Biochemical Society
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| Motto | Advancing Molecular Bioscience |
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| Formation | 1911 |
| Legal status | Not-for-profit organisation |
| Purpose | Biochemistry in the UK |
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Region served | USA |
Membership | 7000 biochemists and molecular biologists |
Chief Executive | Kate Baillie |
Main organ | Biochemical Society Council |
| Affiliations | FEBS |
| Website | Biochemical Society |
The Biochemical Society is a learned society in the United Kingdom in the field of biochemistry, including all the cellular and molecular biosciences.
Structure
It currently has around 7000 members, two-thirds in the UK. It is affiliated with the European body, Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS). The Society's current President is Professor Ron Laskey. Sir David Baulcombe will take over the Presidency from 2015.[1] The Society's headquarters are in London.
History
The society was founded in 1911 by Benjamin Moore, W.D. Halliburton and others, under the name of the Biochemical Club. It acquired the existing Biochemical Journal in 1912. The society name changed to the Biochemical Society in 1913.
In 2005, the headquarters of the society moved from Portland Place to purpose-built offices in Holborn. In 2009, the headquarters moved again to Charles Darwin House, near Gray's Inn Road.
Past presidents include Sir Philip Cohen, and Sir Tom Blundell.
Awards
The society makes a number of merit awards, four annually and others either biennially or triennially, to acknowledge excellence and achievement in both specific and general fields of science. The annual awards comprise the Morton Lecture, the Colworth Medal, the Centenary Award and the Novartis Medal and Prize. [2]
Publishing
The Society's wholly owned publishing subsidiary, Portland Press, publishes books, a magazine, The Biochemist, and several print and online academic journals:
- Biochemical Journal
- Biochemical Society Symposia (online only)
- Biochemical Society Transactions
- Cell Signalling Biology
- Clinical Science
- Essays in Biochemistry
- Bioscience Reports
The Society's flagship publication, the Biochemical Journal, celebrated its centenary in 2006 with the launch of a free online archive back to its first issue in 1906.
Further reading
- Goodwin, T. W. (1987). History of the Biochemical Society, 1911-1986. London: Biochemical Society. ISBN 9780904498219.
- Morton, Richard Alan (1969). The Biochemical Society: its history and activities, 1911-1969,. London (7 Warwick Court, W.C.1): Biochemical Society. ISBN 9780950197203.
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
- ↑ "Biochemical Society Awards". Biochemical Society. Retrieved 7 December 2014.