From August 16 to 26, 2024, an expedition to Lake Baikal took place as part of the Baikal-Evolution-2024 school for young scientists, organized by the Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the RAS.
Scientists from the GC for Chemosensory Research have found that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 and lead to a faster recovery for those who have contracted the virus.
On September 4, Leonid Mironovich Baskin, a zoologist and conservationist, chief researcher at the Laboratory of Mammal Behavior and Behavioral Ecology of the IEE RAS celebrated his 85th birthday.
The leading scientific journal Hydrobiologia has published an article prepared by the staff of the IEE RAS in collaboration with colleagues from Belarus and a number of regions of Russia.
According to Darwin's theory of natural selection, only the most adapted living organisms can survive in the wild, since predators primarily attack weakened or sick animals or those that differ significantly.
How do animals' lives change in the fall? How does hibernation differ from regular sleep? Where do birds fly away? And which animals' brains shrink in the fall?
An expedition to study bowhead whales in the northern Sea of Okhotsk has been successfully completed in Magadan. Among other things, scientists encounter about 15 whales.
An international team of scientists has discovered a new genus and species of polychaete worms in Vietnam and Japan. This marine worm is very similar in appearance to nudibranchs, which have bright, warning colors.
"The Alpina non-fiction publishing house, edited by V.S. Artamonova, a leading researcher at the IEE RAS, has published a book "Dead Lion: A Posthumous Biography of Darwin and His Ideas."
About 800 years ago, the ancestors of the Inuvialuit came to the Mackenzie River Delta (Northwest Territories, Canada), and beluga whales took a central place in their economy and culture.
This year, during the spring and summer, the Central Forest Reserve hosted the filming of the movie "Science of Life" by the "Scientific Film Laboratory" studio.
Scientists from the IEE RAS and the IPAE RAS conducted a study of the daily rhythms of activity of the most common and diverse Arctic terrestrial arthropods in natural conditions of constant illumination.
Mesopelagic fishes, inhabiting the water column in the depth range from 200 to 1000 m, play an important role in the ecosystems of the World Ocean, being an intermediate link in the food webs.
Fish have a wide variety of tumors that can arise from all types of cells. Fish tumors are generally less aggressive and metastasize less often than tumors in mammals.
Pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha is a Pacific semelparous species. The species expanded its range as a result of the invasion into the Great Lakes and introduction to the White Sea basin.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).