Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS - Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Academy of Sciences , organized in 1972. Located in Magadan .
| Institute of Biological Problems of the North FEB RAS ( IBPS FEB RAS ) | |
|---|---|
| Based | 1972 |
| Director | Radchenko Olga Arkadievna, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of RAS |
| Location |  Russia , Magadan |
| Legal address | 685000, the city of Magadan , st. Portovaya , 18 |
| Site | ibpn.ru |
Content
General information
The main directions of the Institute’s scientific activity is the implementation of fundamental scientific research in the direction of studying biological diversity in the North-East of Asia, studying the functioning, organization principles and adaptive strategies of northern populations, communities and ecosystems, developing the scientific foundations for the protection, reproduction and rational use of biological resources of the North [ 1] .
History
The foundations of the institute were laid in 1968, when the Department of Biological Problems of the North, consisting of a laboratory of zoology and parasitology and a laboratory of physiology, was created as part of the North-Eastern Complex Research Institute (NECR) of the SB RAS. In 1972, the Department was transformed into an independent Institute (at that time it already had 9 laboratories) [2]
Directors in different years were [2] :
- Vytautas Leonovich Kontrimavichus - organizing director, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences - from 1968 to 1982
- Georgy Petrovich Krasnoshchekov, Doctor of Biological Sciences - from 1982 to 1986
- Anatoly Georgievich Nazarov, Doctor of Biological Sciences - from 1986 to 1987
- Asylbek Akmatbekovich Aydaraliev , MD - from 1988 to 1992
- Felix Borisovich Chernyavsky, Doctor of Biological Sciences - from 1993 to 2005
- Igor Alexandrovich Chereshnev , Corresponding Member, Doctor of Biological Sciences - from 2005 to 2013
From 1970 to 1995, a biological station of the Institute of Biological Problems of the North of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences operated on the island of Ayopechan , where life cycles and parasitic helminth systems were studied in tundra landscapes of northeast Asia [3] .
Scientific units
The institute has laboratories [4] :
- Genetics (founded in 1976; head of laboratory. Boris Malyarchuk, Doctor of Biological Sciences)
- Mammal Ecology (established in 1971; Head of Laboratory. Nikolai Dokuchaev, Doctor of Biological Sciences)
- Ornithology (established in 1976; head of laboratory. Andreev Alexander Vladimirovich, Doctor of Biological Sciences)
- Ecology of helminths (formed in 1968; head of laboratory. Gennady Ivanovich Atrashkevich, Ph.D.)
- Biocenology (established in 1974; Head of Laboratory. Berman Daniil Iosifovich , Doctor of Biological Sciences)
- Ichthyology (established in 1970; head of laboratory. Shestakov Alexander Viktorovich, Ph.D.)
- Botanists (established in 1998; head of laboratory. Polezhaev Alexey Nikolaevich, Doctor of Biological Sciences)
Institute staff
Management
- Since 2013 and. about. Directors: Ph.D. Radchenko Olga Arkadievna [5] [6]
- Deputy Director for Research: Alexander Kondratyev
- Scientific Secretary: Khamenkova Elena Vladimirovna [7]
See also
- Biological and Soil Institute FEB RAS
- Institute of Animal Systematics and Ecology SB RAS
Notes
- ↑ Institute of Biological Problems of the North. About the institute. (Retrieved April 1, 2012)
- ↑ 1 2 Institute of Biological Problems of the North. Story. (Retrieved April 1, 2012)
- ↑ comp. A.V. Andreev. Ust-Chaun // Wetlands of Russia . - Moscow: Wetlands International, 2001. - T. IV. - 296 p. - ISBN 90-5882-986-3 .
- ↑ Institute of Biological Problems of the North. Structure. Archived January 22, 2013 on Wayback Machine (Retrieved April 1, 2012)
- ↑ Director of IBPS (Retrieved April 12, 2019)
- ↑ Deputy Director for Research, IBPS FEB RAS (inaccessible link) (Retrieved June 20, 2013)
- ↑ Scientific Secretary of IBPS FEB RAS (Retrieved April 12, 2019)