User:Pete.linacre/Oxford University Biochemical Society

Oxford University Biochemical Society (OUBS) is a student-run society at the University of Oxford, founded in 1964 that aims to promote the study of Biochemistry and organizes weekly invited lectures. Former speakers have hailed from a range of institutions including the Whitehead Institute in Massachusetts and the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht. . Previous speakers have included Sir Hans Krebs,  Sir James Watson,  Sir Martin Wood  and recently, Dr. Brian Kobilka, who was awarded the 2012 Nobel prize in chemistry. The Society has also hosted lectures from the Biochemical Society, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. .

History
The OUBS was founded on December 2nd, 1964, by a group of Oxford Biochemistry graduate students with the establishment of their first constitution, which laid down the ground rule that "the Society exists to invite speakers from outside Oxford." The founding officers of the society were Mr. A.M. Robertson (Merton) as president, Mr N.J. Kuhn (Balliol) as treasurer, Mr F.S. Rolleston (Linacre House) as secretary and Dr M.W. Whitehouse as senior member. From 1980 onwards, since obtaining financial support through the Department of Biochemistry and outside industrial companies, including The Biochemical Society, the OUBS no longer charged members for subscription. . Professor Anthony Watts is the society's current and longest serving senior member, having taken up the role in 1988.

Activities
OUBS organizes term-time lectures, presented by eminent scientists based both outside Oxford and internally. The Society invites speakers to present high-impact research. The Society has also frequently run a once-yearly 'Careers Day', an information event aimed at undergraduate and graduate students in biochemistry and other Life Sciences. . OUBS also publishes a tri-annual scientific magazine, Phenotype, sponsored by Research Councils UK and the Oxford University Press.

Committee
Committee members:
 * President: Peter Holmes
 * Vice President: Andrea Szollossi
 * Secretary: Frank Lennartz
 * Treasurer: Chris Schoene
 * Events Coordinator: Laurie Holt