the Causes of Evolution Mr Tom Nowakowski, University of Edinburgh Ordinary Committee Members Genetics Society Sponsored Events 21 - 23 Dr Mark A. Beaumont, University of Reading John Innes Centenary Dr Tanita Casci, Nature Reviews Genetics Dr Liam Dolan, John Innes Centre, Norwich 25 Years of Epigentics Dr. Anne Donaldson, University of Aberdeen Prof Adam Eyre-Walker, University of Sussex Features 24 - 29 Dr Anne Ferguson-Smith, University of Cambridge Dr DJ Hosken, University of Exeter Nowgen Dr DJ de Koning, Roslin Institute, Midlothian Hugh Rees DFC, FRS Dr Julian Lewis, CRUK London Laboratories SET for Britain Prof Chris Ponting, University of Oxford Prof. Graham Moore, John Innes Centre, Norwich A Taxi Driver Writes Dr Tom Weaver, MRC Mary Lyon Centre, Harwell Student Travel Reports 30 - 34 Design and Print Round & Red Creative . 15 Poole Road 17th C. elegans meeting Woking . Surrey . GU21 6BB European Society for Evolutionary Biology Tel: 01483 596 226 . www.roundandred.com Animal Breeding & Genetics The Genetics Society News is printed on FSC approved paper. 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