INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY IN MASS MEDIA

The meeting of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Zoology from 11 November 2022 was a particularly solemn one, although it had on the agenda the examination and approval of scientific reports regarding the implementation of projects in 2022. The festive element was the handing out of honorary diplomas of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova to several researchers of the Institute of Zoology: Dr. Olesea Gliga, leading scientific researcher in the Laboratory of Parasitology and Helminthology; Dr. Cristina Țugulea, senior scientific researcher in the Professor Boris Vereşciaghin Laboratory ...

Between 22 August and 7 September 2022, the scientific researcher Alexandr Morozov (Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Phylogeny) participated in a short-term scientific mission within the COST action CA17108, which was organized by the Norwegian University of Applied Sciences (Hamar city). The aim of the mission was the mastering the Nanopore sequencing protocol using DNA isolates from mosquitoes to identify the complete bacterial flora. DNA was extracted with the use of two different methods: usual DNA extraction (precipitation method) and extraction with depletion of the host DNA ...

Lots complaints of Chisinau inhabitants regarding the appearance of small stinging insects were registered in the last few days. These turned out to be two species of invasive bugs - the platanus lace bug (Corythucha ciliata) and the oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata). Both species are very similar to each other – they have a few millimetres in size, white colour with black-grey spots. C. ciliata finds shelter on the Platanus sp. tree, but C. arcuata has been initially feeding on oak, but then spread to other species of trees and shrubs. These insects are native to North America and appeared in ...