The Genetics Society

Short description: UK learned society

For Organization:Organization:Genetics Society of America, see Organization:Organization:Genetics Society of America.

The Genetics Society

Formation| 1919
Type| Learned Society
Headquarters| 1 Naoroji Street
Location|

* London, WC1X
United Kingdom

Region served

| United Kingdom

Membership

| 2,000+

Official language

| English

President

| Anne Ferguson-Smith
Website| genetics.org.uk

The Genetics Society is a British learned society. It was founded by William Bateson and Edith Rebecca Saunders in 1919 and celebrated its centenary year in 2019. It is therefore one of the oldest learned societies devoted to genetics. Its membership of over 2000 consists of most of the UK's active professional geneticists, including researchers, teachers and students.[1] Industry and publishing are also represented in the membership.

The Genetics Society is a registered charity that organises scientific meetings to promote current research in genetics and genomics, and publishes primary research in genetics in the journals Heredity and Genes and Development. It supports students to attend meetings, sponsors research through fieldwork grants and student bursaries, and promotes the public understanding of genetics.

## Contents

* 1 Presidents of The Genetics Society[2]
* 2 Society publications
* 3 Medals and prizes
* 3.1 Mendel Medal
* 3.2 Sir Kenneth Mather Memorial Prize
* 3.3 Balfour Lecture
* 3.4 Mary Lyon Medal
* 3.5 Genetics Society Medal
* 3.6 JBS Haldane Lecture
* 4 References

## Presidents of The Genetics Society[2]

Years | President

|

2021-2024 | Anne Ferguson-Smith, FRS
2018-2021 | Laurence Hurst, FRS
2015–2018 | Wendy Bickmore, FRS
2012–2015 | Enrico Coen, FRS
2009-2012 | Veronica van Heyningen, FRS
2006-2009 | Brian Charlesworth, FRS
2003-2006 | Jonathan Hodgkin, FRS
2000-2003 | Linda Partridge, FRS
1997-2000 | Michael Ashburner, FRS
1994-1997 | David John Sherratt, FRS
1990-1994 | Paul Nurse, PRS
1987-1990 | Noreen Murray, FRS
1984-1987 | David Hopwood, FRS
1981-1984 | John L Jinks, FRS
1978-1981 | John Fincham, FRS
1975-1978 | John Thoday, FRS
1973-1975 | Ralph Riley, FRS
1971-1973 | William Hayes, FRS
1968-1971 | Dan Lewis (geneticist) FRS
1966-1968 | Charlotte Auerbach, FRS
1964-1966 | Guido Pontecorvo, FRS
1961-1964 | David Catcheside, FRS
1958-1961 | CH Waddington, FRS
1955-1958 | Lionel Penrose, FRS
1952-1955 | Sydney Harland, FRS
1949-1952 | Kenneth Mather, FRS
1946-1949 | EB Ford, FRS
1943-1946 | CD Darlington, FRS
1940-1943 | Ronald Fisher, FRS
1938-1940 | Francis Albert Eley Crew, FRS
1936-1938 | Miss ER Saunders, FRHS
1932-1936 | JBS Haldane, FRS
1930-1932 | Reginald Punnett, FRS
1919-1930 | Arthur Balfour, FRS

## Society publications

The society publishes the journal Heredity in association with Nature Publishing Group and the journal Genes & Development in association with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.[3] It also publishes The Genetics Society Newsletter and the Naked Genetics and Genetics Unzipped (the latter hosted by Kat Arney) podcasts.

## Medals and prizes

### Mendel Medal

The Mendel Medal is named after Gregor Mendel (1822–84), famous for his experiments on heredity in peas and founder of genetics as a scientific discipline. The Mendel Medal is awarded by the President of the Genetics Society, usually twice within the President's term of office, to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to research in any field of genetics.

