UKEMS is delighted to announce that Steve Dean has been recognised for his outstanding service to environmental mutagenesis through the conferment of the title of UKEMS Fellow. Steve has been involved with UKEMS since completing his PhD with Margaret Fox at the Paterson in the early eighties. He had postdocs at Georgetown University then at […]
Read MoreRegistration is open for this year’s online IGG meeting, to be held on the 30th of November at 2pm (until approximately 5.30 pm). This year we are hosting the first Richard Williams Memorial Award, sponsored by Lhasa Ltd, which will be contested by three excellent early career scientists – you get to vote for the […]
Read MorePlease see the below link for the position of Chair of the Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM), which will become vacant next year: The current deadline if or application is 11 November 2020 at 12:00
Read MoreUKEMS is aware of the problems faced by many PhD students due to the Covid-19 lockdown. Many students have lost valuable laboratory time and are having to extend their PhD candidatures to catch up. In some cases, students are not receiving funding to cover their living expenses for this extended period of time. This problem […]
Read MoreThe Richard Williams Memorial Award The Industrial Genotoxicology Group (IGG) are proud to support an award honouring the scientific contributions and memory of Dr. Richard Williams, set up by Lhasa. This award will support early career investigators within industry. The Richard Williams Memorial Award will include a certificate, travel, registration and accommodation expenses for attendance […]
Read MoreWe 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 […]
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