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April 12, 2021
Spring has Sprung at IMBG – Part 4: Rauwolfia serpentina
This is Rauwolfia serpentina - the Indian snakeroot, devil pepper, or serpentine wood. The cellular biomass grown in the flasks...
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April 12, 2021
Spring has Sprung at IMBG – Part 3: Echium plantagineum
This is Echium plantagineum - a rare herbaceous alpine plant commonly known as purple viper's-bugloss or Paterson's curse. More precisely,...
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April 12, 2021
Spring has Sprung at IMBG – Part 2: Colobanthus quitensis
The next stop on the virtual Antarctic tour is the "Flower of Antarctica" - Colobanthus quitensis, or Antarctic pearlwort. Colobanthus...
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April 12, 2021
Spring has Sprung at IMBG – Part 1: Deschampsia Antarctica
Spring has sprung! And to welcome the new season, Ukraine's Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IMBG) took its social...
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April 9, 2021
Publication Grant Winner Mariia Rybak’s Article Published in Scientific Reports Journal
Novel promising compounds to combat resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains The main problem of tuberculosis treatment is its multi-resistance to existing...
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March 18, 2021
Oksana Ishchenko Attends Virtual Conference on Immunogenomics of Disease
The conference Immunogenomics of Disease: Accelerating to Patient Benefit (10 - 12 February 2021, Wellcome Genome Campus, UK) was a...
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March 16, 2021
GIST Innovates Ukraine 2021 – Apply by May 9!
GIST Innovates Ukraine, a program of the U.S. State Department Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, is...
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March 15, 2021
Bogdan Sinenko – Growing Various Edible Plants Under Mars-Simulated Conditions
The colonization of Mars will be the next challenge for humanity! And we must be ready for this challenge. But...
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February 11, 2021
Call for Papers for Nanomaterials: Applications and Properties 2021 Conference
The IEEE International Conference on “Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties” (NAP-2021) will be held as a "physical" meeting on Sept. 5-11,...
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February 4, 2021
Ihor Vereshchahin – Using Genetic Analysis to Select the Best Crops for Different Traits
Application of PCR-diagnostics in Selection for Improvement of Flax Economic Features Thanks to a small research grant from the US-Ukraine...
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Spotlights
April 19, 2019
Young Ukrainian scientist invents a cheaper vitamin D test
Anna Mazanova of the Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine has created a...
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April 9, 2019
Kombucha: The Microbial Astronaut
In 2014-2016, a Ukrainian ecotype of kombucha spent more than two years in space as part of the European Space...
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April 2, 2019
Sumy scientist invents environmentally friendly packaging
Dmytro Bidiuk, an inventor from the Ukrainian city of Sumy, created packaging for food products that does not harm the...
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September 14, 2018
Can Bioinformatics be a Gateway for a Biotech Surge in Ukraine?
As part of its Biotechnology Initiative, the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation (USUF) will be supporting the single-cell RNABIO & organoids conference and workshops to be held at Unit.City innovation...
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Spotlight
April 12, 2021
Spring has Sprung at IMBG – Part 1: Deschampsia Antarctica
Spring has sprung! And to welcome the new season, Ukraine's Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IMBG) took its social media followers on a stunning virtual tour of the Department of Cell Population Genetics laboratory. The first stop: Deschampsia antarctica (or Antarctic hairgrass) - one of only two native flowering plants found in the Antarctic region (the other is Colobanthus - more about that plant later). The first seeds of this amazing plant were brought to Ukraine by polar explorers from the Ukrainian Akademik Vernadsky Research Base more than a decade ago. The adult plants didn’t survive in laboratory conditions,...
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Programs
Awards for Emerging Biotech Leaders
In November 2018 the US-Ukraine Foundation honored 24 Emerging Biotech Leaders at an awards ceremony in Kyiv.
Equipment & Supplies Sourcing Assistance
Ukrainian laboratories lack the modern equipment to take their research to the next level - read about their needs.
Trade Shows and Exhibits
The US-Ukraine Foundation Biotech Initiative was at the BIO International Convention in Philadelphia this June.
Travel Grants
We provide travel support, on a competitive basis, to Ukrainian researchers.
