Research Areas and Theme Panels

Would you like to champion your specialism and engage with the scientific community? Get involved in one of our Committees!

Members of our six Research Areas meet three or four times a year to put forward ideas for conferences, consider proposals from within their field of expertise and to highlight to the Conferences Committee areas of hot science that should be considered for inclusion in the conferences programme. The Research Areas and three Theme Panels also develop interdisciplinary activities and collaborate with appropriate partner societies.

If you have an idea for a conference, and wish to have an informal discussion with a member of a Theme Panel or Research Area, you are encouraged to contact that member.

The Biochemical Society is seeking applications for well-established, highly-active research scientists to join our Theme Panels and Research Areas, including ECR and industry members. If you would like to put yourself forward for membership of one of these, please complete the nomination form. We positively encourage nominations from a diverse range of backgrounds and subject areas within the molecular biosciences.

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Research Area III - Energy and Metabolism

Research Area III covers the broad areas of mitochondria, membrane transport, metabolic pathways and networks, photosynthesis, free radicals, microbial bioenergetics and metabolism, electron transfer proteins, metabolism and metabolic diseases and metals in biology.

Guidance on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We appreciate that AI tools, particularly generative AI (GenAI), can be beneficial for reducing language barriers and assisting neurodivergent individuals to produce competitive applications, submissions or manuscripts.

Conferences Committee

Chaired by the Honorary Meetings Secretary, the Conferences Committee sets the policy for the scientific events programme and agrees the schedule of Society events.

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Early Career Advisory Panel

The Early Career Advisory Panel is made up of early career bioscientists, defined as those less than ten years from their PhD or other most recent qualification, and works to ensure that the views, needs and concerns of this community are recognized and aligned with Society activities and initiatives.

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