Presentation of GS LSH

The Graduate School Life Sciences and Health (GS LSH) federates the various training (3 Master’s degrees and 6 doctoral schools) and research (73 laboratories) activities of the Paris-Saclay University in the fields of Biology, Bioinformatics and Medicine, with the aim of understanding the fundamental mechanisms in Life Sciences and innovating in Biotechnology and Medicine. The GS LSH offers national and international visibility to the fields of Education and Research in Life Sciences & Health at the University Paris-Saclay and enables synergies between Research-Teaching-Innovation actors and students by promoting exchanges between these communities.

The GS LSH carries an integrative vision of the Life Sciences from the understanding of molecular mechanisms governing how biological systems work and interact, to their integration at all scales, from molecules to cells, organisms and populations, including evolutionary, pathophysiological and biotechnological dimensions. Thus, this GS brings together laboratories and teaching around:

• the study of basic mechanisms using models that reflect the biodiversity of living organisms;
• applying this knowledge to human and animal health and biotechnology; 
• the development of data sciences and cutting-edge technologies for the exploration, targeting (modulation, control) and engineering of living organisms.

The scientific objective of the GS LSH is to understand the mechanisms involved in Life Sciences and to innovate in the fields of Biotechnology and Medicine. The GS LSH is organized in 12 disciplinary and/or thematic graduate programs that bring together Master's and Doctoral programs and the corresponding research and training teams. In addition, a transverse MD-PhD graduate program (AVERROES) will be dedicated to obtaining two Doctorate degrees (in Sciences and in Medicine). The GS LSH is open internationally with 3 M1 and 9 M2 curriculums taught in English.

The GS LSH project allows a fruitful interaction between fundamental and applied science. Its action is in line with major scientific and societal challenges, at the heart of the objectives of the European University EUGLOH oriented towards Global health. Also, the GS LSH focus on Biotechnology and Health is particularly well suited for innovation, a field in which the GS LSH community is very active.
Finally, the GS LSH contributes strongly to the activities of several ambitious multidisciplinary initiatives combining teaching-research-innovation. 

Keywords in Life Sciences & Health (alphabetical order): Aging; Biochemistry; Animal Sciences; Bioinformatics; Biotechnology; Cancer; Cell biology; Cell & Gene biotherapies; Chemistry and physics for life sciences; Data Sciences; Development; Endocrinology; Evolution ; Genomics, Genetics and Epigenetics; Imaging; Immunology; Interface biology (chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science); Medicine; Microbiology; Neurosciences; Oncology; Origin of Life; Physiology and Physiopathology; Plant Sciences; Proteomics; Reproduction; Signaling; Structural biology; Synthetic biology; Systems biology; Therapies; Veterinary Sciences; Vision Sciences; Virology