From February 3 to 5, 2026, Saint Petersburg State University hosted the annual White Sea Student Scientific Session – a conference for young Arctic researchers. This year, five graduate students from the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS) participated in the event, presenting their research in four different sections.
Developmental Biology Section
1. E. P. Matveicheva (co-authors: M. A. Kulakova, M. S. Aparina, E. G. Ivashkin, E. E. Voronezhskaya). Changes in the Mechanisms of Segmental Marking Formation in the Development of Spiralia
Vertebrate Zoology Section
2. E. A. Astakhova. Life-Form Diversity of Lampreys (Lethenteron and Lampetra) from the Arctic to the Baltic (the study was supported by Russian Science Foundation grant No. 24-14-00111)
Parasitology Section
3. K. I. Belolyubskaya (co-authors: G. A. Kremnev, V. A. Krapivin, A. S. Savchenko, O. A. Skobkina, D. Yu. Krupenko). Endosymbiotic Turbellarians: Underestimated Flatworms of Our Spherical Planet
Invertebrate Zoology Section
4. Krolenko V.I. (co-authors: Temereva E.N., Kotov A.A.) Stranger and Stranger: New Data on the Organization of Holopedium gibberum (Crustacea: Cladocera: Holopediidae)
5. Dadykin I.A. (co-authors: Pereboyev D.D., Garibyan P.G.) Biogeography and Phylogenetic Position of Ophryoxus gracilis Sars, 1862 (Branchiopoda: Anomopoda: Ophryoxidae) (this study was supported by Russian Science Foundation grant No. 25-74-00070)
The conference was an excellent opportunity not only to present the results of their research to the wider scientific community, but also to establish new professional contacts with colleagues from other research centres.