{"id":1332,"date":"2023-05-15T14:24:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T11:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientiarum.fi\/biosciences\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T08:40:55","slug":"biosciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scientiarum.fi\/en\/biosciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Biosciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#7E8EA4&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/scientiarum.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bio-ban.png&#8221; background_size=&#8221;contain&#8221; min_height=&#8221;300px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;26vw||||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;30px||30px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;defwp&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;4e383309-b084-4f1a-86bb-b39ea5e11bb7&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Biosciences<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_5,3_5,1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text module_class=&#8221;defwp&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;4e383309-b084-4f1a-86bb-b39ea5e11bb7&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Dan Lindholm<br \/><strong>Vice-Chair:<\/strong> Ulrika Candolin<\/p>\n<p>The Section of Biosciences involves a broad spectrum of subjects concerned with ecology, palaeontology and microbiology and extending as far as biomedicine and clinical disciplines.<\/p>\n<p>A grants committee is elected annually from among the section\u2019s members to make recommendations regarding the Society\u2019s grants to be awarded in the relevant fields of study, and also a committee to nominate candidates for international prizes and members to serve on the Society\u2019s other prize-awarding committees.<\/p>\n<p>One important duty that arises every September is that of making proposals for new members of The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, after which the Society\u2019s annually elected selection committee makes the final decisions. Similarly, two new members are appointed to the Society\u2019s governing board each year, while each section appoints its chairman and vice-chairman for three years at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside these statutory duties, the section may arrange seminars on themes of contemporary interest.<\/p>\n<p>The section calls on its members to be active! 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