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. Industry and publishing are also represented in the membership.
23-536: Mendel Medal may refer to: Mendel Medal (genetics) (1958-), awarded by The Genetics Society, a UK learned society Mendel Medal (Villanova University) (1929-), awarded for achievement in science by scientists of religious conviction Mendel Medal (Germany) [ de ] (1967-), awarded by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Gregor Johann Mendel Honorary Medal for Merit in
46-606: A mutant mice strain with a 'pallid' mutation and published the research. During the course of her PhD she moved to the University of Edinburgh , where she completed her studies under the direction of Douglas Falconer. After her PhD (awarded 1950 ), Lyon joined the group of Conrad Hal Waddington , with whom she worked in the last part of her PhD. The group was funded by the Medical Research Council , and she worked with TC Carter to investigate mutagenesis and
69-473: 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. The society publishes the journal Heredity in association with Nature Publishing Group and
92-548: 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. The Sir Kenneth Mather Memorial Prize 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
115-457: The mutagenic effects of irradiation as measured in mice, and on the building of the hypothesis that one of the two X chromosomes of the female is inactivated at an early stage of embryogenesis . The hypothesis, which is now almost universally accepted as proved, offered a solution to the long standing problem of X- dosage compensation in the female mammal, has thrown much light on the nature of sex-chromosome aneuploidy , has influenced ideas on
138-976: The Amory Prize, for genetic discoveries relating to mammalian sex chromosomes. In 2004 she was awarded the March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology . In 2006 she received the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize awarded by the Rockefeller University . Since 2015 The Genetics Society has awarded the Mary Lyon Medal in her honour. Other awards and honours include: Her nomination for the Royal Society reads: Distinguished for many important contributions to mammalian genetics, notably on
161-657: The Biological Sciences (1965-), awarded by the Czech Academy of Sciences Mendel Memorial Medal (1992-), awarded by the Moravské zemské muzeum in Brno, Czech Republic Gregor Johann Mendel Medal, awarded by Mendel University in Brno to people and organizations involved in science and business. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
184-517: 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. The JBS Haldane Lecture, named in honour of
207-531: The area of quantitative or population genetics. 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. 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
230-508: The genetic risks of radiation . In addition to the 'pallid' mutation mice, she studied mutations such as 'ataxia' (a nervous mutation which caused walking difficulties in the mice) and 'twirler' (a mutation which induced inner ear issues, causing the mice to shake their heads and walk in circles due to lack of balance). In 1955, her group moved to the MRC radiobiology unit in Harwell, where there
253-490: The journal Genes & Development in association with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press . It also publishes The Genetics Society Newsletter and the Naked Genetics and Genetics Unzipped (the latter hosted by Kat Arney ) podcasts . 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
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#1732801099510276-546: The middle of their research career. The Genetics Society Medal 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
299-649: The mutation was positioned on the X chromosome. This, together with new findings at that time concerning the X chromosome, led her to hypothesize about X chromosome silencing. Lyon published many papers on radiation and chemical mutagenesis and on studies of mutant genes. She also did extensive work on the mouse t-complex. She was head of the Genetics Section of the MRC Radiology Unit at Harwell from 1962 to 1987. Although she retired from research in 1990, according to an interview from 2010, she
322-602: The origin of certain tumours and of chronic granulocytic leukaemia in man, and has provided food for thought about the fundamental mechanism of switching off genes. Lyonisation, as others were quick to call the phenomenon, has perhaps opened more lines of enquiry and stimulated more work than any recent biological concept. In 2018, the International Mammalian Genome Society established the Mary Lyon Award in recognition her role as
345-453: 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. The Bruce Cattanach Prize is a 2022 addition to the Society award portfolio and is awarded annually for an outstanding PhD thesis related to
368-449: 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. This new award, named after the distinguished geneticist Mary F. Lyon FRS, was established in 2015 to reward outstanding research in genetics to scientists who are in
391-488: The title Mendel Medal . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mendel_Medal&oldid=1224829829 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mendel Medal (genetics) The Genetics Society
414-486: The university, in contrast to more than 5,000 men. Furthermore, despite doing the same work as male students, female students received only “titular" degrees, rather than full Cambridge degrees that would make them members of the university. During her studies at Cambridge, she became interested in embryology. She went on to do her PhD with Ronald Fisher , who was Professor of Genetics in Cambridge, where she characterised
437-461: The use of non-human in vivo animal models. Mary F. Lyon Mary Frances Lyon FRS (15 May 1925 – 25 December 2014) was an English geneticist best known for her discovery of X-chromosome inactivation , an important biological phenomenon. Mary Lyon was born on 15 May 1925 in Norwich, England as the eldest out of three children of a civil servant and a schoolteacher . She
460-628: Was educated at a grammar school in Birmingham. During that time, she said, she became interested in science thanks to a good schoolteacher and nature books she won in an essay competition. During the Second World War in 1943, she began her studies at Girton College, Cambridge at the University of Cambridge , where she read zoology, physiology, organic chemistry and biochemistry, with zoology as her main subject. At this time, only 500 (less than 10%) female students were allowed to study at
483-800: Was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1973, a Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences , and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1994 she won the Mauro Baschirotto Award in Human Genetics, in 1997 the Wolf Prize for Medicine, for her hypothesis concerning the random inactivation of X-chromosomes in mammals. In 1997 she also received
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#1732801099510506-418: Was room for more mouse facilities. There she continued to investigate the mouse mutations. She also scrutinised a 'mottled' mutant, which had a different effect on male and female mice: male embryos sometimes died, and the surviving males had white coats, but females lived and were variegated. Through calculated and deliberated breeding of mutants, she investigated the transition of the mutation and concluded that
529-456: Was still active in the laboratory a few times a week. It was while working on radiation hazards in 1961 that she discovered X-chromosome inactivation , for which she is best known, and the phenomenon is sometimes known as Lyonization in her honour. Her subsequent research helped elucidate the genetic control mechanisms of the X chromosome and helped explain why female 'carriers' of X-linked genetic disorders can display mild symptoms. Lyon
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