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The BES Lecture
at the BES Annual Meeting
09:30 Monday 10 September
Glasgow University, UK

The BES is very pleased to announce that Professor Anne Glover FRSE, FAAM, Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland, will be giving the BES Lecture.

Professor Glover holds a Personal Chair of Molecular and Cell Biology at the university of Aberdeen, and has honorary positions at the Rowett and Macaulay Institutes.  She is an elected fellow of the Royal society of Edinburgh, a member of the Natural Environment Research Council, and a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.  Most of her academic career has been spent at the University of Aberdeen where she has an active research group pursuing a variety of areas from microbial diversity to the development and application of whole cell biosensors for environmental monitoring and investigating how organisms respond to stress at a cellular level.

"Does Science Matter?"

“Science, just like music, art and culture, is international.  It is fundamental to understanding the world we live in, how we respond to it and how we interact with it.  The UK has a strong science heritage and it is also an important part of our future.  Science has enabled mankind to tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems through history and its role as a force for change in solving some of the world’s most urgent problems today is becoming increasingly important.  Technology and innovation are having an unprecedented impact on our daily lives in the twenty first century and the pace of change is quickening.  The health and wealth benefits flowing from science invention continue to be enormous and wide ranging. It is crucial that our science base is ready to take advantage of the global opportunities of the future and that our young people are excited by science”

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