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Jim Parry Award Winner 2025: Anthony Lynch

  • January 31, 2025
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We are delighted to announce that Professor Anthony Lynch is this year’s recipient of the Jim Parry Award. The Jim Parry Award is given to a senior scientist (and present or past member of UKEMS) who, in the opinion of the UKEMS committee, has made substantial contributions to the field of environmental mutagenesis. Anthony will be […]

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2025 Mutagenesis Paper of the Year Award Winner: Dean Thomas

  • December 12, 2024
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We are delighted to announce that Dean Thomas is the winner of the 2025 Mutagenesis Paper of the Year Award for the following publication: Ames test study designs for nitrosamine mutagenicity testing: qualitative and quantitative analysis of key assay parameters  The publication was authored by Dean N Thomas , John W Wills , Helen Tracey , Sandy J Baldwin , Mark Burman , Abbie N […]

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Minutes from Annual General Meeting 2023

  • July 3, 2024
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The next annual general meeting (AGM) of the UK Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS) will take place on Tuesday 9th July 2024 during the UKEMS Conference at the University of Bath, which takes place between the 7th and 10th July 2024. The 2023 AGM was held on 3rd July at the Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin, the […]

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2024 UKEMS Young Scientist Award: Amy Wilson

  • May 10, 2024
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Amy Wilson2024 UKEMS Young Scientist  The UKEMS Young Scientist Award is a prestigious biennial award, presented to a UKEMS member who has made an outstanding contribution to the field.  The UKEMS is delighted to announce that Amy Wilson is the recipient for this year’s UKEMS Young Scientist Award.  Amy will be accepting her Young Scientist […]

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2024 Mutagenesis Paper of the Year Award Winner: Sam Khan

  • May 8, 2024
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We have great pleasure in announcing that Sam Khan has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Mutagenesis Paper of the Year Award for the following publication: Ex vivo explant model of adenoma and colorectal cancer to explore mechanisms of action and patient response to cancer prevention therapies Sam Khan, Gareth J Miles, Constantinos Demetriou, Zahirah […]

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NGS SIG Committee Elections 2024

  • May 3, 2024
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Nominations Requested for the Next Generation Sequencing Group Committee The UK Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS) established the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Special Interest Group (SIG) with a remit to maintain awareness and evaluate promising applications, challenges and key data initiatives needed to enable regulatory testing and adoption of NGS; including (but not limited to) the […]

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Jim Parry Award 2023: Dr Julie Clements

  • June 28, 2023
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The UKEMS are pleased to announce Dr Julie Clements as this year’s recipient of the Jim Parry Award. Dr Clements will be receiving the Jim Parry Award and presenting her award lecture at this year’s UKEMS Conference, which takes place at The Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin, 2nd to 5th July. The Jim Parry Award is recognition […]

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Minutes from Annual General Meeting 2022

  • June 27, 2023
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The next annual general meeting (AGM) of the UK Environmental Mutagen Society (UKEMS) will take place on Monday 3rd July 2023 during the UKEMS Conference at the Clontarf Castle Hotel, Dublin, which takes place between the 2nd and 5th July 2023. The 2022 AGM was held on 4th July at The Royal Hall, Harrogate, the […]

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UKEMS 2023: Register and Submit Your Abstract Before Friday 31st March Deadline

  • March 27, 2023
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Register for the 2023 UKEMS Annual Meeting then submit your abstract before 31 March 2023. This is the Early Bird Deadline so registration costs increase after this date. UKEMS are offering a generous accommodation subsidy at the Clontarf Castle for all members who book before this date. Register and submit your abstract today.

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