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Spotlight
October 21, 2019
Meet the Ukrainian Scientists Developing Biotechnologies to Detoxify Environments
Department of Extremophilic Microorganism Biology, Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology A visit to Dr. Oleksandr Tashyrev’s office at the Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv is like a trip around the world. The walls are covered with photographs, flags, and other mementos from his many trips to Asia, South America and even Antarctica. His laboratory seems straight out of a Jules Verne novel. Yet the work Dr. Tashyrev and his associates are performing there with largely antiquated and restored equipment has broad applications for a topic on many people's minds these...
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Awards for Emerging Biotech Leaders
In November 2018 the US-Ukraine Foundation honored 24 Emerging Biotech Leaders at an awards ceremony in Kyiv.
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Ukrainian laboratories lack the modern equipment to take their research to the next level - read about their needs.
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The US-Ukraine Foundation Biotech Initiative was at the BIO International Convention in Philadelphia this June.
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We provide travel support, on a competitive basis, to Ukrainian researchers.
