A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology
Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
(NSCMB FEB RAS)

 

Igor Yu. Dolmatov, the NSCMB FEB RAS Director, Corresponding Member of RAS, approved the annual report of the International Cooperation Department (ICD), jointly prepared with the ICD of the scientific and educational center "Primorsky Aquarium", a branch of the NSCMB FEB RAS.

According to this report, in 2023, the Center’s international relationships were supported based on 43 active agreements with nine countries (People's Republic of China, Republic of Korea, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Japan, United States of America, Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium, Republic of India and Philippines). Three international projects and programs (with Chinese and Vietnamese scientists) were also worked on.

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There were five joint Laboratories and the Center: International Vietnamese-Russian Research Laboratory of Marine Biology and Ecology; Russian-Vietnamese Research Laboratory between the NSCMB FEB RAS, the Nha Trang Institute of Technology Research and Application (NITRA) VAST, and the Institute of Natural Products Chemistry (INPC) VAST; Joint Laboratory of biodiversity between the NSCMB FEB RAS and the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK); Center for Excellence in Blue Economy (CoE-BE) between the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India (IISER Kolkata) and the NSCMB FEB RAS; Joint Chinese-Russian Laboratory of Marine Biology and Ecology between the NSCMB FEB RAS and the Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO CAS, Qingdao). Their work has resulted in co-authored papers and joint online-conferences to discuss research problems and present reports.

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Despite the geopolitical situation, the Center’s employees have been in 26 research missions/trips and visited seven countries (Vietnam, Belgium, China, South Africa, Japan, Kazakhstan, Portugal), and the Center and “Primorsky Aquarium”, the branch of NSCMB FEB RAS, welcomed 50 foreign specialists from six countries (China, North Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Japan). There were three joint expeditions and field work in the Yellow and South China Seas. Five employees took part in the work of international organizations (for example, APN – Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research, UNEPCOM, UNEP – United Nations Environment Program, PICES etc.). In 2023, 46 press releases and information materials on international activities (in Russian and English) were published on the NSCMB FEB RAS and “Primorsky Aquarium” websites.

In 2023, the NSCMB FEB RAS employees published 24 scientific papers co-authored with foreign researchers. There were 26 reports (sectional, plenary and poster) presented on 11 international events in Russia, the number of speakers was 24; 37 lectures were presented on 11 foreign conferences.

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Konstantin Lutaenko with Prof. XiaoxiaSun.

Within Memorandum of Understanding, the International Cooperation Department of the NSCMB FEB RAS together with the Institute of Oceanology CAS organized the sixth “Chinese-Russian bilateral workshop on Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem in a Changing Ocean: Towards Sustainable Development Goals” in Qingdao. More than 50 people took part in the workshop: 30 Chinese researchers and postgraduatesincluding colleagues from Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research and 20 Russian researchers, 15 employees were fromthe NSCMB FEB RAS, and others were from the Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS and V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute FEB RAS. The workshop goals were: strengthening bilateral scientific and professional contacts, coordinating the development of joint scientific research in the field of marine biology, unlocking and strengthening the potential for cooperation between Russia and China, ensuring the NSCMB FEB RAS interests in the study of the World Ocean.

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Employees of the International Cooperation Department of the NSCMB FEB RAS.

The Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement on joint marine expeditions were signed with the Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya (IDSSE CAS) in December 2023. They have big importance for the further development of deep-sea research topics in the NSCMB FEB RAS. The main goal is a joint marine expedition to the northwest Pacific Ocean, which is planned for the summer of 2024.

Since the establishment of the International Cooperation Department of the NSCMB FEB RAS 17 years have passed. During this period, the International Cooperation Department participated or organized 28 international scientific conferences, workshops, symposiums; just for last 11 years (since 2011) provided the assistance in organization with 624 employee trips on aboard (from 4 to 22 countries per year).Since 2011, 510 foreign specialists and researchers have visited the NSCMB FEB RAS, including members of official delegations, diplomats and employees of international institutions (from 2 to 18 countries per year). Assistance was provided in organization and processing of 38 expeditions and field work abroad in 12 countries, including visa support, publishing of joint scientific papers, operating of five joint Laboratories and Centers.


In April 2023 the NSCMB FEB RAS International cooperation department initiated correspondence with Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya (IDSSE CAS). A fruitful online meeting was held in September 2023, at which the issues of the deep-sea research and possibilities for collaborative research on the biodiversity of the Pacific Northwest were discussed. As a result, on December 22, 2023, the Memorandum of Understanding and the Agreement on joint marine expeditions between IDSSE CAS and NSCMB FEB RAS were signed.

