Life sciences

As Biosciences ( gr βιός bios, "life" ) - also Life Sciences or Life Sciences - Research directions and training courses are called that deal with processes or structures of living things, or in which organisms participate. In addition to the biology they also include related areas such as medicine, biomedicine, biochemistry, molecular biology, biophysics, bioinformatics, human biology and biodiversity research. The range of methods can include almost the entire scientific instruments and analysis equipment and also reach into areas of human and social sciences. The methodological work and the theoretical equipment is therefore often highly interdisciplinary, but has a clear relation to living things.

Life Sciences, Life Sciences and Life Sciences

Coming from the English-speaking Also, the terms " life sciences " and, derived from it have, "Life Sciences " was established, and in particular the biomedical oriented industry the term " life sciences " cultivates. This connects you therefore today with many practical and market- oriented research manner; " Life Sciences " and " life sciences " be brought against it rather in conjunction with basic research. In addition, it is observed that the term " life sciences " sometimes in a very broad sense and is used on non- original biological disciplines, such as psychology or even artificial intelligence, extended. Will possibly arise here in the course of time a further shift in the use and preference As with almost all new terms. In addition, the use of the terms between users and German native speakers of English, especially when term " life sciences " is not entirely congruent or identical connotations.

For the current use of the terms

As many research institutions that can not be described as biology itself or want to deal with biological problems, has become the term " life sciences " widespread in recent years. Also, some scientific societies and university departments / faculties who wore the term " biology " or other special designation earlier today make use of the term " life sciences ". Examples of such companies in the Association for Biology, Life Sciences and Biomedicine in Germany or the Company may be mentioned for the Teaching of Life Sciences. Other institutions, in turn, prefer the term " life sciences ", such as the Leibniz Association.

Study opportunities in the life sciences

A variety of courses of study established that, based on a similar basic training, putting special emphasis in some areas of the life sciences - In addition to the classic courses of biology and biochemistry have - most recently especially in the wake of the Bologna process. The different names makes it hard to Studierwilligen to make a choice here. The Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology maintains in the Working Group "Study of Molecular Biosciences" a list of appropriate courses of study in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Association for Biology, Life Sciences and Biomedicine in Germany has both an online study guide of all courses in the German language, as well as a compilation all consecutive and advanced Master's degree programs in the life sciences compiled (see links).