On 27 March 2021, within the project BSB165 ”Creating a system of innovative transboundary monitoring of the Black Sea river ecosystems transformation under impacts of hydropower development and climate change”  – HydroEcoNex, the Institute of Zoology organised the knowledge transfer workshop ”Modifications of the functioning of aquatic ecosystems under the impact of hydropower construction and climate change”. 

Based on the collaboration agreement no.31/26 of 25.01.2021 between the Institute of Zoology and the National Agency for Food Safety (NAFS), between 22 and 26 February 2021, in the premises of the Institute of Zoology, the training of collaborators of the central apparatus of NAFS and the inspectors from state border inspection posts on the determination and identification of the presence of parasites in fish took place.

Dear colleagues, we kindly invite you to participate in the 10th International Conference of Zoologists Sustainable Use and Protection of Animal World in the Context of Climate Change, dedicated to the 75th anniversary from the creation of the first research subdivisions and the 60th anniversary from the foundation of the Institute of Zoology, which will take place on 16-17 September, 2021 within the Institute of Zoology (MD-2028, Chișinău, 1, Academiei Street).

On February 11, the International Day of Girls and Women in Science was marked. On this occasion, Moldova.org - one of the first web pages created in our country, highlighted 11 women from the Republic of Moldova, who dedicated their lives and time to science and research and made an important contribution to the creation of the world we live in today. Among them is Mrs.

On February, 11, the scientific community celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, as result of the United Nations General Assembly resolution A/RES/70/212 adopted in December 2015. The initiative had the aim to promote the employment of women and girls in the sciences, to encourage the career development and participation in the decision-making processes in science, to recognize the achievements of women in science.

On February 12, 2021, at 14:00, at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (1, Ștefan cel Mare şi Sfânt bd., Blue Hall), the correspondent member Elena Zubcov, head of the Center of Research of Hydrobiocenoses and Ecotoxicology, will present the public lecture with the topic Study of ecological status of the Dniester river ecosystem. 

The event will be broadcast on-line and can be accessed at the link https://youtu.be/ZFxdxmBWBnE.

In November 18-20, 2020, at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, the PRO INVENT Scientific Research, Innovation and Invention Salon, 18th edition, was held on-line.

At this edition of the PRO INVENT International Salon, the works presented by the researchers of the Institute of Zoology were awarded 7 Gold Medals:

On Friday, January 29, 2021, starting with 11.00, in the Mircea Ciuhrii conference room, 2nd floor, office no. 253, 1, Academiei Street, the launching seminar of the project 2 SOFT/1.2/47 Team up for healthy fish in aquaculture systems of the Prut river basin (acronym – TeamUp HealthyFish) will take place. The event is organized by the Institute of Zoology.

On Monday, December 28, 2020, researchers from the Institute of Zoology (IZ)) and of the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Iasi (Romania) (USAMV), met in an online kick off meeting, organized within the project “Team up for healthy fish in aquaculture systems of the Prut river basin" - 2SOFT / 1.2 / 47.

At the meeting of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Zoology on November 26, 2020, the scientific reports for 2020 on the execution of research projects within the State Program 2020-2023 were presented and approved: