Advancing Molecular Bioscience
Local Ambassadors
Help deliver our mission
The Biochemical Society relies on its membership to help deliver its mission of supporting and promoting the molecular biosciences.
Local Ambassadors, Student Ambassadors and Industry Ambassadors are a key group of Members who help us to achieve this goal. They are the first point of contact for the Society at their institution or organization. Biochemical Society Ambassadors encourage new membership, serve as a conduit for the transfer of ideas between local members and the Council of Trustees, and also help to organize local events such as student receptions, a presence at Freshers Fayres and sponsored seminars. Local Ambassadors and Student Ambassadors based at the same institution are encouraged to make contact with each other and to work in partnership. It is also suggested that Biochemical Society Ambassadors located near to each other, could collaborate on events and initiatives e.g. an Industry and Local Ambassador could work together on a career-focused event for student members.
Local Ambassadors, Student Ambassadors and Industry Ambassadors are asked to:
- Organize one Biochemical Society-sponsored seminar or member recruitment event e.g. presence at a Freshers Fayre each year. The Society would provide up to £200 to support the cost of speaker travel, venue hire and/or refreshments. We request that these events are 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 Biochemical Society Ambassadors free membership of the Biochemical Society
- Email you an Ambassador Engagement pack
- Will send you Society literature to distribute at your recruitment event
- Will send you a pack of Society materials twice a year for you for display at your institution or on a departmental notice.
- Email you a bi-monthly Local Ambassadors bulletin with information and requests to support the Society’s activities
- Will invite you to attend the annual Local Ambassador Day (UK based Local Ambassadors, Student Ambassadors and Industry Ambassadors only)
- Offer discounted group membership for your undergraduate and postgraduate students. Minimum group size of 8 x undergraduates or 8 x postgraduates. Group memberships cannot be comprised of a mix of undergraduates and postgraduates in order to meet the minimum number of 8 members.
Biochemical Society Ambassadors are listed below. If your institution or organization is not represented on this list and you would like to become a Biochemical Society Ambassador or if you have any questions, please contact the Membership Department for further information.
UK and Republic of Ireland – Local Ambassadors
| Institution | Ambassador |
Aberystwyth University |
Dr David Whitworth |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Dr Richard Jones |
| Aston University | Professor Roslyn Bill |
| Aston University | Dr Alan Goddard |
| Babraham Institute | Dr Jennifer Mitchell |
| Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London | Dr John Foster |
| Birmingham Medical School | Dr Alex Conner |
| Brunel University London | Dr Ruth Mackay |
| Cardiff Metropolitan University | Dr Rachel Adams |
| Coventry University | Dr Sharon Williams |
| De Montfort University, Leicester | Professor Parvez Haris |
| Dublin City University | Assistant Professor Konstantinos Grintzalis |
| Green Biologics Ltd | Dr Amanda Harding |
| Herriott-Watt University | Dr Stephen Yarwood |
| Imperial College London | Dr Stuart Haslam |
| Institute of Child Health, University College London | Dr Mona Bajaj-Elliott |
| John Innes Centre, Norwich | Dr Abbas Maqbool |
| Keele University | Dr Sheila Hope |
| King’s College London, Women and Children’s Health | Dr Kim Jonas |
| King’s College London | Dr Maddy Parsons |
| Kingston University | Dr Nigel Page |
| Leeds Beckett University | Dr Vincent Postis |
| Liverpool John Moores University | Dr Andrew Powell |
| London Metropolitan University | Sheelagh Heugh |
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Dr Nick Furnham |
| Loughborough University | Dr Martin Lindley |
| Manchester Metropolitan University | Dr Chris Murgatroyd |
| National University of Ireland Galway | Dr Andrew Flaus |
| National University of Ireland Maynooth | Dr Sinead Miggin |
| Nottingham Trent University | Dr Aldo Gutierrez |
| Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism | Dr Sara Falcone |
| Queen’s University Belfast | Dr Edel Hyland |
| Royal Holloway, University of London | Dr Chris Wilkinson |
| Royal Veterinary College, University College London | Dr Michelangelo Campanella |
| Sheffield Hallam University | Dr Susan Campbell |
| Solent University | Dr Robert Baldock |
| The Institute of Cancer Research | Dr George Poulogiannis |
| Trinity College Dublin | Professor Seamus Martin |
| Trinity College Dublin | Dr Derek Nolan |
| University of Bradford | Dr Talat Nasim |
| University College Cork | Dr Eoin Fleming |
| University College Dublin | Dr Jana Haase |
| University of Bath | Dr Julien Licchesi |
| University of Bedfordshire | Dr Lindsay McDermott |
| University of Birmingham | Dr Steve Minchin |
| University of Brighton | Dr Nigel Brissett |
| University of Bristol | Dr Paul Race |
| University of Bristol | Dr Kelly Moule |
| University of Cambridge | Dr Sue Ozanne |
| University of Cambridge | Dr Himansha Singh |
| University of Cardiff | Dr Debbie Mason |
| University of Central Lancashire | Dr Vicky Jones |
| University College Dublin School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science |
Dr Margaret McGee |
| University of Dundee | Dr Gopal Sapkota |
| University of Dundee | Dr Graham Rena |
| University of East Anglia | Dr Maria Vardakou |
| University of Edinburgh | Dr Matthew Brook |
| University of Essex | Dr Jonathan Worrall |
| University of Glasgow | Dr Sharon Kelly |
| University of Glasgow | Dr Tom Van Agtmael |
| University of Hertfordshire | Dr Pryank Patel |
| University of Huddersfield | Dr Shamus Burns |
| University of Hull | Dr Isabel Pires |
| University of Kent | Dr Mark Shepherd |
| University of Lancaster | Dr Alexandre Benedetto |
| University of Leeds | Dr Stephen Muench |
| University of Leeds | Professor John Colyer |
| University of Leicester | Dr Pietro Roversi |
| University of Limerick | Dr Kieran McGourty |
| University of Lincoln | Dr Stefan Millson |
| University of Liverpool | Professor Jerry Turnbull |
| University of Manchester | Dr Martin Pool |
| University of Newcastle | Dr Zofia Chrzanowska-Lightowlers |
| University of Nottingham | Dr Sally Wheatley |
| University of Portsmouth | Dr Alessandro Siani |
| University of Reading | Dr Mike Fry |
| University of Sheffield | Dr John Rafferty |
| University of Southampton | Dr Mark Coldwell |
| University of St Andrews | Dr Jacqueline Nairn |
| University of Strathclyde | Professor Susan Pyne |
| University of Sunderland | Dr Mark Carlile |
| University of Surrey | Dr Rachel Simmonds |
| University of Sussex | Professor Simon Morley |
| University of Swansea | Dr Paula Row |
| University of Ulster, Coleraine | Dr Paul Thompson |
| University of Warwick | Dr Elizabeth Fullam |
| University of Westminster | Dr Sarah Coleman |
| University of Wolverhampton | Dr Terry Bartlett |
| University of York | Dr Gareth Evans |
| Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford | Dr Robert Beagrie |
| Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford | Dr Thomas Nicol |
International Local Ambassadors
The Society also has International Local Ambassadors that promote the Biochemical Society and it’s activities, grants and journals in the country they are based in.
Student Ambassadors
Find out how to become a Student Ambassador for your institution here.
Industry Local Ambassadors
