cover:Layout 1 27/09/2013 13:07 Page 1 The Royal Society of Edinburgh T h e R o y a Reviews 2010 & 2011 l S o c i e t y o f E d i n b u r g h R e v i e w 2 0 1 0 & 2 0 1 1 Printed in Great Britain by Henry Ling Limited, Dorchester, DT1 1HD ISSN 1476-4342 THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH REVIEW OF SESSIONS 2008-2009 (6 October 2008 -5 October 2009) 2009-2010 (5 October 2009 - 4 October 2010) PUBLISHED BY THE RSE SCOTLAND FOUNDATION ISSN 1476-4342 The Royal Society of Edinburgh 22-26 George Street Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ Telephone : 0131 240 5000 Fax : 0131 240 5024 email : [email protected] Scottish Charity No SC000470 Printed in Great Britain by Henry Ling Limited, Dorchester, DT1 1HD CONTENTS ACTIVITIES OCTOBER 2008 - OCTOBER 2010 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORDINARY MEETINGS .......................................... 3 PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATUTORY GENERAL MEETINGS ......................... 7 5 OCTOBER 2009 ................................................................................ 7 4 OCTOBER 2010 .............................................................................. 23 EVENTS ................................................................................................... 45 2008-2009 ........................................................................................ 45 2009-2010 ...................................................................................... 273 PUBLICATIONS ...................................................................................... 385 POLICY ADVICE .................................................................................... 387 SCOTTISH BIOINFORMATICS FORUM ................................................... 391 EVENTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ................................................................ 393 RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISE AWARDS ................................................. 395 MEDALS, PRIZES AND PRIZE LECTURESHIPS .......................................... 407 GRANTS COMMITTEE........................................................................... 409 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME ............................................................ 413 FELLOWS’ SOCIAL EVENTS .................................................................... 421 GRANTS, SPONSORSHIP AND DONATIONS ........................................... 423 SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS ................................................................ 425 FRIENDS OF THE SOCIETY ..................................................................... 433 CHANGES IN FELLOWSHIP DURING THE SESSIONS ................................ 435 STAFF CHANGES DURING THE SESSIONS .............................................. 439 TRUSTEES’ REPORTS AND ACCOUNTS EXTRACT FROM TRUSTEES’ REPORT TO 31 MARCH 2009 ............... 441 ACCOUNTS 2008-2009 ................................................................... 451 EXTRACT FROM TRUSTEES’ REPORT TO 31 MARCH 2010 ............... 475 ACCOUNTS 2009-1010 ................................................................... 485 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORDINARY MEETINGS SESSION 2008-2009 1 December 2008 15 June 2009 Chairman Chairman Lord Wilson Of Tillyorn KT GCMG Lord Wilson Of Tillyorn KT GCMG PRSE PRSE Lecture Formal Admission to Fellowship Professor David Porteous, Medical Mr Owen Dudley-Edwards FRSE, Genetics Section, University of Honorary Fellow, School of History, Edinburgh Centre for Molecular Classics and Archaeology, Universi- Medicine, Institute of Genetics ty of Edinburgh, Edinburgh signed and Molecular Medicine. Bruce the Roll and was admitted to the Preller Prize Lecture - Our Genetic Fellowship. Inheritance: for better or for Lecture worse, in sickness and in health. Professor James Hough FRSE, 1 April 2009 Associate Director, Institute for Chairman Gravitational Research, University Professor Hector MacQueen FRSE, of Glasgow delivered the 2009 Gunning Victoria Jubilee Prize MA, HONDLITT , Vice-President lecture Ripples from the Dark Side Lecture of the Universe – the Search for Dr Alan Rutherford OBE, founder Gravitational Waves. of Airborne introduced Dr 7 September 2009 Andrew McLellan, HM Prisons Inspectorate and called on him to Chairman deliver the Airborne Initiative Lord Wilson of Tillyorn KT GCMG Public Lecture entitled Realistic PRSE Alternatives to prison for young Lecture offenders. Professor Veronica van Heyningen, Announcement of Scrutineers University of Edinburgh, Institute of Genetics and Molecular The President announced that the Medicine/MRC Human Genetics ballot papers for the election of Unit. Making Eyes – Lessons from the next cohort of Fellows would Failed Miracles. go out to the Fellowship early in December. Professor John Spence Announcement of Scrutineers and Mr Edward Cunningham had The President announced that agreed to act as Scrutineers for Professor Andrew Walker and this ballot. Professor Gareth Pender would act as Scrutineers for the 2009 election of Council members. 