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News
May 3, 2019
Student Biotech Startup School held in Kyiv
Twenty-seven Ukrainian students and their supervisors gathered in the historic Pushcha-Vodytsia neighborhood of Kyiv in late April for a week-long...
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April 26, 2019
The Future of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
It seems that almost everyone is familiar with at least one or two myths and legends about the Chornobyl Exclusion...
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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 18, 2019
Biotech Initiative Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with “Up To Future” Technology Transfer Office
The US-Ukraine Foundation continues to expand its Biotech Initiative network with the recent signing of a memorandum on cooperation with...
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April 16, 2019
White paper: “Way forward for science in Ukraine: a perspective of the Ukrainian research diaspora”
A White Paper has been prepared by participants of the inaugural Forum of the Ukrainian Research Diaspora, held in Kyiv...
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April 15, 2019
Ukrainian Students Win 2 Golds at Golden Climate International Environmental Project Olympiad in Nairobi
The Ukrainian team took home two gold medals at the International Environmental Project Olympiad held in Nairobi, Kenya. The winners...
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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
USUF Biotech Initiative supports university biotech competition in Ukraine
April 2, 2019. Lviv, Ukraine – Forty talented university students came to Lviv today to compete in the second round...
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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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March 21, 2019
Emerging Biotech Leader Olha Brovarets attends 63rd Biophysical Society Meeting in Baltimore
Thousands of participants from around the world, from early career researchers to world renown scientists, hundreds of lectures and thousands...
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Spotlight
March 25, 2020
BIOsens – A Ukrainian Startup Making Food Safer
BIOsens Inc., founded in 2016, is a Ukrainian-based biotechnology start-up, which develops hardware and software solutions for analysis of food contamination The BIOsens story began in 2016, when the team took part in an IoT Hub Incubation program to realize their idea of creating a biosensor that detects the presence of mycotoxins in crops. That year, BIOsens won Rockstart Answers, an event that brings together entrepreneurs working on solving local and global problems. After this the team participated in de:coded - a computer art festival in Lviv that for 3 days gathered amazing minds who work, live and breathe technology...
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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.
