On April 23, the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS), with the participation of the Council of Young Scientists, held an Open Day. The event brought together more than 70 schoolchildren and students, including those from the Timiryazev Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Agricultural Academy, Rosbiotech, and Lomonosov Moscow State University.
The host of the Open Day, Maria Andreevna Solovieva, PhD, senior researcher at the Laboratory of Behavior and Behavioral Ecology of Mammals, welcomed all the guests of the institute.
Director of the IEE RAS Sergey Valerievich Naidenko spoke about the main areas of work of the organization. Heads and employees of the laboratories presented promising scientific areas, current research projects and opportunities for young specialists.
Elena Semenovna Schwartz, head of the postgraduate program, explained the admission rules, the qualities of postgraduate students required for scientific work and the specifics of training young scientists.
After the official part, the guests visited the laboratories:
- In the Electron Microscopy Room, Raisa Musayevna Khatsayeva, D.Sc. (Biology), Head of the Room, demonstrated the equipment and objects of research.
- In the Vivarium, Natalya Yuryevna Feoktistova, D.Sc. (Biology), Scientific Secretary, spoke about the animals kept there and their behavior, as well as about the research being conducted.
- In the Laboratory of Historical Ecology, Olga Aleksandrovna Krylovich, Ph.D. (Biology), Senior Researcher, introduced the guests to the work methods and showed a collection of mammal bones.
- In the Laboratory of Phytoparasitology, the main areas of work were presented, and Sergei Eduardovich Spiridonov, D.Sc. (Biology), Head of the Laboratory of Systematics and Evolution of Parasites, held a small master class and introduced the guests to cockroach nematodes.
We are glad that schoolchildren and students show interest in our Institute and we are waiting for everyone at the next open events! Follow our news.