Announcements

27 May
Pre-defense of T.V. Marchenkova's thesis on "Demographic and spatial structure of the Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) population based on camera trap matrix data"

On Wednesday, May 27 at 14:00, an interlaboratory colloquium will be held at 33 Leninsky Prospekt (room 19) between the Laboratory of Mammalian Behavior and Behavioral Ecology (Head – RAS Academician V.V. Rozhnov) and the Laboratory of Comparative Ethology and Biocommunication (Head – RAS Corresponding Member A.V. Surov).

The selection process for the Vietnam Scholarship Program for studies, internships, and advanced training at Vietnamese universities has begun

Applications are now being accepted for the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Scholarship Program for studies, internships, and professional development at Vietnamese universities in the 2026/2027 academic year.

23 — 26 September 2027
All-Russian (with international participation) scientific zoological conference dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Nikolai Alekseevich Severtsov

Each participant may submit up to two original publications and two co-authored publications with colleagues, each up to 6 pages long. Publication of a collection of materials is planned for the start of the conference.

28 May
Pre-defense of the candidate's dissertation by Denisenko A.D. "Regional composition and formation of feeding aggregations of juvenile chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in the Sea of Okhotsk based on the results of genetic identification"

On Thursday, May 28, 2026, at 2:00 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 Anastasia Dmitrievna Denisenko's PhD dissertation.

On the identified incident and measures to improve the information security of the Russian Federation

The Department of Digital Development of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the Department), as part of its information security measures, reports an increase in fraudulent activity targeting employees of subordinate organizations of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (hereinafter referred to as the organizations).

29 June — 02 July
V International Conference "Preservation and Enhancement of Genetic Resources of Microorganisms"

We invite you to participate in the 5th International Conference "Preservation and Enhancement of Genetic Resources of Microorganisms" (BRCmicro 2026), which will be held from June 29 to July 2, 2026, in St. Petersburg. The conference is organized by the St. Petersburg Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg State University (SPbSU), and the All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Microbiology (VNIISKhM). The 2026 conference is dedicated to the 135th anniversary of agricultural microbiology in Russia.

23 — 24 April
VII All-Russian Forum "Greenhouse Industry of Russia - 2026"

The 7th All-Russian Forum "Greenhouse Industry of Russia — 2026" will be held April 23–24, 2026, in Moscow. The Forum is organized by Agribusiness Magazine.

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.