Interregional Microbiological Society

Microbiological Society

The Society has been
a member of FEMS
since 2006

February 2007

The Interregional Microbiological Society announces the 2_^nd International Baikal Symposium on Microbiology (IBSM-2007) “Microorganisms in Ecosystems of Lakes, Rivers, and Reservoirs” hosted on September 10–15, 2007 by the Limnological Institute, Siberian Ural Branch of RAS

Information Letter #1

December 2005

3rd Scientific Symposium on Autotrophic Microorganisms in memory of Academician Elena N. Kondratieva, an outstanding Russian microbiologist, will be held at the Moscow State University on 21-24 December.

At present, the Microbiological Society includes 11 regional branches:

Bashkir (Chairman Dr.Biol.Sci. A.I. Melentiev
Institute of Biology, Ufa Research Centre RAS)

Moscow (Chairman Corresponding Member of RAS V.F. Galchenko
Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology RAS)

Orenburg (Chairman Corresponding Member of RAS O.V. Bukharin
Institute of Cellular and Intracellular Symbiosis RAS)

Perm (Chairman Corresponding Member of RAS I.B. Ivshina
Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms,
Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

Far Eastern (Chairman Dr.Biol.Sci. R.V. Gnutova
Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Far Eastern Branch of RAS

Saratov (Chairman Dr.Biol.Sci. O.V. Turkovskaya
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms RAS )

Voronezh (Chairman Dr. M.Yu. Grabovich
Voronezh State University, Chair of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry)

Novosibirsk (Chairman Dr. L.N. Korobova
Novosibirsk State Agrarian University)

Irkutsk (Chairman Prof. V.V. Drukker
Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

Saint Petersburg (Chairman Prof. A.V. Pinevich
Saint-Petersburg State University, Chair of Microbiology)

Buryat (Chairman Prof. B.B. Namsarayev
Institute of General and Experimental Biology, Siberian Branch of
the Russian Academy of Sciences)

November 2005

1st All-Russian School-Conference for Young Scientists “Important Aspects of Modern Microbiology” which was organized under the aegis of the International Russian Microbiological Society took place on 10-3 November at the Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology RAS. Young scientists from 24 scientific institutions from 15 cities of Russian and Belarus participated in the Conference which consisted of 3 sessions:

diversity, ecology and geochemical activity of microorganisms;
molecular biology, genetics, and genomics of microorganisms and bacteriophages;
microbial biotechnology

The Conference was sponsored by the Russian Academy of Sciences and Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

April 2005

The Interregional Microbiological Society announces a series of international conferences to be held on 20-25 September, 2005, hosted by the Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Ural Branch of RAS:

2^nd International Conference “MICROBIAL DIVERSITY: current situation, conservation strategy and biotechnological Potentialities ICOMID 2005
6^th International Conference on Environmental Pollution ICEP 2005

The conferences will take place on board of a cruiser Pavel Bazhov which will sail following the route: Perm – Kazan - Perm.

March 2005

On March 17th, 2005, Prof. Peter Raspor, FEMS Secretary General, visited the Interregional Microbiological Society with the aim to become acquainted with the IMS’ activities and discuss the possibilities for cooperation between the Society and the Federation.

December 2004

At present, the Microbiological Society includes 6 regional branches: