In the year 2000 the initiative "European Academies Science Advisory Council" (EASAC) was founded at the instigation of the Royal Society, London. It consists of representatives from 17 European countries nominated by their national academies. EASAC's task is to provide independent advice to the European Parliament.



Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany:
Prof. Dr. Volker ter Meulen
University of Würzburg, Virology
President of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina

Deputy:
Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gottschalk
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Molecular Biology
President of the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities