Life Sciences Switzerland
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Abbreviation | LS2 |
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Formation | 1969 |
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]
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[]
- 2003: Davos
- 2004: Fribourg
- 2005: ETH Zürich, Zürich
- 2006: Geneva
- 2007: Basel
- 2008: Lausanne
- 2009: Interlaken
- 2010: Lugano
- 2011: Zürich
- 2012: Lausanne
- 2013: Zürich
- 2014: University of Lausanne, Lausanne
- 2015: Zürich
- 2016: University of Lausanne, Lausanne
- 2017: University of Zurich, Zürich, 2–3 February
- 2018: University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 12–13 February
Notes and references[]
- ^ a b 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).
- ^ Life Sciences Switzerland member societies Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, www.ls2.ch (page visited on 4 June 2013).
See also[]
- Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences
- Science and technology in Switzerland
- Pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland
- Federation of European Biochemical Societies
- International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
External links[]
Categories:
- Science and technology in Switzerland
- Scientific organisations based in Switzerland
- Life sciences industry