MINSK, 21 November (BelTA) – The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) will play host to the third international scientific conference 21st Century Genetics and Biotechnology: Problems, Achievements, Prospects from 23 to 25 November, BelTA learned from the NASB press service.
Scientists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the United Kingdom (Scotland) will present their most recent achievements in genetics and biotechnology. All in all, the forum will bring together over 200 researchers. The program of the conference includes sections Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics; Human Genetics, Medical and Sports Genetics; Genetics, Selective Breeding and Biotechnology.
The forum will provide an opportunity for the scientists to exchange best practices and join their research capacities to solve key problems of genetics and selective breeding.
The Eleventh Congress of the Belarusian Society of Geneticists and Breeders will be held as part of the conference in Minsk.
The congress and the conference will mark the 115th anniversary of the birth of Academician Anton Zhebrak, a pioneer of genetics research in Belarus.
The Belarusian Society of Geneticists and Breeders was established in 1966. Today it is a big organization uniting 269 scientists from 12 research institutions, breeding centers and educational establishments of Belarus.
