This is our last Meet the YCG post before the BCA spring meeting! This week we have the pleasure to introduce James Cumby who sits on the YCG committee as an ordinary member.
Name
James Cumby
Current position
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions and School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
Only 2 weeks until the BCA spring meeting and this week we have the pleasure to introduce Lucy Mapp! Lucy sits on the YCG committee as an ordinary member.
Name
Lucy Mapp
Current position
Ph.D. Student (final year), University of Southampton
Time for another Meet the YCG! This week we move on to our secretary/treasurer Elliot Carrington.
Name
Elliot Carrington
Current position
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Liverpool
Its again time for Meet the GCY, this week is the last in our group representative mini series and time to introduce Claire Hobday! Claire is our group rep for the Chemical Crystalography Group (CCG).
Name
Claire Hobday
Current position
Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bath
Up next in Meet the YCG is Alex Cousen! Alex is our Industrial Group (IG) representative and the second in our mini series to introduce our group reps. Just a reminder that Meet the YCG is a weekly series of interviews with YCG members starting with the committee.
Name
Alex Cousen
Current position
PhD researcher for the EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub in Continuous Crystallisation and Advanced Crystallisation, based at the University of Bath
Time for the third instalment of Meet the YCG! This time round we are delighted to introduce Natalie Tatum! Natalie is our Biological Structures Group (BSG) representative and is the first in a mini series to introduce our group reps. Just a reminder that Meet the YCG is a weekly series of interviews with YCG members starting with the committee.
Name
Natalie Tatum
Current position
Post-doctoral research associate at Newcastle University, in the structural biology team of the Cancer Drug Discovery group at the Northern Institute for Cancer Research
Registration and bursary application for the Hot Topics In Contemporary Crystallography 2018 (HTCC2018) are now open.
HTCC2018 will be held in Bol, on the island of Brac, Croatia, from Sep. 23 to 27, 2018.
The three hot topics to be tackled this year are:
Bursaries are available to PhD students and Postdocs employed by a public university or research institution.
Time for the second instalment of Meet the YCG! This week is Sam Horrell, Chair of the YCG, resident of Hamburg, and all round great guy. Take it away Sam:
Name
Sam Horrell
Current position
Post Doc at the University of Hamburg in the Pearson group and Chair of the YCG
This is the first in a new series of interviews conducted on members of the YCG. We are going to start with the members of the current committee in the run-up to the BCA Spring Meeting and see how we go from there! If you enjoy these posts, please like and share.
Name
Charlie McMonagle
Current position
PDRA Newcastle University / YCG Webmaster
This years’ YCG Satellite Meeting at the BCA Spring Meeting sees a number of committee positions opening up as members are finishing out their two year terms. The following positions are now open for nominations.
Chair (Sam Horrell stepping down)
Secretary/Treasurer (Elliot Carrington stepping down)
Chemical Crystallography Group Representative (Claire Hobday stepping down)
Physical Crystallography Group Representative (Charlotte Kirk stepping down)
Industrial Crystallography Group Representative (Alex Cousen stepping down)
Ordinary Member (Genevieve Baker stepping down)
If you are interesting in working as part of the YCG committee to represent the interests of young crystallographers to the BCA and help in planning the YCG Satellite meeting along with education and outreach events in any of the above roles please contact the current chair (sam.horrell@desy.de) and secretary (elliot.carrington@liverpool.ac.uk). Nominated persons will be voted on at the YCG annual general meeting at the BCA Spring Meeting in Warwick. If you are unable to attend a member of the committee can read out a preprepared statement on your behalf.
I look forward to seeing you all at the YCG meeting in March, watch this space for further updates on the meeting.
Sam Horrell
YCG Chair