LS2 Bylaws and Regulations

The LS2 Bylaws were established by the Delegates Assembly (DA) on June 11, 2015. A second version was approved at the General Assembly (GA) of February 13, 2018. The current version was approved at the GA of January 27, 2022.

The LS2 General Regulations were established on January 1, 2015. A second version was approved at the GA on February 12, 2018. The current version was approved at the DA of January 26, 2021.

LS2 regulations contain complementary information on the internal structure of LS2. Changes in the regulations do not need approval by the GA, but by the DA.

LS2 Bylaws

LS2 General Regulations

LS2 Acronyms

Lost in the acronyms used on this website? Find your answers below!

Internal LS2 lingo

  • AM: Annual Meeting
  • EC: Executive Committee
  • DA: Delegates' Assembly
  • GA: General Assembly

LS2 (inter)sections

  • CVB: Cardiovascular Biology
  • MCB: Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, formerly Swiss Society for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (SSMCB)
  • ICMT: Ion Channels and Membrane Transporters

Partners, Affiliations and Collaborators

  • ASCB: American Society for Cell Biology
  • EBSA: European Biophysical Societies' Association
  • EuPA: European Proteomics Association
  • FEBS: Federation of European Biochemical Societies
  • FEPS: Federation of European Physiological Societies
  • IUBMB: International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • IUPAB: International Union for Pure & Applied Biophysics
  • IUPS: International Union of Physiological Sciences
  • SAMS: Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (Schweizerische Akademie der Medizinischen Wissenschaften [SAMW]; Académie Suisse des Sciences Médicales [ASSM])
  • SCNAT: Swiss Academy of Sciences
  • SCS: Swiss Chemical Society
    • DMCCB: SCS Division of Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology
  • SGV: Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Versuchstierkunde (Swiss Laboratory Animal Science Association)
  • SIB: Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
  • SKB/SCCB: Schweizerischer Koordinationsausschuss für Biotechnologie (Swiss Coordination Commitee for Biotechnology)
  • SPSW: Swiss Plant Science Web
  • SSAHE: Swiss Society for Anatomy, Histology and Embryology
  • SSEP: Swiss Society of Experimental Pharmacology
  • SSM: Swiss Society for Microbiology

Others

  • USGEB: Union of Swiss Societies for Experimental Biology, the former LS2