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 ...

The 9th edition of the "Traian Vuia” International Exhibition of Inventions and Innovations from Timisoara, Romania, took place between 15 and 17 June 2023. The event was organized by the "King Mihai I" University of Life Sciences from Timisoara (former "King Mihai I of Romania" Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine), in partnership with the Society of Inventors from Banat. The Institute of Zoology has participated with two works, both being appreciated with gold medals: Universal mobile complex for fish breeding (authors: Crepis Oleg, Bulat Dumitru, Zubcov Elena ...

At the invitation of the Association of Environmental and Environmental Tourism Journalists, the Institute of Zoology participated in the Environment Day Festival, organized on 10 June in the Valea Morilor park. According to the organizers' concept, the Environment Day Festival is a day when the environmental community boasts of its activities/successes and informs the public on environmental topics in a comfortable and friendly environment. This year the Institute of Zoology presented collections of insects, aquatic molluscs, fossil pieces, but also several books published during last years ...