Biochemical Society

The Biochemical Society was founded in London on 4 March 1911, growing out of an organizing meeting called three weeks earlier by John Addyman Gardner and Robert Henry Aders Plimmer at University College London; it began as the Biochemical Club and adopted its present name in 1913, the year after it acquired the Biochemical Journal. Headquartered today in London, it works through its publishing arm, Portland Press, to produce the Biochemical Journal, Biochemical Society Transactions, Clinical Science, Essays in Biochemistry, Bioscience Reports and the magazine The Biochemist, and it describes its purpose as advancing molecular bioscience by promoting the discipline, sharing knowledge and expertise, and supporting molecular bioscientists at every career stage.