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The Moldovan office of the World Federation of Scientists (WFS) recently announced the winners of the excellence scholarship for the year 2023-2024. Doctor in biological sciences Cristina Țugulea, senior scientific researcher in the Professor Boris Vereşciaghin Laboratory of Entomology, is among those 10 doctoral students and young researchers – beneficiaries of the scholarship. She will implement the project "Monitoring of lepidopteran species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 'Lower Prut' in the Republic of Moldova" under the supervision of Dr.Hab. Assoc.Prof. Galina...

Between May 14-17, 2023, young researchers Petru Ciorba, Laboratory of Hydrobiology and Ecotoxicology and Sorina Istrati, PhD student, Laboratory of Systematics and Molecular Phylogeny, participated in the GeoEcoMar Summer School, organized by the Institute of Marine Geology and Geoecology (GeoEcoMar) from Romania, with headquarters in Bucharest and a branch in Constanța. The main objective of the meeting was to highlight environmental and biotic changes in aquatic ecosystems. The summer school combined both theoretical and practical activities. Thus, the researchers from GeoEcoMar presented...

Recently, journalists of the TVR Moldova television channel visited the museums of the Institute of Zoology in the context of broadcasting a series of reportages dedicated to museums of our country. The reportage on the Museum of Fossil Faunistic Complexes was broadcast on the "TeleMatinal" show on 2 May 2023, and the one dedicated to the Museum of Entomology - on 18 May 2023. TV preparations were made by the reporter Alexandru Leahu and the interviewees on behalf of the Institute of Zoology were Mr. Teodor Obadă, scientific researcher in the Laboratory of Terrestrial Vertebrates, and Dr...