Organizations Attached to the Department of Biological Sciences

Founded 2007

Director Geberal: Dr.Biol.Sc. Mikhail Ye. NIKIFOROV, tel.: +375 (17) 284-22-75

Field of Activities: Assessment and monitoring of animal biodiversity in Belarus. Study of mechanisms of functioning and structural organization of communities. Ecology, demography and population dynamics, rational use of game species. Study of endo- and ectoparasites, parasite cenosis, carriers of transmissible deseases. Scientific support of creation, functioning and development of system of especially protected areas (EPA) and national ecological network. Scientific support of ecological tourism

Subdivisions: laboratories of aquatic invertebrates; hydroecology; terrestrial invertebrates; ichthyology; ornithology; teriology; parasitilogy; divisions of animal monitoring and cadastre; game-keeping and resources of game animals

Postgraduate Studies in the field of: 03.00.08 Zoology; 03.00.09 Entomology; 03.00.18 Hydrobiology; 03.00.19 Parasitology

Production and Services: identification of animal species in Belarus; piscicultural and biological substantiation; developing of game-keeping projects; check accounting of game and harvest animals population; ecological risk assessment; ecological assessment of superficial water condition; project planning of EPA announcing and reorganization, developing of EPA management plans, plans of rare and endangered species management and protection; programs and schemes of ecotourism development, working out and arrangement of routes; examination of ecological, piscicultural and game-keeping projects

Founded 1930

Director: Cand.Agr.Sc. Aleksandr I. KOVALEVICH, tel.: +375 (232) 74-14-23
Scientific Secretary: Cand.Agr.Sc. Ivan V. BORDOK, tel.: +375 (232) 74-53-89

Field of Activities: Development of techniques for artificial forest reproduction as well as methods for increase in forest productivity and ecological sustainability, harmonious multipurpose forest exploitation, forest biodiversity conservation, rehabilitation of radiation-contaminated forest areas and forest management

Subdivisions: laboratories of silvics and forest management; forest breeding and forest seed production; reforestation, forest conservation and protection problems; forest genetics, forest food and medicinal resources; problems of soil science and rehabilitation of lands disturbed by man-made activities; Dvinskaya, Korenevskaya and Zhornovskaya experimental forest bases

Postdoctoral Training in the field of: 06.03.03 Silvics and silviculture, forest fires and extirpation of wildfire

Production and Services: preparation and examination of forestry and ecology normative legal documents; survey of radiation-contaminated soils, forest products, forest food and medicinal products as well as technical-grade raw materials and fodder; publishing

Founded 1931

Director: Acad. Nikolai A. LAMAN, tel.: +375 (17) 284-20-64
Scientific Secretary: Cand.Biol.Sc. Tamara F. SOSNOVSKAYA (Mrs.), tel.: +375 (17) 284-18-53

Field of Activities: Scientific basis and technologies of plant world reproduction, rational use and protection. Investigation of physiological and biochemical mechanisms of the development of sustainability and productivity. Elaboration of adaptive methods and technologies of environmental monitoring. Monitoring and prognosis of the environment condition. Elaboration of ecological basis of sustainable forestry in case of biodiversity and increase of productivity and ecological sustainability

Subdivisions: laboratories of flora and systematic of plants; mycology; productivity and stability of forest ecosystems; geobotany; plant ecology; plant growth and development; physiology of diseased plant; water relations in plants; mineral nutrition optimization and photosynthesis; sections of vegetation monitoring; plant cadastre; plant protein metabolism and functions

Postgraduate Studies in the field of: 03.00.05 Botany; 03.00.12 Plant physiology and biochemistry; 03.00.24 Micology

Postdoctoral Training in the field of: 03.00.05 Botany; 03.00.12 Plant physiology and biochemistry

Production and Services: scientific-technical expertise and investigation in the field of utilization and protection, state cadastre, resource assessment, monitoring; plant, fungi and lichen identification; project documentation and fabrication of the industrial and experimental equipment for plant grow on basis of ionito- and aeroponic; preparation of scientific and technical-economical basing, management plans of seldom and endangeres flora species, projects of organization and procedures of nature reserves declaration; elaboration of preparative protection and stimulate substances and technologies for preceding seeds treatment

Founded 1932

Director: Acad. Vladimir N. RESHETNIKOV, tel.: +375 (17) 284-14-84
Scientific Secretary: Cand.Biol.Sc. Mikhail M. MOTYL, tel.: +375 (17) 284-14-83

Field of Activities: introduction, acclimatization, physiology, biochemistry, phytopathology, systematic and selection of decorative and economic - useful plants, biotechnology and genetic engineering, industrial botany, biological monitoring and ecology, green construction and a phytodesign, preservation of collections of alive plants and a herbarium of introduced plants of world flora

Subdivisions: departments of biochemistry and biotechnology of plants; introduction and selections of ornamental plants; introduction of wood plants; vegetative resources; law management; laboratories of greenhouse plants; ecological physiology of plants; chemistry of plants and technologies of plant raw material; phytopathogenic organisms; introduction and technologies of berry plants; sections of microclonal propagation of plants; landscape gardening construction and a bureau of landscape architecture and phytodesign; decorative gardening; sector of introduction of aromatic and medicine herbs; scientific part

Postgraduate Studies in the field of: 03.00.04 Biochemistry; 03.00.05 Botany; 03.00.12 Physiology and biochemistry of plants; 03.00.16 Ecology

Postdoctoral Training in the field of: 03.00.04 Biochemistry; 03.00.05 Botany; 03.00.12 Physiology and biochemistry of plants

Production and Services: laboratory research of biologically active substances of introduced plants, consulting services in the frames of activity profile of the institution, realization of seedlings of ornamental plants, excursion service, design works on a phytodesign, educational activity

Founded 1973

Director: Acad. Igor D. VOLOTOVSKII, tel.: +375 (17) 284-15-68
Scientific Secretary: Cand.Biol.Sc. Elena V. SKORINCO, tel.: +375 (17) 284-23-57

Field of Activities: Molecular-membrane biophysics, cell engineering, proteomics and genomics process of vital activity as basis of progressive technologies for agriculture and practical medicine creation. Development of the express-methods of human disease diagnostics. Development of effective biotechnological ways of receiving of medicines (medical preparation) and means of agricultural plants protection.

Subdivisions: laboratories of molecular biology of cell; biophysics and biochemistry of plant cell; biophysics and cell engineering; applied biophysics and biochemistry of cell; medical biophysics; proteomics

Postgraduate Studies in the field of: 03.00.02 Biophysics; 03.00.04 Biochemistry; 03.00.12 Physiology and biochemistry of plants

Production and Services: methods of human and animals disease diagnostics; technology of obtaining of stem cells population with certain stable morphological and functional properties; technology of Spirulina biomass growing; adaptive technologies of spring and winter wheat growing for agriculture; protective and stimulative mixtures for pre-sowing seed treatment and for cutting establishment; method of plant resistance determination under stress; method and device for detection of seeds vitality; MALDI-TоF-mass-spectrometry