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).