West Midlands
Welcome to the regional pages for the West Midlands. Full details of national and local events are available on our events pages.
Upcoming branch events
Friday 5 February, 19:00-20:00
Virtual Quiz - Biology in the Movies: Monsters, Heroes and Bugs
Join the branch for their tenth monthly virtual quiz, to test your biology knowledge on all things related to this month's quiz theme.
Saturday 13 February, 16:00-17:30
Darwin Festival: Unnatural Selection
Author and artist Katrina van Grouw will give the 2021 Shrewsbury Darwin Festival talk: Unnatural Selection.
Reports
Visit the reports section to find out about past events the branch have run.
Social media
Visit the West Midlands branch Twitter page or Instagram page for more branch news.
Our members
Visit the branch map and branch demographics to see the numbers and locations of our members (Dated January 2020).
Committee
Chair: Dr Jill Johnson MRSB
Vice Chair: Dr Sue Howarth CBiol FRSB
Treasurer: Lesley Payne CBiol MRSB
External Communication Secretary: Lesley Payne CBiol MRSB
Meetings Secretary: Amelia Lakin AMRSB
Student Engagement Coordinator: Dr Phillip Young FRSB
Events Coordinators: Dr Caroline Day CBiol FRSB, Dr Patricia Esteban MRSB, Dr Daniel Franklin MRSB, Ben Glover, Laura Guest AMRSB, Dr Luisa Orsini MRSB.
Honorary consultant: Norma Broadbridge MBE FRSB
Minutes
Download the branch annual report as presented at the AGM in November 2020 and read the 2019 minutes.
Contact details
Please get in touch by emailing us at westmidlands@rsb.org.uk
Meet your some of your West Midlands' Committee
From left to right: Lesley Payne (Treasurer), Janine Taylor (until July 2018), Norma Broadbridge MBE (Event Coordinator), Elisha Zadok (until Nov 2019), Dr Jill Johnson (Chair), Dr Sue Howarth (Vice Chair), Dr Caroline Day (Event Coordinator) and Tara Lancaster (until Nov 2018).