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 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 their home institutions. Local 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 and sponsored seminars.

Local Ambassadors are asked to:

  • Organize one Biochemical Society-sponsored seminar each year. The Society would provide up to £200 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 laura.woodland@biochemistry.org for further information.

UK and Republic of Ireland – Local Ambassadors

Institution Local Ambassador
   
University of Aberdeen Professor Heather Wallace
Aberystwyth University Dr David Whitworth
Anglia Ruskin University Dr Richard Jones
Aston University Professor Roslyn Bill
Aston University  Dr Alan Goddard
Babraham Institute Dr Pamela Lochhead
University of Bath Dr Julien Licchesi
University of Bedfordshire Dr Lindsay McDermott
Queen’s University Belfast Dr Edel Hyland
University of Birmingham Dr Steve Minchin
Birmingham Medical School Dr Alex Conner
University of Bristol Dr Paul Race
University of Bristol Dr Kelly Moule
Brunel University Dr Ruth Mackay
University of Cambridge Dr Sue Ozanne
University of Cambridge Dr Himansha Singh
University of Cardiff Dr Debbie Mason
University College Cork Dr Eoin Fleming
Coventry University Dr Sharon Williams
Dublin City University Dr Anne Parle-McDermott
Trinity College Dublin Professor Seamus Martin
Trinity College Dublin Dr Derek Nolan
University College Dublin Dr Jana Haase
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
Edinburgh Napier University Dr Jenny Fraser
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
Herriott-Watt University Dr Stephen Yarwood
University of Huddersfield Dr Shamus Burns
University of Hull Dr Isabel Pires
Hull York Medical School Professor Tim Palmer
Keele University Dr Sheila Hope
University of Kent Dr Mark Shepherd
Kingston University Dr Nigel Page
University of Central Lancashire Dr Vicky Jones
University of Lancaster Dr Fiona Benson
University of Leeds Dr Stephen Muench
University of Leeds Professor John Colyer
Leeds Beckett University Dr Vincent Postis
University of Leicester Professor John Schwabe
University of Liverpool Professor Jerry Turnbull
University of Lincoln  Dr Stefan Millson
University of Limerick  Dr Kieran McGourty

Institution Local Ambassador
   
De Montfort University, Leicester Professor Parvez Haris
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
London Metropolitan University Sheelagh Heugh
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Dr Nick Furnham
Institute of Child Health, University College London Dr Mona Bajaj-Elliott
King’s College London, Women and Children’s Health Dr Kim Jonas
Royal Veterinary College, University College London Dr Michelangelo Campanella
University of Manchester Dr Martin Pool
Manchester Metropolitan University Dr Chris Murgatroyd
National University of Ireland Maynooth Dr Sinead Miggin
National University of Ireland Galway Dr Andrew Flaus 
University of Newcastle Dr Zofia Chrzanowska-Lightowlers
John Innes Centre, Norwich Dr Abbas Maqbool
University of Nottingham Dr Sally Wheatley
Nottingham Trent University Dr Aldo Gutierrez
Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism Dr Sara Falcone
Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford Dr Thomas Nicol
Weatherall Institute, University of Oxford Dr Robert Beagrie
University of Portsmouth Dr Alessandro Siani
University of Reading Dr Mike Fry
Royal Holloway, University of London Dr Chris Wilkinson
University of Salford Dr David A Pye
University of Sheffield Dr John Rafferty
Sheffield Hallam University Dr Susan Campbell
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 Westminster Dr Sarah Coleman
University of York Dr Gareth Evans
University of Warwick  Dr Elizabeth Fullam
University of Wolverhampton Dr Terry Bartlett 

 

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