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December
2025
Moscow beavers have completed their preparations for winter
Most beavers permanently residing within the Moscow area have completed their preparations for the winter season – they've stockpiled food and fortified their homes and lodges, preparing to wait out the cold weather.

Announcements

20 — 23 July
25 International Scientific and Practical Conference "Problems of botany of South Siberia and Mongolia"

We invite you to participate in the 25 International Scientific and Practical Conference "Problems of botany of South Siberia and Mongolia". In 2026, the organizers decided to hold the anniversary meeting in person during the summer field season 20 – 23 of July at the Altai State University internship center in the Altai Republic.

11 — 12 November
The call for applications for the conference "Biological Morphogenesis: Mechanisms of Morphogenetic Processes, Intra- and Inter-Level Interactions in a Developing System, Possibilities and Limitations of Formation" is now open

The conference "Biological Morphogenesis: Mechanisms of Morphogenetic Processes, Intra- and Interscale Interactions in Developing Systems, and the Potential and Limitations of Formation" opens a series of scientific events dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the publication of W. D'Arcy Thompson's 1917 book "On Growth and Form." It will be held November 11–12, 2026, at the A.A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Applications are now open for the sixth international competition for Russian-Chinese research teams

The Russian Science Foundation (RSF) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) are now accepting applications for the sixth joint competition for international research projects. Since 2021, 255 Russian-Chinese research teams have received support through this bilateral partnership.

19 — 20 November
An interdisciplinary symposium on the topical issue of zoning the Himalayas and the Himalayan region

We invite you to participate in an interdisciplinary symposium dedicated to the pressing issue of zoning the Himalayas and the Himalayan region. This event will be held in person and remotely on Thursday and Friday, November 19–20, 2026, in the heart of St. Petersburg, at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1 Universitetskaya Embankment, St. Petersburg).

10 — 13 November
XV All-Russian Conference "White Sea: on the Border of the Arctic"

We invite you to participate in the XV All-Russian Conference "The White Sea: On the Edge of the Arctic" (formerly "Study, Rational Use, and Protection of Natural Resources of the White Sea").

22 — 24 April
III All-Russian Conference "Intracellular Signaling and Metabolism, Transport, Cytoskeleton"

We invite you to participate in the III All-Russian Conference "Intracellular Signaling and Metabolism, Transport, and Cytoskeleton," which will be held April 22–24, 2026, in St. Petersburg. The conference is a continuation and development of the All-Russian Conference "Cell Biology in Culture," which has been regularly held at the Irkutsk Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences since the 1980s.