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Registration for the Symposium "Alien Species in the Holarctic (Borok-VII)" has been extended

The Organizing Committee for the Symposium "Alien Species in the Holarctic (Borok-VII)" has received over 280 applications from 68 scientific organizations in 5 countries. We are grateful to all our colleagues who registered! At the request of participants, the Organizing Committee has extended the registration deadline for the Symposium until June 1, 2026, and has begun accepting abstracts submitted according to the rules outlined in the attached second information letter. Also, at numerous requests from participants, the abstract limit has been increased (preferably to no more than 2 pages of text), as well as the working language - English (preferred) or Russian. Abstract submission deadline: July 1, 2026.

17 April
Pre-defense of Nikolai Vladimirovich Bardukov's PhD dissertation on the topic "Formation of the modern range of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)"

On Friday, April 17, 2026, at 3:00 PM, an interlaboratory colloquium will be held in the large conference hall of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (33 Leninsky Prospekt) to mark the pre-defense of Nikolai Vladimirovich Bardukov's PhD dissertation.

23 April
Open Day at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences for students and high schoolers

The A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS) invites students and high school students to an Open Day on Thursday, April 23, at 2:00 PM. The program includes: - Introduction to the Institute's research areas and the work of its laboratories. - Presentations by the Director, Head of Graduate Studies, scientists, and graduate students. - Information about opportunities to apply to graduate school, choose a supervisor for your bachelor's, master's, or dissertation, or participate in research as lab assistants or volunteers.

10 April
Pre-defense of E.Yu. Yakovleva's PhD dissertation on "Evolutionary changes and phenotypic plasticity of life cycle parameters of Drosophila melanogaster under the influence of various environmental factors"

On Friday, April 10th, at 2:00 PM, an interlaboratory colloquium will be held in the IEE RAS conference hall at 33 Leninsky Prospekt. The Laboratory of Soil Zoology and General Entomology, the Laboratory of Studying Ecological Functions of Soils, the Laboratory of Microevolution of Mammals, and the Laboratory of Problems of Evolutionary Morphology will discuss the pre-defense of Ekaterina Yuryevna Yakovleva's PhD dissertation on "Evolutionary Changes and Phenotypic Plasticity of Drosophila Melanogaster Life Cycle Parameters Under the Influence of Various Environmental Factors" (specialty 1.5.14. - Entomology).

26 May
Defense of D.D. Vinogradov's dissertation: "The intensity and routes of detrital subsidies in terrestrial food webs"

On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 4:00 PM, Council Meeting 24.1.109.01 will be held in the conference hall of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 33). Dmitry Dmitrievich Vinogradov, a candidate of biological sciences, will defend his dissertation, "Intensity and Pathways of Detrital Subsidies in Terrestrial Food Webs."

26 May
Defense of N.A. Sokolova's dissertation: "Phylogeography and genetic diversity of the river otter (Lutra lutra) in Russia and the Transcaucasus"

On Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 2:00 PM, Council Meeting 24.1.109.01 will be held in the conference hall of the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Leninsky Prospekt, 33). Nadezhda Alekseyevna Sokolova, a candidate of biological sciences, will defend her dissertation, "Phylogeography and Genetic Diversity of the River Otter (Lutra lutra) in Russia and the Transcaucasia."