Biochemical Society - Local Ambassadors

Local Ambassadors

The Biochemical Society relies on its membership to help deliver its mission of supporting and promoting the molecular and cellular life sciences.

Local Ambassadors are a key group of Members who help us to achieve this goal. They are the first point of contact for the Society in their home institutions. Local Ambassadors encourage new membership, serve as a conduit for the transfer of ideas between local members and the Executive Committee, and also help to organize local events such as student receptions and sponsored seminars.

Local Ambassadors are asked to:

Organize one Biochemical Society-sponsored seminar each year. The Society would provide up to £100 to support the cost of speaker travel and/or refreshments. We request that this is used as an opportunity to promote membership of the Society
Help recruit new members at their institution
Promote the Society's activities, grants and journals

In return for this we offer free membership of the Biochemical Society and any literature and support that you might need in holding your recruitment event. We also send you a twice yearly pack of Society material for display at your institution or on a departmental notice board along with occasional emails about our activities.

Current Local Ambassadors are listed below. If your institution is not represented on this list and you feel that you could help, please contact Rowena Mitchell, Conferences and Membership Officer, for further infomation.

UK and Republic of Ireland - Local Ambassadors
Institution		Local Ambassador

University of Aberdeen		Dr Heather Wallace
Aberystwyth University		Dr David Whitworth
Aston University		Professor Roslyn Bill
University of Bath		Dr Jim Caunt
Queen's University Belfast		Dr David Timson
Queen's University Belfast		Dr Derek Brazil
University of Birmingham		Dr Frank Michelangeli
University of Birmingham		Dr Steve Minchin
University of Bristol		Dr Paul Race
University of Bristol		Dr Kelly Moule
Brunel University		Pascal Craw
University of Cambridge		Dr Sue Ozanne
University of Cambridge		Dr Rik van Veen
University of Cardiff		Dr Debbie Mason
University College Cork		Dr Sinead Kerins
Trinity College Dublin		Professor Seamus Martin
Trinity College Dublin		Dr James Murray
University College Dublin		Dr Jana Haase
University of Dundee		Professor Carol MacKintosh
University of Dundee		Dr Graham Rena
University of East Anglia		Dr Richard Bowater
University of Edinburgh		Dr Matthew Brook
University of Essex		Dr Jonathan Worrall
University of Exeter		Dr Clive Butler
University of Glasgow		Dr Tim Palmer
University of Greenwich		Dr Lauren Pecorino
University of Huddersfield		Dr Shamus Burns
Keele University		Dr Sheila Hope
University of Kent		Dr Mark Shepherd
University of Lancaster		Dr Gavin Brown
University of Leeds		Dr Stephen Muench
University of Leicester		Professor John Schwabe
De Montfort University, Leicester		Dr Parvez Haris
University of Limerick		Dr Patrick Kiely
University of Liverpool		Professor Jerry Turnbull
Liverpool John Moores University		Dr Andrew Powell
Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London		Dr John Foster
Imperial College London		Dr Stuart Haslam
King's College London		Dr Maddy Parsons
Institute of Child Health, University College London		Dr Mona Bajaj-Elliott
Royal Veterinary College, University College London		Dr Michelangelo Campanella
University of Manchester		Dr Martin Pool
University of Manchester		Dr Ewan Blanch
University of Manchester		Louise Walkin

Institution		Local Ambassador

Manchester Metropolitan University		Dr Chris Murgatroyd
University of Newcastle		Dr Zofia Chrzanowska-Lightowlers
John Innes Centre, Norwich		Dr Stephen Hearnshaw
University of Nottingham		Dr Ian Kerr
Nottingham Trent University		Dr Aldo Gutierrez
University of Oxford		Justyna Zaborowaska
University of Portsmouth		Dr Darren Gowers
University of Reading		Dr Mike Fry
University of Salford		Dr David A Pye
University of Sheffield		Dr John Rafferty
University of Southampton		Dr Mark Coldwell
University of Strathclyde		Professor Susan Pyne
University of Surrey		Dr Rachel Simmonds
University of Sussex		Professor Simon Morley
University of Swansea		Dr Paula Row
University of Ulster, Coleraine		Dr Victor Gault
University of Warwick		Dr Alex Connor
University of Warwick		Dr Magdalena Mos
University of Westminster		Dr Caroline Smith
University of York		Dr Gareth Evans

International Local Ambassadors

Institution		Local Ambassador

University of Adelaide, Australia		Dr Chris McDevitt
University of Western Australia, Australia		Benjamin Gully
Medical University Vienna, Austria		Dr E Verena Tretter
University of Calgary, Canada		Professor Michael Walsh
McGill University, Canada		Professor James Coulton
Tsinghua University China		Professor Ye-Guang Chen
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences China		Professor Sarah Perrett
Institute of Cellular and Developmental Biology, Greece		Dr Efthimios Skoulakis
Solvo Biotechnology, Hungary		Dr Joseph Zolnerciks
VIT University, India		Dr C. Rajasekaran
Lebanese American University, Lebanon		Dr Jad Abdallah
Taylors University, Malaysia		Dr Adeline Chia
National University of Mongolia Mongolia		Dr Batjargal Batdorj
National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan		Dr Amir Rashid
University of Lisbon Medical School Portugal		Professor Miguel Castanho
University of Warsaw Poland		Dr Joanna Kargul
Victor Babes University, Romania		Dr Adriana Maria Neghina
CIC bioGUNE Bilbao, Spain		Dr Manuel Rodríguez
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey		Deniz Karasu
Mbarara University, Uganda		Deusdedit Tusubira
National University Science and Technology, Zimbabwe		Michael Moyo

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