SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE
ON GENETICS WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION
Invitation
Dear colleagues!
The N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, announces the large Scientific and Practical Conference “GENETICS 2026” with the participation of leading Russian and international specialists.
We would like to inform you that the event will take place on November 1–3, 2026, in the congress hall of the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel. Hotel address: 2 Eurasia Square, Moscow, 121059.
It will take place in the institute’s anniversary year — 60 years since the establishment of the institute.
In addition, genetics is marking several other anniversaries: 100 years since Vavilov began developing the Theory of Centers of Origin of Cultivated Plants, as well as 120 years since William Bateson first publicly used the term “genetics” at the Third International Conference on Plant Hybridization in London in 1906.
The year also marks 165 years since the birth of William Bateson; 160 years since the birth of Thomas Morgan, who made an indisputable contribution to genetics; 90 years since the birth of Yuri Altukhov, our director in 1992–2006; 120 years since the birth of Mark Belgovsky, an employee of our institute in 1933–1937 and a specialist in mutagenesis; 130 years since the birth of Mikhail Navashin, an employee of our institute in 1937–1941 and one of the founders of cytogenetics; 130 years since the birth of Sergey Gershenzon, an employee of our institute in 1935–1937 who discovered chemical mutagenesis; and 120 years since the birth of Sos Alikhanyan, the first director of the State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms.
The event will be held in a hybrid format: 1200 people attending in person at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel and 3000 invited to the online broadcast on the Facecast.net internet platform. The link to access the broadcast will be posted at: http://hotsru.com/. In total, more than 4200 participants are expected.
We will have four halls and a lobby for poster sessions. The conference sessions will cover all topics of scientific and practical genetics, namely:
In addition, genetics is marking several other anniversaries: 100 years since Vavilov began developing the Theory of Centers of Origin of Cultivated Plants, as well as 120 years since William Bateson first publicly used the term “genetics” at the Third International Conference on Plant Hybridization in London in 1906.
The year also marks 165 years since the birth of William Bateson; 160 years since the birth of Thomas Morgan, who made an indisputable contribution to genetics; 90 years since the birth of Yuri Altukhov, our director in 1992–2006; 120 years since the birth of Mark Belgovsky, an employee of our institute in 1933–1937 and a specialist in mutagenesis; 130 years since the birth of Mikhail Navashin, an employee of our institute in 1937–1941 and one of the founders of cytogenetics; 130 years since the birth of Sergey Gershenzon, an employee of our institute in 1935–1937 who discovered chemical mutagenesis; and 120 years since the birth of Sos Alikhanyan, the first director of the State Research Institute of Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms.
The event will be held in a hybrid format: 1200 people attending in person at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel and 3000 invited to the online broadcast on the Facecast.net internet platform. The link to access the broadcast will be posted at: http://hotsru.com/. In total, more than 4200 participants are expected.
We will have four halls and a lobby for poster sessions. The conference sessions will cover all topics of scientific and practical genetics, namely:
- Medical genetics. Congenital diseases.
- Oncology and oncohematology.
- Ancient DNA. Paleo- and historical genetics.
- Plant genetics.
- Genetic editing, modern methods.
- Genetics of agricultural animals.
- Population genetics.
- Cell biology and therapy.
- Bioinformatics.
- DNA identification and forensics.
- Epigenetics and aging.
- Microbiome and genetics of microorganisms.
- Evolution and genetics.
We look forward to welcoming speakers, their colleagues, event moderators, sponsor representatives, researchers in the field of genetics, molecular biologists and biotechnologists, and all interested parties at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel.
Free registration will open in August.
We will announce the start of abstract submission in June.
Free registration will open in August.
We will announce the start of abstract submission in June.
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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