Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics

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Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IMBG) of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU) was founded in 1973 by prominent Ukrainian scientists – Academicians of NASU B.E.Paton, S.M.Gershenson, G.Kh.Matsuka, and V.P.Zosymovych, P.K.Shkvarnikov. Since 2003 the Institute is headed by Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Academician of NASU, Professor Ganna Elskaya.

It is one of the leading institutions in life science research in Ukraine of high level research potential and excellent results of investigations, especially in molecular biomedicine area. Presently its staff is comprised of 433 employees, including 267 scientists, 29 Doctors of Sciences (Dr.Sc) and 115 Doctors of Philosophy (PhD), 2 Members of NASU and 7 Corresponding Members of NASU. Annually 20 PhD students work at the Institute.

The IMBG research activity is concentrated on the modern trends of molecular biology and genetics. The main scientific interests of our scientists are: structural and functional genomics; proteomics and protein engineering; molecular and cellular biotechnology; bioinformatics, computational modeling and design.