UK’s leading biology organisations agree to unification

Members of the UK’s two leading biology organisations, the Institute of Biology (IoB) and the Biosciences Federation (BSF), have voted overwhelmingly in favour of unification to form a single organisation, the Society of Biology. This positive development takes the IoB and BSF a step closer to the creation of an organisation that combines the expertise of the learned societies and other biology organisations with the professional skills of the IoB and its individual members. The Biochemical Society is a member of the Biosciences Federation.

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A new organisation for the biosciences

The Councils of the Biosciences Federation (BSF) and Institute of Biology (IoB) have proposed that a New Organisation for the biosciences (NO) should be created. This Organisation will embrace the activities and strengths of both BSF and IoB, and add new activities that will benefit UK biosciences and provide value to the membership.

A prospectus for a New Organisation (NO) to represent the biosciences has been written by Dr Richard Dyer for the BSF. The prospectus outlines the background to the discussions between the BSF and IoB, and includes information on the finance and structures, and immediate goals for NO.

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