Life Sciences
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.
Last edited: 22. January 2026
Spokesperson of the Standing Committee
Professor Dr
Ulla Bonas ▸
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Election year 2008
Further members of the Scientific Commission
- Prof Dr Ulla Bonas ML
Institute of Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (spokesperson for the commission) - Prof Dr Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Göttingen - Prof Dr Hans-Georg Dederer
Chair of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Public International Law, European and International Business Law, University of Passau - Prof Dr Tobias Erb ML
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg - Prof Dr Thomas Eschenhagen ML
Institute for Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf - Prof Dr Herta Flor ML
Institute of Neuropsychology, Central Institute of Mental Health (ZI), Mannheim - Prof Dr Moritz Helmstaedter
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt - Prof Dr Jürgen Knoblich ML
Institute for Molecular Biotechnology IMBA, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna - Prof. Dr Dr Kristian Köchy
Institute of Philosophy, University of Kassel - Prof Dr Denise Manahan-Vaughan ML
Department of Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum - Prof Dr Kärin Nickelsen ML
Department of History, Chair of History of Science, LMU Munich - Prof Dr Tina Romeis ML
Biochemistry of Plant Interactions, Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB), Halle (Saale) - Prof Dr Tanja Stadler ML
Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland - Prof Dr Claudia Wiesemann ML
Institute for Ethics and History of Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen
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Kontakt Dr. Henning Steinicke
Deputy Head, Department Science – Policy – Society
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Kontakt Dr. Charlotte Wiederkehr
Scientific Officer, Department Science - Policy - Society