National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

03.06.2019

Modern achievements in microbiology and biotechnology to be discussed in Minsk

On 4 June 2019, at 10.00, an opening ceremony of the 11th International scientific conference "Microbial biotechnology: fundamental and applied aspects" will be held at the Big conference hall of the Belarus Hotel.

The conference will bring together more than 150 well-known scientists, young researchers, specialists of the agro-industrial sector, representatives of biotechnological companies from Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Saratov, Krasnodar), Kazakhstan (Nur-Sultan, Alma-Ata), Latvia (Riga), Belarus (Minsk, Gomel, Grodno, Vitebsk, Mogilev, Pinsk) to assess the current state, identify priorities and promising areas for further development of microbiology and biotechnology.

The conference will present the results of Belarusian microbiologists work, innovative developments for agriculture, medicine, industry, environmental protection. The conference will also cover issues of a new EAEU interstate program concept in biotechnology, and prospects for the effective transformation of inventions into innovations and their introduction into the economy. The conference will include a meeting of the Eastern Palaearctic section of the International Organization for Biological Control of Pest Animals and Plants. There will be an exhibition of biotechnological products to present the latest world-class solutions for the economy, equipment and reagents for biological research.

The conference program and materials are available on the website of the Institute of Microbiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.