On 10 November 2022, the scientific community from the Republic of Moldova marked the World Science Day for Peace and Development, which over time turned into a professional day for workers in the field of research and innovation. The theme of the 2022 edition, proposed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), was "Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development". The Institute of Zoology participated both in the festivity organized by the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova and in that organized by the Academy of Sciences of ...

The Institute of Zoology has participated in the 20th edition of the International Exhibition of Research, Innovations and Inventions PRO INVENT, which was held between 26 and 28 October 2022 in Cluj-Napoca. Exhibition is traditionally organized by the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. The catalog of exhibition can be accessed at https://proinvent.utcluj.ro/img/catalogs/2022.pdf. All works presented by the Institute of Zoology were awarded with gold medals: CREPIS Oleg, BULAT Dumitru, ZUBCOV Elena, BULAT Denis, USATÎI Marin, CEBANU Aureliu. A mobile plant for breeding pelagophilic fish ...

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 ...