# THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 277992
- **Other names:** THE COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LIMITED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00514735](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00514735)
- **Registered:** June 27, 1979
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=277992


## Contact

- **Address:** BIDDER BUILDING, STATION ROAD, HISTON, CAMBS
- **Postcode:** CB24 9LF
- **Phone:** 01223 632851
- **Email:** katie.ward@biologists.com
- **Website:** www.biologists.com



## Activities

**Objects:** GENERAL ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF RESEARCH IN AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND STUDY OF BIOLOGY IN ALL BRANCHES AND THE UNDERTAKING OF ALL ACTIVITIES CONDUCIVE THERETO

**Activities:** To promote research and study across all branches of biology through the publication of journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models &amp; Mechanisms and Biology Open.  To provide free access to journal content in the developing world and to fund workshops, grants and travelling fellowships to support the scientific community.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Costa Rica
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Madagascar
- Malta
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Scotland
- Singapore
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- The Bahamas
- Ukraine
- United States
- Uruguay
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **PROF SARAH JANE BRAY** | Chair | July 5, 2023 |
| Dr Mark Peifer |  | July 11, 2025 |
| Dr Pleasantine Mill |  | July 11, 2025 |
| Dr Sarah Elizabeth Lowell |  | July 10, 2019 |
| Dr Stephen Royle |  | Nov. 15, 2018 |
| PROF DANIEL ST JOHNSTON |  |  |
| PROFESSOR CLARE MARGARET ISACKE |  | Oct. 7, 2011 |
| PROFESSOR PETER W J RIGBY FRS |  | Feb. 26, 2016 |
| Professor Austin Smith |  | July 5, 2024 |
| Professor Holly Shiels |  | Nov. 15, 2018 |
| Professor Jane Alison Langdale |  | July 4, 2012 |
| Professor Stephen Tait |  | July 11, 2025 |
| Professor Steven Kelly |  | July 5, 2024 |
| Professor Sylvie Urbe |  | July 11, 2025 |




