West Midlands

Welcome to the West Midlands branch web pages

Your local contacts are:-

Chair: Lesley Payne CBiol MSB
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Vice Chair: Caroline Day CBiol FSB

Secretary: Debbie Dixon CBiol MSB
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Any branch news which might be suitable for inclusion on this page can be sent to either:-
Emily Pettiford at pete1_09@uni.worc.ac.uk
or Melissa Harper at harm1_10@uni.worc.ac.uk

For a quick snapshot of upcoming events, see the list of events below....

...for full details please go to the calendars on the events page, a date highlighted in 'green' indicates that there is an event on that day.

"Biochemistry Lecture - Celebrating the Year of Biochemistry!" 

Tuesday 4th October, 2011, 7:30pm at the University of Birmingham
"The Biochemical Basis for the Health Consequences of Exercise and Inactivity"
by Dr. Chris Shaw (University of Birmingham)

For more information on this event click here

AGM

Wednesday 26th October, 2011, 7:00pm.Located at The Regent Room, Queens Road Baptist Church, Grosvenor Road Coventry CV1 3FZ. Nominations for committee will be most welcome.

To be followed at 7.45pm by a lecture 'Biology and SCUBA Diving' given by Dr William P Watson FBParmacolS, CBiol FSB. Guests welcome, light refreshments will be available after the lecture. 

Charter Lecture 2011

Monday 5th December, University of Birmingham.
'Science and Non-Science in Drug and Alcohol Policy' by Professor David J Nutt

For event information click here.

Darwin Festival 2012

We will be sponsoring a lecture in the Darwin Festival. Professor Larry Barham from the University of Liverpool, an expert on Paleoanthropology, will give a lecture on 'Our Evolving Mind- an Archaeological Perspective' - an update on the evolution of mankind from the times of Lucy to the origins of language.

Saturday 18th February 2012, 3pm the Shropshire Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AH.