During the online meeting, an agreement was reached on a joint cruise planned for summer 2024. At this time, the negotiations have an active status, and the upcoming cruise details are being discussed. In this regard, in March 2024 Igor Yu. Dolmatov, the NSCMB FEB RAS Director, Corresponding Member of RAS, Dr. Vladimir V. Mordukhovich, the Deputy Director for Science, and Dr. Konstantin A. Lutaenko, the Deputy Director for International Cooperation, are planning to make an official visit to Institute of Deep-Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hainan Island, Sanya, China.

The joint cruise will become an important step for both sides in the long-term and mutually beneficial scientific cooperation, and the Memorandum and Agreement signing is just the beginning of a new stage in the relationship between NSCMB FEB RAS and IDSSE CAS.


A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (NSCMB FEB RAS) has taken part in the "China-Russian Symposium on Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of the Fisheries Resources in the Sino-Russian Far East Area" in Dalian, People’s Republic of China.

The Symposium is focused on actual problems arising under the conditions of global climate change in the Far Eastern Region. The event is organized by Dalian Ocean University. In April, 2023 the NSCMB FEB RAS and Dalian Ocean University signed a Memorandum on scientific cooperation for five years with the further auto prolongation.

The first part of the Symposium begins with Dr. S.I. Maslennikov’s presentation, the Head of the Center for Aquaculture and Coastal Bioresources in the NSCMB FEB RAS.

There are the NSCMB FEB RAS online participants with their talks: the NSCMB FEB RAS Director, the RAS Corresponding Member I.Yu. Dolmatov with the presentation "Sea cucumbers as a source of biologically active substances"; Scientific Head of Laboratory of Comparative Cytology, Dr. Marina G. Eliseikina with "The new bacilliform virus that causes milky hemolymph syndrome in Chinoecetes bairdi (Rathbun, 1924)"; Deputy Director for Science Dr. Tatyana Yu. Orlova with the lecture "Environmental change and its adverse effects on marine microorganisms-risks to food safety in East Asia".


From the 20th to 29th of October, 2023 Shenzhen MSU-BIT University has organized the second "NAUKA 0+" Science and Culture Festival, Shenzhen, China.

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 In connection with termination of the Memorandum on cooperation between A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, (NSCMB FEB RAS) and the South China Sea Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SCSIO CAS), appointment of the new Director of the Center, and on invitation of the SCSIO CAS management, delegation of the NSCMB FEB RAS on the 20th – 23rd of October visited SCSIO in Guangzhou (China, Guangdong Province). The delegation included: the Scientific Supervisor of the Center (President), Academician of RAS Andrey Vladimirovich Adrianov; Director of the Center, Corr. Member of RAS Igor Yuryevich Dolmatov; Deputy Director for Science, PhD. Tatyana Yuryevna Orlova; and Deputy Director for International Cooperation, PhD. Konstantin Anatolyevich Lutaenko.

On 17th – 19th of October the Institute of Oceanology CAS has conducted the China-Russia Bilateral Workshop “Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystems in a Changing Ocean: toward Sustainable Development Goals”, where the ceremonial signing of Memorandum on establishment Laboratory was held. There were two Directors’ signatures Wang Fan and Igor Yu. Dolmatov, and also heads of the future Laboratory: Prof. Sun Xiaoxia and Deputy Director for International Cooperation of the Center Dr. Konstantin A. Lutaenko.

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Priority goals include as follows:

  • Joint scientific surveys in the wide range of the marine biology and ecology problems;
  • Mutual exchanging by our knowledge, experience and modern research methods;
  • Obtaining new scientific knowledge for the decision making for an effective marine ecosystems management;
  • The promotion of the issue to attract the attention of the governmental and intergovernmental organizations to the hot problems of the marine ecosystems changing under the environmental fluctuations both at the local and global scales.

The scientific research activity between Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO CAS) and A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (NSCMB FEB RAS) is regulated with Memorandum between centers, all bilateral workshops are conducted with an Agreement of cooperation.


On the 17th -19th of October 2023 Qingdao (China) welcomed a long-awaited conference - the sixth China-Russia Bilateral Workshop, which was organized between the Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences (IO CAS) and the A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (NSCMB FEB RAS). The long-awaited conference of the two major Institutes for studying ocean biology was interrupted by pandemic (Covid-19) and administrative instability during the last few years. During this time the Corr. Member of RAS Igor Yu. Dolmatov was elected Director of NSCMB FEB RAS after approval of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation. Igor Yu. Dolmatov set a goal before the International Department to bring the cooperation to a new level and to achieve significant breakthrough in cooperation with scientific and educational institutions of China. The previous joint workshop between the IO CAS and the NSCMB FEB RAS was held in 2019 (the first one was in 2007, all workshops are conducted according to the Cooperation Agreement).

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