Year | Recipient

|

2022  | Azim Surani & Davor Solter
2021 | Linda Partridge
2019 | William G. Hill
2018 | Mary-Claire King
2017 | David Baulcombe
2015 | John Doebley
2013 | Stanislas Leibler
2012 | Eric Lander
2010 | Susan Lindquist
2009 | Wen-Hsiung Li
2008 | Matthew Meselson
2007 | H. Robert Horvitz
2006 | David Weatherall
2004 | Chris R. Somerville
2003 | Mary F. Lyon
2002 | Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
2001 | Leland H. Hartwell
2000 | James Watson
1999 | Eric F. Wieschaus
1998 | David Hopwood
1998 | Charles Weissmann
1997 | Elliot Meyerowitz
1994 | Seymour Benzer
1992 | Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
1991 | Ira Herskowitz
1989 | Piotr Słonimski
1987 | Alec Jeffreys
1985 | John Maynard Smith
1984 | Alan Robertson
1981 | Walter Bodmer
1979 | Guido Pontecorvo
1977 | Charlotte Auerbach
1974 | Dan Lewis (geneticist)
1972 | C. D. Darlington
1970 | Sydney Brenner
1968 | Max Delbrück
1966 | Francis Crick
1965 | William Hayes
1962 | François Jacob
1960 | C. H. Waddington
1958 | George Wells Beadle

### Sir Kenneth Mather Memorial Prize

The Sir Kenneth Mather Memorial Prize[4] is awarded jointly by The Genetics Society and The University of Birmingham and rewards a student of any UK University or Research Institution who has shown outstanding performance in the area of quantitative or population genetics.

Academic Year | Recipient | Institute | Joint recipient | Institute

|
|
|
|

2020/21 | Robert Hillary | University of Edinburgh
2019/20 | Rosa Cheesman | King's College London
2018/19 | Gonçalo Faria | University of St. Andrews
2017/18 | Rosina Savisaar | University of Bath
2016/17 | Danag Crysnanto | University of Edinburgh
2015/16 | Jessica King | University of Edinburgh
2014/15 | Robert Power | Wellcome Trust Africa Centre for Population Health
2013/14 | Tom Booker | University of Edinburgh | Simon Martin | University of Cambridge
2012/13 | Laura Corbin | Roslin Institute | Xiachi Xin | University of Edinburgh
2011/12 | Holly Trochet | University of Edinburgh
2010/11 | Ben Longdon | University of Edinburgh | Gibran Hemani | Roslin Institute
2009/10 | Kay Boulton | University of Edinburgh
2008/09 | Kreepa Kooblall | University of Birmingham
2007/08 | Mark Adams | University of Edinburgh

### Balfour Lecture

The Balfour Lecture, named after the Genetics Society's first president, is an award to mark the contributions to genetics of an outstanding young investigator.[5] The Balfour Lecturer is elected by the Society's Committee on the basis of nominations made by any individual member of the Society. The only conditions are that the recipient of the award must normally have less than 10 years’ postdoctoral research experience at the time of nomination, and that any nomination must be made with the consent of the nominee. Those making nominations must be members of the Genetics Society, but there is no requirement for the nominee to be a member, nor is there any restriction on nationality or residence.

Year | Recipient

|

2022 | Sam Behjati
2021 | Alison Wright
2020 | Sarah Flanagan
2019 | Susan Johnston
2018 | Ludmil Alexandrov
2017 | Andrew J. Wood
2016 | Felicity C. Jones
2014 | Elizabeth Murchison
2013 | Simon Myers
2012 | Örjan Carlborg
2011 | Mohan Madan Babu
2010 | Andrew P Jackson
2009 | Matthew Hurles
2008 | Daven Presgraves
2007 | Miltos Tsiantis
2006 | Olivier Voinnet
2005 | Mario de Bono
2004 | Gilean McVean
2003 | Frank Uhlmann
2002 | Adam Eyre-Walker
2001 | Sally J. Leevers
2000 | Daniel G. Bradley
1999 | Darren G. Monckton
1998 | Colin Stirling
1997 | Wendy Bickmore
1996 | Robin Allshire
1995 | Daniel St Johnston
1994 | John Todd
1993 | Nick Barton
1992 | William R. A. Brown
1991 | Philip Ingham
1990 | Paul Eggleston
1989 | Ian J. Jackson
1988 | Enrico Coen

### Mary Lyon Medal

This new award,[6] named after the distinguished geneticist Mary F. Lyon FRS, was established in 2015 to reward outstanding research in genetics to scientists who are in the middle of their research career.

