Life Sciences Switzerland

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Life Sciences Switzerland
AbbreviationLS2
Formation1969
Type Scientific society
President
Jean Gruenberg
Affiliations Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences
Website www.ls2.ch
Formerly called
Union of the Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology (USGEB) [1]

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] [2] It was founded in 1969, with the founding meeting taking place in Bern, Switzerland. [3] At the founding, four societies, Swiss Society for Physiology, Swiss Society for Biochemistry, Swiss Society for Pharmacology and Swiss Society for Cell & Molecular Biology comprised the original societies. [3]

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Life Sciences Switzerland is a member of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (SCNAT). [4]

LS2 sections

Its members are: [5]

LS2 partner societies

LS2 affiliated societies [7]

Annual meetings


Notes and references

  1. 1 2 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 - www.ls2.ch". www.ls2.ch. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  3. 1 2 "The history of USGEB/LS2" (PDF).
  4. "Platform Biology". biol.scnat.ch. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  5. Life Sciences Switzerland member societies Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine , www.ls2.ch (page visited on 4 June 2013).
  6. "Partner Societies - About Us - LS²". www.ls2.ch. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  7. "International Affiliations - About Us - LS²". www.ls2.ch. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  8. "LS2 Annual Meeting 2023 "Life on Earth: Coping with Challenges"". 12 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-12.

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