- Global Communities

1. Life Science Teaching Resource Community (LifeSciTRC) 

• This was a project of the APS Education Committee initiated in 1997. The online community is for life science educators at all levels, worldwide. It is open access but requires online free registration.
• It is a forum that provides more than 8,500 peer-reviewed teaching resources and has over 8,000 registered users.
• This forum fosters networking, collaboration among scientific societies, and a unique library portal (BioSciEd Net) for easily accessing shared research metadata.

2. The Naked Scientists  

• The forum originated from the Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE) in 2001, created by Chris Smith. The Naked Scientists are a group of scientists, doctors, and communicators who disseminate scientific research to the general public, foster engagement and collaboration between scientists in the field of life sciences, medicine, and technology.
• The forum is famous for its science podcasts for sharing scientific information. The forum has a closed community of contributing global members  
• The forum also offers a platform similar to a blog post where researchers in the life sciences community connect, collaborate, ask questions and help out each other.

3. IEEE Life Sciences - Life Sciences Technical Community 

•  IEEE provides a life sciences portal to its community of life sciences researchers, which fosters networking, engagement, and collaboration with engineers, computer scientists, medical professionals, and researchers to advance the application of engineering and technology to the life sciences.
• The IEEE Life Sciences Technical Community (LSTC) became operational in 2014. It seeks to create a virtual community for stakeholders that have interests in technology and its application in life sciences, including technology companies, hospitals, pharmaceutical company researchers, and university researchers. The community forum has social media presence on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn groups, aimed for sharing information and providing a discussion forum.

- U.S. state-based Bioscience Communities:

 4. Indiana Health Industry Forum (IHIF): 

• The diverse members of the Indiana Health Industry Forum generate the collective voice of the state’s health and life science industry. The forum's mission is to connect key stake holders, enhance business networks, advocate for member interests, develop workforce skills, and provide strategic vision in the interest of growing the state’s health industry economy and reputation.
• The forum also provides free and value-added membership for promoting life sciences interest in the state health industry.