Core Support for the Board on Life Sciences

生命科学委员会是美国国家科学院在生命科学领域广泛的技术和政策主题的中心，包括生物恐怖主义、基因组学、生物多样性保护，以及基础生物医学研究中的关键主题，如干细胞。委员会组织和监督研究，就生物科学及其对社会的影响向政府和科学界提供建议。该委员会保持着对从分子遗传学到生态学的所有生命科学学科的专业知识和理解。这使其能够处理基础科学问题(例如，知识差距、研究重点、所需投资)和源于基础科学或建立在基础科学基础上的更高层次的政策关切。该委员会还监督关于改善生物教育，特别是本科水平的生物教育，以及保持强大的生命科学劳动力的重要研究。

The Board on Life Sciences serves as the National Academies' focal point for a wide rangeof technical and policy topics in the life sciences, including bioterrorism, genomics,biodiversity conservation, and key topics in basic biomedical research, such as stem cells.The board organizes and oversees studies that provide advice to government and thescientific community on the biological sciences and their impact on society. The boardmaintains expertise in and understanding of the full spectrum of life science disciplines, frommolecular genetics to ecology. This enables it to deal with issues of both basic science (e.g.,knowledge gaps, research priorities, needed investments) and the higher level policyconcerns that flow from or build on the basic science. The Board also oversees importantstudies on the improvement of biology education, particularly at the undergraduate level, andthe maintenance of a strong life sciences workforce.