Life Sciences Switzerland

Life Sciences Switzerland (LS2) is the Swiss federation of scientific societies for life sciences. It was formerly known as the Union of the Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology (USGEB).[1]

Life Sciences Switzerland
AbbreviationLS2
Formation1969
TypeScientific society
President
Jean Gruenberg
AffiliationsSwiss Academy of Natural Sciences
Websitewww.ls2.ch
Formerly called
Union of the Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology (USGEB)[1]

Life Sciences Switzerland is a member of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (SCNAT).

LS2 sections

Its members are:[2]

  • LS2 Section Molecular and Cellular Biology (Swiss Society of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (SSMCB) fused with Life Sciences Switzerland in June 2015)
  • LS2 Physiology section (Swiss Society of Physiology (SSP) – fused with Life Sciences Switzerland in June 2015)
  • LS2 Section Proteomics (Swiss Society of Proteomics (SPS) – fused with Life Sciences Switzerland in June 2015)

LS2 partner societies

  • Swiss Society of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology (SSAHE)
  • Swiss Society of Experimental Pharmacology (SSEP)
  • Swiss Chemical Society (SCS)

LS2 affiliated societies

  • Swiss Society of Microbiology (SGM)
  • Swiss Society for Neuroscience (SSN)
  • Swiss Laboratory Animal Science Association (SGV-SSEAL)
  • Swiss Plant Science Web (SPSW)
  • Swiss Society of Pathology (SSPath)
  • Swiss Society of Plant Physiology (SGPf)
  • Società Ticinese delle Scienze Biomediche e Chimiche (STSBC)

Annual meetings

Notes and references

  1. German: Union Schweizerischer Gesellschaften für experimentelle Biologie (USGEB), French: Union des sociétés suisses de biologie expérimentale (USSBE), English: Union of the Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology (USSEB).
  2. Life Sciences Switzerland member societies Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, www.ls2.ch (page visited on 4 June 2013).

See also

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