The members of the Leopoldina are organized in 28 sections that are grouped in four classes.
Life in its overwhelming complexity is a central theme of basic research, but also of applied science and medicine. The committee builds bridges between the different disciplines and discusses the social relevance of research questions concerning life science.
ML = Member of the Leopoldina
Discussion paper “ Ein Fortpflanzungsmedizingesetz für Deutschland” (2017) (German)
Statement “The opportunities and limits of genome editing” (2015)
Discussion paper “Die Synthetische Biologie in der öffentlichen Meinungsbildung” (2015) (German)
Individualised Medicine (2014) (German)
Life sciences in transition (2014)
Challenges and opportunities of integrative taxonomy (2014)
Working Group „Challenges to taxonomic research in the age of ‚-omics‘ technologies” (completed)
Working Group “Individualised Medicine” (completed)
Working Group “Predictive genetic Diagnostics” (completed)
Working Group “Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis” (completed)
Working Group “Animal Testing” (completed)
EASAC Statement „Synthetic Biology – An Introduction” (2011)
Predictive genetic Diagnosis as an Instrument of Disease prevention (2010)
Revision of EU Directive 86/609/EEC on the protection of animals (2010)
Green Genetic Engineering (2009)
Neue Wege der Stammzellforschung: Reprogrammierung von differenzierten Körperzellen (2009)
Chancen und Risiken der Synthetischen Biologie (2009)
Statement of the Presidium of the Leopoldina on Stem cell research in Germany (2007)