Life Sciences Switzerland
| Abbreviation | LS2 |
|---|---|
| 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][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]
Life Sciences Switzerland is a member of the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences (SCNAT).[4]
LS2 sections
Its members are:[5]
- 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)
- Swiss Laboratory Animal Science Association (SGV)[6]
LS2 affiliated societies
Source:[7]
- 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)
- Federation of European Physiological Societies (FEPS)
- Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
- European Proteomics Association (EuPA)
- European Biophysical Societies' Association (EBSA)
- The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
- International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB)
- International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS)
- International Union of Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB)
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
- 2023: Campus Irchel, Universität Zürich, Zurich, 16 – 17 February 2023[8]
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 - www.ls2.ch". www.ls2.ch. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ a b "The history of USGEB/LS2" (PDF).
- ^ "Platform Biology". biol.scnat.ch. 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ Life Sciences Switzerland member societies Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, www.ls2.ch (page visited on 4 June 2013).
- ^ "Partner Societies - About Us - LS²". www.ls2.ch. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "International Affiliations - About Us - LS²". www.ls2.ch. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
- ^ "LS2 Annual Meeting 2023 "Life on Earth: Coping with Challenges"". 12 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
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