SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE
ON GENETICS WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
Invitation
Dear Colleagues,
The N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences is pleased to announce the upcoming Scientific and Practical Conference "Genetics 2025", featuring leading experts from Russia and abroad.
The event will take place from the 5th to the 7th of November 2025, at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel Congress Hall. Adress: 121059, Moscow, Ploshchad Evrazii, 2
The conference is held in honor of the 125th anniversary of “genetics” as a science – marking the year 1900, when the laws of Mendel were independently rediscovered by Correns, de Vries, and Čermák.
In addition, 2025 marks several other important anniversaries in the history of genetics: 145 years since the birth of Sergei Chetverikov, 125 years – Nikolai Timofeev-Ressovsky, 125 years – Theodosius Dobzhansky, 135 years – Hermann Müller.
The conference is held in honor of the 125th anniversary of “genetics” as a science – marking the year 1900, when the laws of Mendel were independently rediscovered by Correns, de Vries, and Čermák.
In addition, 2025 marks several other important anniversaries in the history of genetics: 145 years since the birth of Sergei Chetverikov, 125 years – Nikolai Timofeev-Ressovsky, 125 years – Theodosius Dobzhansky, 135 years – Hermann Müller.
The event will be held in a hybrid format, with 600–900 participants attending in person at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel and around 2 100 invited online attendees joining via the streaming platform facecast.net. A link to access the broadcast will be available on the website: http://hotsru.com. In total, the conference will bring together over 2 700 participants.
The venue includes four conference halls and an exhibition area for poster sessions. The scientific program will cover the full spectrum of research and applied genetics, including:
The venue includes four conference halls and an exhibition area for poster sessions. The scientific program will cover the full spectrum of research and applied genetics, including:
- Medical Genetics and Congenital Disorders
- Oncology and Oncohematology
- Ancient DNA, Paleogenetics and Historical Genetics
- Plant Genetics
- Genome Editing and Modern Genetic Technologies
- Genetics of Farm Animals
- Population Genetics
- Cell Biology and Therapy
- Bioinformatics
- DNA Identification and Forensics
- Epigenetics and Aging
- Microbiome and Microbial Genetics
- Evolution and Genetics
We welcome speakers, their colleagues, moderators, sponsor representatives, genetics researchers, molecular biologists, biotechnologists, and all interested participants to join us at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel.
Free registration will open in August.
Abstract submission is now open.
Free registration will open in August.
Abstract submission is now open.
BACKGROUND
The Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (VIGG RAS) is the oldest genetic research institution within the Academy of Sciences system, being the Institute of Genetics of the USSR Academy of Sciences its predecessor. The history of the Institute dates back to 1930, when Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov established and led the Laboratory of Genetics at the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1933, this laboratory was reorganized into the Institute of Genetics of the USSR Academy of Sciences, with Vavilov appointed as its director. In 1934, the Institute relocated from Leningrad to Moscow. The Institute brought together leading geneticists and cytogeneticists of the time, including Mikhail Navashin, Sergei Gershenzon, and Grigory Levitsky. Under Vavilov’s leadership, the Institute became an internationally recognized center for genetic research. To foster international collaboration, he invited prominent foreign scientists to work at the Institute, including American geneticists Calvin Bridges and Hermann Muller (future Nobel laureate), and Bulgarian geneticist Doncho Kostov. From 1934 to 1938, Hermann Muller led the Laboratory of Gene Problems and Mutagenesis at the Institute.
Research at the Institute encompassed a wide range of areas, including gene and mutation studies, interspecific hybridization, the material basis of heredity, inheritance of quantitative traits, and the origins of domesticated animals and cultivated plants.
In the late 1930s, the Institute’s scientific activities were disrupted due to the pseudoscientific policies promoted by Trofim Lysenko. Scientific work resumed only in 1966.
In 1966, the Institute of General Genetics of the USSR Academy of Sciences was established, based on three existing laboratories and the Laboratory of Radiation Genetics led by Academician Nikolai Petrovich Dubinin, who became the Institute's first director.
Since 1984, the Institute has borne the name of its founding director, N.I. Vavilov.
Today, the Institute comprises 32 laboratories conducting research in the following areas:
The Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (VIGG RAS) is the oldest genetic research institution within the Academy of Sciences system, being the Institute of Genetics of the USSR Academy of Sciences its predecessor. The history of the Institute dates back to 1930, when Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov established and led the Laboratory of Genetics at the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1933, this laboratory was reorganized into the Institute of Genetics of the USSR Academy of Sciences, with Vavilov appointed as its director. In 1934, the Institute relocated from Leningrad to Moscow. The Institute brought together leading geneticists and cytogeneticists of the time, including Mikhail Navashin, Sergei Gershenzon, and Grigory Levitsky. Under Vavilov’s leadership, the Institute became an internationally recognized center for genetic research. To foster international collaboration, he invited prominent foreign scientists to work at the Institute, including American geneticists Calvin Bridges and Hermann Muller (future Nobel laureate), and Bulgarian geneticist Doncho Kostov. From 1934 to 1938, Hermann Muller led the Laboratory of Gene Problems and Mutagenesis at the Institute.
Research at the Institute encompassed a wide range of areas, including gene and mutation studies, interspecific hybridization, the material basis of heredity, inheritance of quantitative traits, and the origins of domesticated animals and cultivated plants.
In the late 1930s, the Institute’s scientific activities were disrupted due to the pseudoscientific policies promoted by Trofim Lysenko. Scientific work resumed only in 1966.
In 1966, the Institute of General Genetics of the USSR Academy of Sciences was established, based on three existing laboratories and the Laboratory of Radiation Genetics led by Academician Nikolai Petrovich Dubinin, who became the Institute's first director.
Since 1984, the Institute has borne the name of its founding director, N.I. Vavilov.
Today, the Institute comprises 32 laboratories conducting research in the following areas:
- General, molecular, and evolutionary genetics and genomics of humans, animals, plants, and microorganisms
- Population genetics and evolution in the context of biosphere conservation and sustainable use of biological resources
- Genetic structure of human populations, gene pools, and the genomic geography of humans in Russia and globally; demographic genetics
- Interdisciplinary studies on gene-culture coevolution and gene-environment interactions
- Genetic principles of breeding in animals, plants, and microorganisms; genomics of cultivated plants with applications in genetics, breeding, and biotechnology
- Genetic profiling and DNA identification
- Genetic safety and genotoxicology
- Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of cell reprogramming in mammals, including humans
- Genetic foundations of biotechnology
- Development of mathematical models in biology; bioinformatics
- Comparative genomics and systems biology
- Tumor genetics
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