We are pleased to announce Michael Routledge as the next UKEMS Vice President, taking over as UKEMS President in 2022. Mike has been a member of UKEMS since he was a PhD student and has previously contributed to the running of the society as Treasurer from 2011 to 2018. In 2009 he organised the annual […]
Read MoreMEG – Nominations for New Committee Members The Molecular Epidemiology Group (MEGUK) are calling for nominations to recruit 2 new members to their committee. MEGUK exists to promote a multi-disciplinary approach to all molecular studies of prevention and/or causes of human disease. This is not restricted to human studies but can include in vitro and […]
Read MoreThe organisers of the 2020 EEMGS meeting in Porto, Portugal last week sadly announced the final cancellation of any meeting in Porto this year or next. Rescheduling such a meeting for early 2021 would still leave too much uncertainty around travel, social distancing and any local issues still caused by Covid-19 outbreaks. EEMGS hope to […]
Read MoreJoin UKEMS We encourage all new and existing members to join/re-join for 2020 UKEMS Membership via the UKEMS Website here. Once registered, you will be provided with new UKEMS log-in details. The cost of UKEMS Membership for this year is £25. Student UKEMS Membership is free. Please encourage all current members and potential new members […]
Read MoreWe have been closely monitoring the situation related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic over the past several weeks. Given the country wide restrictions currently in place with COVID-19 and the unknown duration of these restrictions, we have made the decision to cancel this year’s UKEMS Annual Meeting scheduled to take place 28th June to 1st […]
Read MoreWe are greatly saddened to inform you that Dr. Richard Williams passed away unexpectedly on the 29th of January. A senior and long-standing employee of Lhasa, we have lost a dear friend and valued colleague. Rich joined Lhasa as a Scientist in 2004, with his initial work focussing on the development of structural alerts for genotoxicity […]
Read MoreUKEMS have introduced a new award from this year to showcase the excellent research published in our society journal, Mutagenesis. We have great pleasure in announcing that Masamitsu Honma has been selected as the recipient of the first Mutagenesis Paper of the Year Award for the following publication: Improvement of quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) tools […]
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that Dr David Lovell received the Jim Parry Award in 2019 for his substantial contribution to the field of environmental mutagenesis. David is Reader in Medical Statistics and Associate Dean for Career Development of Research Staff at St George’s Medical School, University of London. His research focuses on facilitating the […]
Read MoreThe Latin American Association of Mutagenic Carcinogenesis and Environmental Teratogenesis (ALAMCTA, in Spanish), which is formed by scientific societies of Latin American countries that bring together scientists dedicated to the study of the interaction of the environment with genes and their effects on human health. ALAMCTAs mission is to gather scientists for collaboration, exchange of […]
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