Year | Recipient

|

2022 | Irene Miguel-Aliaga
2021 | Julian Knight
2020 | Alastair Wilson
2019 | Oliver Pybus
2018 | Sarah Teichmann
2017 | Petra Hajkova
2016 | Duncan Odom
2015 | Loeske Kruuk

### Genetics Society Medal

The Genetics Society Medal [7] is an award that recognizes outstanding research contributions to genetics. The Medal recipient, who should still be active in research at the time the Medal is awarded, will be elected annually by the Genetics Society Committee on the basis of nominations made by any individual member of the Society. Those making nominations must be members of the Genetics Society, but there is no requirement for the nominee to be a member, nor any restriction on nationality or residence. Neither current members of the Committee nor those who have retired from office in the past four years may be nominated for the award. The recipient is invited to deliver a lecture at a Genetics Society meeting, where the medal will be awarded, in the year following their election.

Year | Recipient

|

2022 | Robin Lovell-Badge
2021 | David Sherratt
2020 | Peter Donnelly
2019 | Deborah Charlesworth
2018 | Michael W. Bevan
2017 | Marisa Bartolomei
2016 | Ottoline Leyser
2015 | Alan Ashworth
2014 | Jonathan Flint
2013 | Robin Allshire
2012 | Stephen West
2011 | Jonathan Hodgkin
2010 | Laurence Hurst
2009 | Steve Brown
2008 | Nicholas Hastie
2007 | Caroline Dean
2006 | Michael Ashburner
2005 | Phil Ingham

### JBS Haldane Lecture

The JBS Haldane Lecture,[8] named in honour of the pioneering geneticist and evolutionary biologist J. B. S. Haldane, recognises an individual for outstanding ability to communicate topical subjects in genetics research, widely interpreted, to an interested lay audience. Awards are made annually and are presented at an open lecture given by the awardee.

Year | Recipient

|

2022 | Mike Fay
2021 | Matthew Cobb[9]
2020 | Jonathan Pettitt
2019 | Giles Yeo
2018 | Turi King
2017 | Enrico Coen
2016 | Aoife McLysaght
2015 | Alison Woollard
2014 | Armand Marie Leroi
2013 | Mark Henderson

## References

1. ↑ "About Us - Genetics Society". Genetics.org.uk. 1919-06-25. http://www.genetics.org.uk/About/AbouttheSociety.aspx.
2. ↑ "History - Genetics Society". Genetics.org.uk. 1919-06-25. http://www.genetics.org.uk/About/PastPresidentsoftheSociety.aspx.
3. ↑ Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: About Genes & Development
4. ↑ "Sir Kenneth Mather Memorial Prize - Genetics Society". Genetics.org.uk. http://www.genetics.org.uk/Prizes/SirKennethMatherMemorialPrize.aspx.
5. ↑ "Mary Lyon Medal 2017 - Petra Hajkova - Genetics Society". Genetics.org.uk. 2017-11-21. http://www.genetics.org.uk/Prizes/BalfourLecture.aspx.
6. ↑ "Mary Lyon Medal - Genetics Society". Genetics.org.uk. http://www.genetics.org.uk/Prizes/MaryLyonMedal.aspx.
7. ↑ "Genetics Society Medal - Genetics Society". Genetics.org.uk. http://www.genetics.org.uk/Prizes/GeneticsSocietyMedal.aspx.
8. ↑ "Balfour Lecturer 2017 - Dr Andrew wood - Genetics Society". Genetics.org.uk. http://www.genetics.org.uk/Prizes/JBSHaldaneLecture.aspx.
9. ↑ "JBS Haldane lecture 2021 – Matthew Cobb". https://genetics.org.uk/medals-and-prizes/genetics-society-medals-and-lectures/jbs-haldane-lecture/jbs-haldane-lecture-2021-matthew-cobb/.

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