3 Review of Sessions 2008/09 and 2009/10 SESSION 2009-2010 7 December 2009 7 June 2010 Chairman Chairman Lord Wilson of Tillyorn KT GCMG Professor Hector MacQueen FBA PRSE FRSE, Vice-President Formal Admission to Fellowship Changes to Laws Mr Douglas Crombie Anderson The Vice-President announced OBE FRSE, Executive Director that Council had decided that the Optos plc signed the Roll and was category “Ordinary Fellow” formally admitted to the Fellow- should be replaced by “Fellow” as ship. referring to Fellows as Ordinary Lecture seemed both archaic and inappro- Dr Paul; Foster, Senior Lecturer, priate, given the high level of New Testament, School of Divinity, distinction required to become a University of Edinburgh. The BP Fellow. The phrase Ordinary Prize Lecture, The Apocryphal Fellow is defined in the Society’s Gospels – Then and Now. Laws and before it would be possible to drop use of the word 1 March 2010 Ordinary, the Laws will require to Chairman be changed. A vote will take place Lord Wilson of Tillyorn KT GCMG at the Annual Statutory Meeting PRSE in October to decide if this Law should be changed. Ballot The President announced that Lecture Professors Jane Bower and Dr Deirdre Heddon, Department Michael Forde acted as Scrutineers of Theatre, Film and Television for the Ballot for the election of Studies, University of Glasgow. new Fellows. They reported that The BP Prize Lecture, The Art of 48% of the Fellowship returned Women Walking: an Embodied ballot papers, and that the names Practice. on the list were approved by ‘an overwhelming majority’. The list of new Fellows was released to the media earlier in the day. Lecture Professor Jonathan Rees, Grant Professor of Dermatology, Univer- sity of Edinburgh. The David Anderson Berry Medal Lecture, The Importance of Being Red. 4 Proceedings of the Ordinary Meetings 21 September 2010 Chairman Lord Wilson of Tillyorn KT GCMG PRSE Council Ballot The President announced the Scrutineers for the Ballot Count for membership for Council, explaining that the Ballot Count for the 2010 election for Council members requires that two Fellows be nominated by the President to act as Scrutineers. Professor Janet McDonald and Professor Andrew Ranicki were nominated to act in this capacity. Formal Admission to Fellowshp Professor Edgar Peltenburg, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology and Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Edinburgh, elected in 2010, signed the Roll, therefore completing his admission to the Society. Lecture Lord Krebs Kt, FRS, FMedSci, Principal, Jesus College, University of Oxford. Facing up to Climate Change. 5 PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATUTORY GENERAL MEETING Minutes of the Statutory General Meeting held on 5 October 2009, ending the 226th Session The Annual Statutory Meeting took place in the Society’s Wolfson Theatre on Monday 5 October 2009 at 6 pm. Lord Wilson of Tillyorn KT GCMG, President, took the Chair. Lord Wilson reported that the meeting was being recorded and would shortly be available to listen to on the Fellows-only section of the Society’s web site. A. FORMAL BUSINESS 1. Minutes The Minutes of the Annual Statutory Meeting held on Monday 6 October 2008 were taken as read, approved by those Fellows present and signed by the President as a correct record. 2. Matters Arising There were no matters arising. 3. Report on Activities for Session 2008/09 The meeting noted a Report on Activities for Session 2008/09 prepared by the General Secretary, which had been distributed to Fellows in advance. The President suggested that any discussion of the report should take place after the Office Bearers’ Reports had been delivered. 4. Office-Bearers’ Reports a) General Secretary’s Report Professor Geoffrey Boulton gave the following report: In keeping with charity law our activities during the fiscal year April 2008 to March 2009 are recorded in the Annual Trustees’ Report and Accounts for that period. This has been approved by Council in its capacity as the Society’s Trustees and a copy is available to any Fellow. “In addition to the papers received for this evening, all Fellows received an Annual Review which summarises the main activities described in the Trustees Report and includes an approved summary of accounts on which the Treasurer will report later. I do not propose to comment on each and every activity mentioned in the very full and varied programme of activities recorded in the Report on Activities for Session. I will let them speak for themselves, but would like to say a few things about the new things that have happened and in part, at least, provide a basis for things we hope to do in the future. 7