On April 23, the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS) held an Open Day, with the participation of the Council of Young Scientists. Approximately 50 people attended to learn about the institute's work, including representatives from the Timiryazev Russian State Agrarian University-Moscow Agricultural Academy, Rosbiotech, and Lomonosov Moscow State University.
IEE RAS Director Sergei Valerievich Naidenko spoke about the organization's main areas of work.
Elena Semenovna Schwartz, Head of the Graduate School, explained the admissions requirements, the qualities required of graduate students for research, and the specifics of training young scientists.
Ten Institute staff members, including doctors and candidates of science, as well as graduate students from the IEE RAS, addressed the guests. They discussed the Institute's various areas of work, specific research, and opportunities for engaging undergraduate and graduate students in research.
Following the official part, the guests visited the laboratories:
✅ In the Electron Microscopy Room, Raisa Musayevna Khatsayeva, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Head of the Room, demonstrated the equipment and research objects.
✅ In the Vivarium, Natalya Yuryevna Feoktistova, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Scientific Secretary, spoke about the animals housed there, their behavior, and the research being conducted.
✅ In the Historical Ecology Laboratory, Lead Engineer Stanislav Vladimirovich Samsonov introduced the guests to the laboratory's work methods and showed them a collection of mammal bones.
✅ In the Phytoparasitology Laboratory, Renat Viktorovich Khusainov and other laboratory staff presented the main areas of work.
✅ In the behavioral research room, Doctor of Biological Sciences Aleksey Vasilyevich Surov and Chief Specialist Yulia Vladimirovna Ganitskaya spoke about their work with dogs and hamsters.
Alongside the laboratory tours, several institute staff members set up tables with demonstration materials: equipment for assessing soil respiration rates, microscopy stations for studying parasites, algae, and chromosomes, and a demonstration of work with birds and marine mammals were on display.
You can watch a recording of the Open Day at the link.
We welcome the interest of schoolchildren and students in our Institute and look forward to seeing everyone at future open events! Stay tuned for our news.