At the end of 2023, within the framework of cooperation between the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution RAS and Nizhny Novgorod K. Minin State Pedagogical University, second year student Polina Nikolaevna Tyutyaeva completed a scientific internship at the Laboratory of Ecology of Aquatic Communities and Invasions under the guidance of A.A. Kotova, A.N. Neretina and P.G. Gharibyan. The material for the internship was hydrobiological samples taken from small reservoirs of the Nizhny Novgorod region in the fall of 2022 and 2023. During her internship, Polina Nikolaevna successfully mastered the identification of cladoceran crustaceans to the level of species or group of species using domestic and foreign identification keys based on light and scanning electron microscopy data.
Polina Nikolaevna used the skills and abilities acquired at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences when organizing a school research project on the topic “Cradocera (Crustacea: Cladocera) as an indicator of environmental changes in some small reservoirs of the Nizhny Novgorod region.” This work was carried out by Polina Korneva, a student of the Municipal Budgetary Educational Institution “School No. 130”, under the guidance of P.N. Tyutyaeva.
On March 22, 2024, two Polinas successfully presented their project in the finals of the regional stage of the All-Russian competition “Great Challenges”, aimed at involving talented youth in scientific and technological activities. Based on the selection results, Polina Korneva advanced to the next (federal) stage of the competition and will defend her project at the Sirius educational center.
The team of the Laboratory of Aquatic Communities and Invasions congratulates the young hydrobiologists on their victory and wishes them inspiration and luck in the study of Nizhny Novgorod water fleas!